Bodo Parja language

{{Short description|Indo-Aryan language spoken in India}}

{{Infobox language

|name=Bodo Parja

|altname=Jharia

|nativename=ବଡ଼ ପରଜା

|states=India

|region=Koraput, Odisha

|speakers=156,354

|ethnicity= Paraja Tribe

|date=2011 census

|ref=e18

|familycolor=Indo-European

|fam2=Indo-Iranian

|fam3=Indo-Aryan

|fam4=Eastern

|fam5=Oriya

|script=Odia script

|iso3=bdv

|glotto=bodo1266

|glottorefname=Bodo Parja

}}

Bodo Parja or Jharia is a Indo-Aryan language spoken by the Parang Proja tribe of southern Odisha. Most speakers have low proficiency in it, while Desia language is used at market.