Surgujia dialect

Surgujia
सरगुजिया
Native toIndia
RegionChhattisgarh
Native speakers
1,738,256 (2011 census)[1]
Devanagari[2]
Language codes
ISO 639-3sgj
Glottologsurg1246

Surgujia is an Indo-Aryan language variety spoken in Chhattisgarh. It belongs to the Eastern Hindi group. It is considered as a dialect of Chattisgarhi language.

  1. ^ "Statement 1: Abstract of speakers' strength of languages and mother tongues - 2011". Censusindia.gov.in. Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 2018-07-07.
  2. ^ Surgujia dialect at Ethnologue (21st ed., 2018) Closed access icon