Sambalpuri language

Sambalpuri
Sambalpuri
Western Odia
ସମ୍ବଲପୁରୀ
	'Sambalpuri' in Odia script
Native to	India
Region	Western Odisha
Ethnicity	Odias
Native speakers	2.63 million (2011 census)
Language family	Indo-European Indo-Iranian Indo-Aryan Eastern Odia Sambalpuri; ; ; ; ;
Writing system	Odia
Language codes
ISO 639-3	spv
Glottolog	samb1325 Sambalpuri; west2384 Western Oriya
	Sambalpuri speaking areas(dialect continuum in green) in Odisha and Chhattisgarh

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A Sambalpuri speaker speaking three languages, recorded in China.

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]

It is a dialectal variety 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.

[1] "Sambalpuri". Ethnologue.

[BASI-2] Bulletin of the Anthropological Survey of India. Director, Anthropological Survey of India, Indian Museum. 1979.

[Pasayat1998-3] Chitrasen Pasayat (1998). Tribe, Caste, and Folk Culture. Rawat Publications. ISBN 9788170334576.

[Kapoor2002-4] Subodh Kapoor (2002). The Indian Encyclopaedia: La Behmen-Maheya. Cosmo Publications. pp. 4240–. ISBN 978-81-7755-271-3.

[5] Sambalpuri language at Ethnologue (21st ed., 2018)

[FOOTNOTEDash19904–5-6] Dash 1990, pp. 4–5.

[FOOTNOTEG._Sahu20017–8-7] G. Sahu 2001, pp. 7–8.

[FOOTNOTEG.K._Sahu20021–2-8] G.K. Sahu 2002, pp. 1–2.

[9] Patel (n.d.) cited in Mathai & Kelsall (2013, p. 3)

[FOOTNOTEMathaiKelsall20134–6-10] Mathai & Kelsall 2013, pp. 4–6. The precise figures are 75–76%. This was based on comparisons of 210-item wordlists.

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