Oriya, Adivasi

A language of India

Adivasi, Adiwasi Oriya, Desiya, Kotia, Kotia Oriya, Kotiya, Tribal Oriya

ఆదివాసి ఒరియ‎ (Adivasi Oriya)

400,000, all users. L1 users: 200,000 (2011 SIL). L2 users: 200,000 (1998 U. Gustafsson).

Andhra Pradesh state: Vishakhapatnam district, Araku valley; Odisha state.

5* (Developing).

None known. Lexical similarity: 38%–42% with standard Odia [ory], 80%–85% with Desiya [dso] in Odisha.

Also use English [eng]. Used as L2 by Bodo Parja [bdv], Bondo [bfw], Mukha-Dora [mmk], Parenga [pcj].

Literacy rate in L1: 7%. Literacy rate in L2: 34% for Scheduled Tribes in Vishakhapatnam District (2001 census). Literature. Dictionary. NT: 2011.

Telugu script [Telu].

Traditional religion, Hindu.