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{{short description|Munda language}}
{{distinguish|Kharia Thar language|Kharia, Jalpaiguri}}
{{Infobox language
| name = Kharia
| nativename = खड़िया, ଖଡ଼ିଆ
| region = [[India]] ([[Jharkhand]], [[Chhattisgarh]], [[Odisha]]).
| ethnicity = [[Kharia people|Kharia]]
| speakers = 297,614, 69% of ethnic population
| date = 2011 census
| ref = <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011Census/Language_MTs.html|title=Statement 1: Abstract of speakers' strength of languages and mother tongues – 2011|publisher=Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India|website=www.censusindia.gov.in|access-date=2018-07-07}}</ref>
| familycolor = Austroasiatic
| fam2 = [[Munda languages|Munda]]
| fam3 = South
| script = [[Devanagari]], [[Odia script|Odia]], [[Latin script|Latin]]
| iso3 = khr
| glotto = khar1287
| glottorefname = Kharia
| nation = {{IND}}
* [[Jharkhand]] (additional)
}}
[[File:WIKITONGUES- Nicolas speaking Sadri, Kharia, and Sambalpuri.webm|thumb|A Kharia speaker speaking three languages, recorded in [[China]].]]
The '''Kharia language''' ({{IPA-all|kʰaɽija}} or {{IPA-all|kʰeɽija}}<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|title=The Munda languages|date=2008|publisher=Routledge|others=Anderson, Gregory D. S.|isbn=9780415328906|location=London|pages=434|oclc=225385744}}</ref>) is a [[Munda languages|Munda]] language of the [[Austroasiatic languages|Austroasiatic]] language family, that is primarily spoken by the [[Kharia people]] of eastern [[India]].

==History==
According to linguist [[Paul Sidwell]], Austroasiatic languages arrived on the coast of [[Odisha]] from [[Southeast Asia]] about 4000–3500 years ago.<ref>Sidwell, Paul. 2018. [https://www.academia.edu/36689736/Austroasiatic_Studies_state_of_the_art_in_2018 Austroasiatic Studies: state of the art in 2018]. Presentation at the Graduate Institute of Linguistics, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan, 22 May 2018.</ref>

==Classification==
Kharia belongs to the Kharia–Juang branch of the [[Munda languages|Munda language family]]. Its closest extant relative is the [[Juang language]], but the relationship between Kharia and Juang is remote.

The most widely cited classification places Kharia and Juang together as a subgroup of the South Munda branch of the Munda family. However, some earlier classification schemes placed Kharia and Juang together, as an independent branch deriving from the root of the Munda languages, which they named Central Munda.

Kharia is in contact with [[Sadri language|Sadri]] (the local lingua franca), [[Mundari language|Mundari]], [[Kurukh language|Kurukh]], [[Hindi]], and [[Odia language|Odia]] (in [[Odisha]]).<ref name=":0" />

==Distribution==
Kharia speakers are located in the following [[districts of India]].<ref name=":0" />

*[[Jharkhand]]
**[[Simdega district]]
**[[Gumla district]]
*[[Chhattisgarh]]
**[[Surguja district]]
**[[Raigarh district]]
*[[Odisha]]
**[[Sundargarh district]]

==References==
{{reflist}}
*{{cite book|author=Gagan Chandra Banerjee|title=Introduction to the Khariā Language|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YtDaJ1wPZ2AC|access-date=25 August 2012|year=1894|publisher=Bengal Secretariat Press|isbn=9788120617728}}
*Peterson, John. 2008. "Kharia". In Anderson, Gregory D.S (ed). ''The Munda languages'', 434–507. Routledge Language Family Series 3.New York: Routledge. {{ISBN|0-415-32890-X}}.

==External links==
*[http://www.ling.hawaii.edu/austroasiatic/AA/Munda/Dictionaries/Kharia.txt Online Kharia Dictionary]
{{Commons cat|Kharia language}}
{{Languages of India}}
{{Austroasiatic languages}}

[[Category:Munda languages]]
[[Category:Languages of India]]
[[Category:Endangered languages of India]]

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