Bharia

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A language of India

ISO 639-3
bha
Alternate Names
Bhar, Bharat, Bhumia, Bhumiya, Paliha
User Population

197,000 (1981 census).

Location

Chhattisgarh state: Bilaspur, Durg, and Surguja districts; Madhya Pradesh state: Chhatarpur, Chhindwara, Datia, Jabalpur, Mandla, Panna, Rewa, Sidhi, and Tikamgarh districts; Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal states.

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Language Status

6a* (Vigorous).

Classification
Dravidian, Unclassified
Dialects

None known. They speak a variety of Hindi [hin] (Singh and Manoharan 1993).

Language Use

Many also use English [eng].

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Bharia
Writing

Devanagari script [Deva].

Other Comments

Hindu.