Chhattisgarhi language

Chhattisgarhi
Chhattisgarhi
छत्तीसगढ़ी
	The word "Chhattisgarhi" written in Devanagari script
Native to	India
Region	Chhattisgarh and a minority of speakers in Odisha and Maharashtra
Native speakers	16.2 million, partial count (2011 census); (additional speakers counted under Hindi)
Language family	Indo-European Indo-Iranian Indo-Aryan Central Zone Eastern Hindi Chhattisgarhi; ; ; ; ;
Dialects	Surgujia;
Writing system	Devanagari, Odia
Official status
Official language in	India Chhattisgarh (additional);
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Either:; hne – Chhattisgarhi; sgj – Surgujia
Glottolog	chha1249
Linguasphere	59-AAF-ta

Chhattisgarhi (छत्तीसगढ़ी) is an Indo-Aryan language spoken by approximately 16.25 million people from Chhattisgarh, Odisha, Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra in India. It is the official language of Chhattisgarh. It is grouped within the Eastern Hindi languages and is counted by the Indian national census as a dialect of Hindi.