| Chhattisgarhi | |
| Nativename: | छत्तीसगढ़ी |
| States: | India |
| Region: | Chhattisgarh and a minority of speakers in Odisha and Maharashtra |
| Nation: | India
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| Speakers: | 18 million, partial count, including Surgujia |
| Date: | 2011 census |
| Speakers2: | (additional speakers counted under Hindi) |
| Ref: | [2] |
| Familycolor: | Indo-European |
| Fam2: | Indo-Iranian |
| Fam3: | Indo-Aryan |
| Fam4: | Central Zone |
| Fam5: | Eastern Hindi |
| Script: | Devanagari |
| Dia1: | Surgujia |
| Lc1: | hne |
| Ld1: | Chhattisgarhi |
| Lc2: | sgj |
| Ld2: | Surgujia |
| Lingua: | 59-AAF-ta |
| Glotto: | chha1249 |
| Glottorefname: | Chhattisgarhi |
Chhattisgarhi (छत्तीसगढ़ी) is an Indo-Aryan language spoken by approximately 16.25 million people from Chhattisgarh, Odisha, Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra in India.[3] It is the official language of Chhattisgarh. It is grouped within the Eastern Hindi languages and is counted by the Indian national census as a dialect of Hindi.
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| Fricative | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | ||||||
| Trill/Tap | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | ||||||
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| High | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | ||
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| Mid | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | |
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| Low | pronounced as /link/ | |||
The following is a sample text in Chhattisgarhi, of Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, with a transliteration (IAST) and transcription (IPA).[4]
सबो लोगन मन के गौरव अऊ अधिकार मन के मामला म जनम ले मिले स्वतंत्रता अऊ बरोबरी मिले हे। ओमन ल बुद्धि अऊ अन्तरात्मा के देन मिले हे अऊ ओमन ल एक दूसर ल परेम भाईचारा के भाव ले बेवहार करना चाही।
Sabo loɡan man ke ɡaurav aū adhikār man ke māmlā ma janam le mile svatantratā aū barobari mile he. Oman la buddhi aū antarātmā ke den mile he aū oman la ek dūsar la parem bhāīcārā ke bhāv le bevahār karnā cāhī.
səbo loɡən mən ke ɡɔrəʋ əuː əd̪ʰikaːr mən ke maːmlaː mə dʒənəm le mile sʋət̪ənt̪rət̪aː auː bərobəri mile he. omən lə bud̪d̪ʰi auː ant̪əraːt̪maː ke d̪en mile he auː omən lə ek d̪uːsər lə pərem bʰaːiːtʃaːraː ke bʰaːʋ le beʋəhaːr kərnaː tʃaːhiː
All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.