Language · ISO 639-3 sgj
Surgujia Language सरगुजिया
Surgujia is a language spoken by about 1.5 million people in 1 country. It is written in the Devanagari script.
Where Surgujia is spoken
- Official language
- Regional official
- Spoken by 10%+
- 1–10%
- Smaller communities
Countries that speak Surgujia
Language family
No family classification is available.
Writing system
Devanagari script
About the Surgujia language
Surgujia (सरगुजिया) is spoken by about 1.5 million people, which makes it the 379th most spoken language in the world — just behind Qashqa'i (1.5 million) and ahead of Sonha (1.5 million).
Where is Surgujia spoken?
Surgujia is used in 1 country. The largest communities live in India (1.5 million).
Surgujia is not a national official language anywhere.
Writing system and status
Surgujia is written in the Devanagari script.
ISO codes: ISO 639-3 sgj.
Frequently asked questions about Surgujia
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Data: Languages of the World dataset (MIT) — ISO 639-3, Glottolog (CC BY 4.0), Unicode CLDR, Google LinguaMeta (CC BY 4.0) and Wikidata; country lists: samayo/country-json (MIT). Speaker numbers include first- and second-language speakers where sources report them.