Kharia language

Kharia
Kharia
खड़िया, ଖଡ଼ିଆ
Region	India (Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Odisha).
Ethnicity	Kharia
Native speakers	297,614, 69% of ethnic population (2011 census)
Language family	Austroasiatic Munda South Kharia; ; ;
Writing system	Devanagari, Odia, Latin
Official status
Official language in	India Jharkhand (additional);
Language codes
ISO 639-3	khr
Glottolog	khar1287
ELP	Kharia

A Kharia speaker speaking three languages, recorded in China.

The Kharia language (IPA: [kʰaɽija] or IPA: [kʰeɽija]^[2]) is a Munda language of the Austroasiatic language family, that is primarily spoken by the Kharia people of eastern India.

^ "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.
^ Anderson, Gregory D. S. (2008). The Munda languages. London: Routledge. p. 434. ISBN 9780415328906. OCLC 225385744.