| Sambalpuri | |
|---|---|
| Western Odia | |
| ସମ୍ବଲପୁରୀ | |
 'Sambalpuri' in Odia script | |
| Native to | India |
| Region | Western Odisha |
| Ethnicity | Odias |
Native speakers | 2.63 million (2011 census)[1] |
| Odia[2][3][4] | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | spv |
| Glottolog | samb1325 Sambalpuriwest2384 Western Oriya |
 Sambalpuri speaking areas(dialect continuum in green) in Odisha and Chhattisgarh | |
Sambalpuri is an Indo-Aryan language variety spoken in western Odisha, India. It is alternatively known as Western Odia, and as Kosali (with variants Kosli, Koshal and Koshali),[5] a recently popularised but controversial term, which draws on an association with the historical region of Dakshina Kosala, whose territories also included the present-day Sambalpur region.[6][7]
Its speakers usually perceive it as a separate language, while outsiders have seen it as a dialect of Odia,[8] and standard Odia is used by Sambalpuri speakers for formal communication.[9] A 2006 survey of the varieties spoken in four villages found out that they share three-quarters of their basic vocabulary with Standard Odia.[10]
- ^ "Sambalpuri". Ethnologue.
- ^ Bulletin of the Anthropological Survey of India. Director, Anthropological Survey of India, Indian Museum. 1979.
- ^ Chitrasen Pasayat (1998). Tribe, Caste, and Folk Culture. Rawat Publications. ISBN 9788170334576.
- ^ Subodh Kapoor (2002). The Indian Encyclopaedia: La Behmen-Maheya. Cosmo Publications. pp. 4240–. ISBN 978-81-7755-271-3.
- ^ Sambalpuri language at Ethnologue (21st ed., 2018)
- ^ Dash 1990, pp. 4–5.
- ^ G. Sahu 2001, pp. 7–8.
- ^ G.K. Sahu 2002, pp. 1–2.
- ^ Patel (n.d.) cited in Mathai & Kelsall (2013, p. 3)
- ^ Mathai & Kelsall 2013, pp. 4–6. The precise figures are 75–76%. This was based on comparisons of 210-item wordlists.
