Alternate Names: Basturia, Bhatra, Bhattra, Bhattri, Bhottada, Bhottara
Dialects: Dialects understand each other at 88% or more. Reportedly similar to Halbi ,. Lexical similarity: 70%–90% between dialects, 58% with Adivasi Oriya ,.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 217,000 (2001 census).
Language Use: Vigorous. Home, religion. Positive attitudes. Some in Madhya Pradesh use Hindi [hin]. Some in Odisha use Oriya [ory]. Also use Halbi [hlb]. Used as L2 by Duruwa [pci], Halbi [hlb].
Language Development: Literacy rate in L2: 38% in Chhattisgarh (2001 census). Bible portions.
Writing System: Devanagari
Nation of Origin: India
Other Comments: A Scheduled Tribe. Hindu, traditional religion.