Chhattisgarhi language
official language in the Indian state of Chhattisgarh
Chhattisgarhi (छत्तीसगढ़ी) is an Indo-Aryan language spoken by approximately 16.25 million or 1.62 crore people in Chhattisgarh, western Odisha, Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra in India. It is the co-official language of Chhattisgarh alongside Hindi. It is grouped within the Eastern Hindi languages and is counted by the Indian national census as a dialect of Hindi.
Phonology
Consonants
/r/ can also be heard as a tap [ɾ].
Vowels
/ə/ can also be heard as back [ʌ], [ɐ].
Nasalisation is also phonemically distinctive.
Sample text
The following is a sample text in Chhattisgarhi, of Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, with a transliteration (IAST) and transcription (IPA).
Chhattisgarhi in Devanagari Script
सबो लोगन मन के गौरव अऊ अधिकार मन के मामला म जनम ले मिले स्वतंत्रता अऊ बरोबरी मिले हे। ओमन ल बुद्धि अऊ अन्तरात्मा के देन मिले हे अऊ ओमन ल एक दूसर ल परेम भाईचारा के भाव ले बेवहार करना चाही।
Transliteration (ISO)
Sabo loɡan man ke ɡaurav aū adhikār man ke māmlā ma janam le mile svatantratā aū barobari mile he. Oman la buddhi aū antarātmā ke den mile he aū oman la ek dūsar la parem bhāīcārā ke bhāv le bevahār karnā cāhī.
Transcription (IPA)
səbo loɡən mən ke ɡɔrəʋ əuː əd̪ʰikaːr mən ke maːmlaː mə dʒənəm le mile sʋət̪ənt̪rət̪aː auː bərobəri mile he.
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