Chhattisgarhi ( / ) is an eastern variety of Hindi, spoken by approximately 16 million people from Chhattisgarh & other states. It is mostly spoken in the Indian states of Chhattisgarh, Odisha, Madhya Pradesh & Maharashtra. It is closely related to Odia but counted by the Indian national census as a dialect of Hindi. Phonology Consonants can also be heard as a tap . Vowels can also be heard as back . Nasalization is also phonemically distinctive. See also Languages of India Languages with official status in India List of Indian languages by total speakers Sources G. A. Zograph: Languages of South Asia, 1960 (translated by G.L. Campbell, 1982), Routledge, London. H. L. Kavyopadhyaya, G. A. Grierson and L. P. Kavya-Vinod. 1921. A grammar of the Chhattisgarhi dialect of Eastern Hindi. Masica, Colin P. 1993. The Indo-Aryan languages. (Cambridge Lamguage Surveys.) Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Boehm, Kelly Kilgo. 2022. A Preliminary Sociolinguistic Survey of the Chhattisgarhi-Speaking Peoples of India. SIL International. References Bibliography C. K. Chandrakar, "Chhattisgarhi Shabadkosh" C. K. Chandrakar, "Manak Chhattisgarhi Vyakaran" C. K. Chandrakar, "Chhattisgarhi Muhawara Kosh" Chhattisgarh Rajbhasha Aayog, "Prashashnik Shabdkosh Vol. I & II" External links Hindi languages Languages of India Eastern Indo-Aryan languages Culture of Chhattisgarh