DSO ISO 639-3
Desiya
ଦେଶିଆ (Desia) Autonym
A language of India
- ISO 639
- dso
- Alternate Names
- Deshia, Desia, Desiya Oriya, Koraput Oriya
- Autonym
- ଦେଶିଆ (Desia)
- Population
- 227,000 (2011 census).
- Location:
- Chhattisgarh state: Bastar district; Odisha state: Koraput district, Lamtaput sub-district; Nabarangapur district.
- Language Status
- 3 (Wider communication). Trade language by tribal communities in Odisha state.
- Classification
- Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan, Outer Languages, Eastern, Oriya
- Dialects
- Intelligible with Adivasi Oriya [ort] but uses different scripts. Lexical similarity: 80%–85% with Adivasi Oriya [ort] dialects in Andhra Pradesh.
- Language Use
- Used as L2 by Bodo Gadaba [gbj], Gata’ [gaq], Mirgan [zrg], Pottangi Ollar Gadaba [gdb].
- Language Development
- Literacy rate in L2: 6%. Literature. Newspapers. NT: 2010.
- Language Resources
- OLAC resources in and about Desiya
- Writing
- Oriya (Odia) script [Orya].
- Other Comments
- Traditional religion, Christian.
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Location: Chhattisgarh state: Bastar district; Odisha state: Koraput district, Lamtaput sub-district; Nabarangapur district.
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