ISO 639-3 · spvspv
Indo-European family
Sambalpuri
Sambalpuri is a language of the Oriya languages branch (Indo-European), spoken in India. Wikidata counts 2.6 m first-language speakers (2011). Wikidata describes it as “Indo-Aryan language spoken in western Odisha, India”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
spv- Glottocode
west2384- Family
- Indo-European
- EGIDS
- 4 Educational
- Wikipedia
- 13 language editions
2.6 mfirst-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
1scripts
5levels in the tree
4EGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Sambalpuri |
|---|---|
| Also called | Kosali language, Kosli, Koshali, Sambalpuri language, spv |
| L1 speakers | 2,630,000 (2011) |
| Written in | Odia |
Vitality
EGIDS 4 Educational4
Institutional. Used in government, education and media — EGIDS 0 to 4.
Other languages at this levelfamily tree
From Indo-European to Sambalpuri
The branches above Sambalpuri, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Map and countries
A distribution map from Wikimedia Commons, as linked from Wikidata; borders of language areas are approximate.

Also spoken in India
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