Oriya, Adivasi | Ethnologue

A language of India

ISO 639: ort
Alternate Names: Adivasi, Adiwasi Oriya, Desiya, Kotia, Kotia Oriya, Kotiya, Tribal Oriya
Autonym: ఆదివాసి ఒరియ‎ (Adivasi Oriya)
Population: 400,000, all users. L1 users: 200,000 (2011 SIL). L2 users: 200,000 (1998 U. Gustafsson).
Location:: Andhra Pradesh state: Vishakhapatnam district, Araku valley; Odisha state.
Language Status: 5* (Developing).
Classification: Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan, Outer Languages, Eastern, Oriya
Dialects: None known. Lexical similarity: 38%–42% with standard Odia [ory], 80%–85% with Desiya [dso] in Odisha.
Language Use: Also use English [eng]. Used as L2 by Bodo Parja [bdv], Bondo [bfw], Mukha-Dora [mmk], Parenga [pcj].
Language Development: Literacy rate in L1: 7%. Literacy rate in L2: 34% for Scheduled Tribes in Vishakhapatnam District (2001 census). Literature. Dictionary. NT: 2011.
Language Resources: OLAC resources in and about Oriya, Adivasi
Writing: Telugu script [Telu].
Other Comments: Traditional religion, Hindu.

Location: Andhra Pradesh state: Vishakhapatnam district, Araku valley; Odisha state.