Lodhi language

Lodhi (Lodi, Lohi, Lozi) is a Munda language, or dialect cluster, of India. Kharia Thar is only spoken by one quarter of ethnic Lodhi in Orissa. However, while admitting that Lodhi is related to Sora, a Munda language, Ethnologue classifies it as Indic (Bengali–Assamese), and it is considered a variety of Hindi in the Indian census. It may be that there are both Munda and Indic varieties subsumed under the name Lodhi.

Lodhi
Sabar, Sabara
ସାବାର
Native to	India
Region	Odisha, West Bengal, Jharkhand
Ethnicity	Lodha
Native speakers	139,000 (2011) 22% of ethnic population
Language family	Austroasiatic Munda South Sora-Gorum Lodhi
Language codes
ISO 639-3	lbm
Glottolog	lodh1246

However, Anderson (2008:299) suggests that Lodhi (Lodha) of northern Orissa may be an endangered Munda language; some members use the autonym Sabar or Sabara.

Locations

Lodhi is spoken in:

• Morada and Suliapada, Sadar subdivision, Mayurbhanj district, Odisha
• Sora block, Balasore district, Odisha
• Binpur and Kharagpur-I blocks in West Medinipur district, West Bengal
• Jharkhand (along the West Bengal border)

Sources

• Anderson, Gregory D.S (ed). 2008. The Munda languages. Routledge Language Family Series 3.New York: Routledge. ISBN 0-415-32890-X.