Bhatri language explained

Bhatri
Nativename:	ଭତ୍ରି
Region:	Chhattisgarh, Odisha
States:	India
Ethnicity:	Bhottada Tribe (Odias)
Speakers:	334,258
Date:	2011 census
Ref:	^[1]
Familycolor:	Indo-European
Fam2:	Indo-Iranian
Fam3:	Indo-Aryan
Fam4:	Eastern
Fam5:	Odia^[2] ^[3]
Script:	Devanagari
Iso3:	bgw
Glotto:	bhat1265
Glottorefname:	Bhatri

Bhatri is an Eastern Indo-Aryan language spoken by the Bhottada tribe in Chhattisgarh and Odisha, India. The language is spoken predominantly in eastern Bastar district and in Koraput and Nabarangpur districts of Odisha.

Further reading

• Book: Masica, Colin. 1991. The Indo-Aryan Languages. Cambridge Language Surveys. Cambridge. Cambridge University Press. 978-0-521-29944-2.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Statement 1: Abstract of speakers' strength of languages and mother tongues - 2011. Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. www.censusindia.gov.in. 2018-07-07.
2. Web site: Bhatri . Ethnologue . 2021-08-20 .
3. Masica (1991:16)