BHA ISO 639-3
Bharia
A language of India
- ISO 639
- bha
- Alternate Names
- Bhar, Bharat, Bhumia, Bhumiya, Paliha
- Population
- 197,000 (1981 census).
- Location:
- Chhattisgarh state: Bilaspur, Durg, and Surguja districts; Madhya Pradesh state: Chhatarpur, Chhindwara, Datia, Jabalpur, Mandla, Panna, Rewa, Sidhi, and Tikamgarh districts; Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal states.
- Language Status
- 6a* (Vigorous).
- Classification
- Dravidian, Unclassified
- Dialects
- None known. They speak a variety of Hindi [hin] (Singh and Manoharan 1993).
- Language Use
- Many also use English [eng].
- Language Resources
- OLAC resources in and about Bharia
- Writing
- Devanagari script [Deva].
- Other Comments
- Hindu.
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Location: Chhattisgarh state: Bilaspur, Durg, and Surguja districts; Madhya Pradesh state: Chhatarpur, Chhindwara, Datia, Jabalpur, Mandla, Panna, Rewa, Sidhi, and Tikamgarh districts; Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal states.
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