Desiya

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Deshia, Desia, Desiya Oriya, Koraput Oriya

ଦେଶିଆ‎ (Desia)

227,000 (2011 census).

Chhattisgarh state: Bastar district; Odisha state: Koraput district, Lamtaput sub-district; Nabarangapur district.

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3 (Wider communication). Trade language by tribal communities in Odisha state.

Intelligible with Adivasi Oriya [ort] but uses different scripts. Lexical similarity: 80%–85% with Adivasi Oriya [ort] dialects in Andhra Pradesh.

Used as L2 by Bodo Gadaba [gbj], Gata’ [gaq], Mirgan [zrg], Pottangi Ollar Gadaba [gdb].

Literacy rate in L2: 6%. Literature. Newspapers. NT: 2010–2020.

Oriya (Odia) script [Orya].

Traditional religion, Christian.