Alternate Names: Adiwasi Oriya, Kotia Oriya, Kotiya, Tribal Oriya
Dialects: None known. Lexical similarity: 38%–42% with standard Oriya ,, 80%–85% with Desiya , in Odisha.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 200,000 (2011 SIL). L2 users: 200,000 (1998 U. Gustafsson).
Language Use: Used as L2 by Bodo Parja [bdv], Bondo [bfw], Mukha-Dora [mmk], Parenga [pcj].
Language Development: Literacy rate in L1: 7%. Literacy rate in L2: 34% for Scheduled Tribes in Vishakhapatnam District (2001 census). Dictionary. NT: 2011.
Writing System: Telugu
Nation of Origin: India
Other Comments: Adivasi Oriya is a Scheduled Tribe. Ethnonyms: Kotia in Andra Pradesh, Adivasi, and Desiya in Odisha. Traditional religion, Hindu.