| Khortha | |
|---|---|
| Eastern Magahi | |
| खोरठा | |
 The word "Khortha" written in Devanagari script | |
| Native to | India |
| Region | North Chotanagpur and Santhal Pargana, Jharkhand |
Native speakers | 8.04 million (2011 census)[1][2](additional speakers counted under Hindi) |
| Devanagari | |
| Official status | |
Official language in |  India
|
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | – |
 Distribution of Khortha language | |
Khortha (also romanized as Kortha or Khotta) or alternatively classified as Eastern Magahi[4] is a language variety (which is considered a dialect of the Magahi language) spoken primarily in the Indian state of Jharkhand, mainly in 16 districts of three divisions: North Chotanagpur, Palamu division and Santhal Pargana.[3] Khortha is spoken by the Sadaans as native language and used by the tribal as a link language.[5][4] It is the most spoken language variety of Jharkhand.[6][7][8]
- ^ "Statement 1: Abstract of speakers' strength of languages and mother tongues - 2011". www.censusindia.gov.in. Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 2018-07-07.
- ^ "Magahi". ethnologue.
- ^ a b "Jharkhand gives second language status to Magahi, Angika, Bhojpuri and Maithili". Avenue Mail. 2018-03-21. Archived from the original on 2019-03-28. Retrieved 2020-05-27.
- ^ a b "LSI Vol-5 part-2". dsal. p. 145.
Eastern Magahi
- ^ Atul Aman, Niladri Sekhar Dash, Jayashree Chakraborty (January 2020). "DESIGNING A LINGUISTIC PROFILE OF KHORTHA: A LESS RESOURCED LANGUAGE SPOKEN IN THE STATE OF JHARKHAND, INDIA". ResearchGate. Retrieved 11 August 2022.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Pattanayak, Binay. Language Diversity in Jharkhand.
- ^ "Magahi". Ethnologue. 2014-01-17. Retrieved 2022-08-14.
- ^ "Khortha a Dying Language and Urgency to Retain its Pure Variety". ResearchGate.