8.04 million (2011 census)[1][2](additional speakers counted under Hindi)
Language family
Indo-European
Indo-Iranian
Indo-Aryan
Eastern
Bihari
Magahi
Khortha
Writing system
Devanagari
Official status
Official language in
India
Jharkhand (additional)[3]
Language codes
ISO 639-3
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Khortha (also romanized as Kortha or Khotta) or alternatively classified as Eastern Magahi[4] is a language variety (which is considered a dialect of the Magahi language) spoken primarily in the Indian state of Jharkhand, mainly in 16 districts of three divisions: North Chotanagpur, Palamu division and Santhal Pargana.[3] Khortha is spoken by the Sadaans as native language and used by the tribal as a link language.[5][4] It is the most spoken language variety of Jharkhand.[6][7][8]
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^Atul Aman, Niladri Sekhar Dash, Jayashree Chakraborty (January 2020). "DESIGNING A LINGUISTIC PROFILE OF KHORTHA: A LESS RESOURCED LANGUAGE SPOKEN IN THE STATE OF JHARKHAND, INDIA". ResearchGate. Retrieved 11 August 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^Pattanayak, Binay. Language Diversity in Jharkhand.
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