MJT ISO 639-3
Sauria Paharia
सौरिया पहाड़िया (sauriya pahaadiya) Autonym
A language of India
- ISO 639
- mjt
- Alternate Names
- Malatri, Maler, Malti, Malto, Maltu, Rajmahali, Sawriya Malto
- Autonym
- सौरिया पहाड़िया (sauriya pahaadiya)
- Population
- 235,000 in India (2011 census). Total users in all countries: 242,000.
- Location:
- Bihar state: Bhagalpur; Jharkhand state: Godda and Sahibganj districts, Rajmahal hills; Pakaur district, Litipara sub-district; West Bengal state: Murshidabad district.
- Language Status
- 5* (Developing).
- Classification
- Dravidian, Northern
- Dialects
- Sahibganj, Godda, Hiranpur, Litipara (Chatgam). Some intelligibility of Kumarbhag Paharia [kmj]. Lexical similarity: 80% with Kumarbhag Paharia [kmj].
- Language Use
- Also use English [eng].
- Language Development
- Literacy rate in L2: 7%. Literacy classes. Newspapers. Periodicals. Radio. NT: 1999.
- Language Resources
- OLAC resources in and about Sauria Paharia
- Writing
- Bengali (Bangla) script [Beng]. Devanagari script [Deva].
- Other Comments
- Part of Malto ethnic group. Traditional religion, Christian.
Also Spoken in
- Location
- Rajshahi division: northwest of city, also near Singra; Rangpur division: south of Rangpur city.
- Language Status
- 7 (Shifting) View other languages of Bangladesh
Language Name
Sauria Paharia
User Population
7,000 in Bangladesh (2007).
Map
Location: Bihar state: Bhagalpur; Jharkhand state: Godda and Sahibganj districts, Rajmahal hills; Pakaur district, Litipara sub-district; West Bengal state: Murshidabad district.
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