Singhbhumi Odia

{{Short description|Odia dialect of India}}

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Singhabhumi Odia {{cite web | url=https://www.patratravels.com/language-of-odisha.php | title=Language of Odisha - Patra Tours and Travels }} is the northernmost dialect of the Odia language, spoken in the Kolhan region of Jharkhand, which includes the Seraikella-Kharsawan, West Singhbhum, and East Singhbhum district.{{Cite book |last=Das |first=N. K. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Sz7m_yM-hJsC |title=Odisha |date= |publisher=Anthropological Survey of India by Seagull Books |year=2012 |isbn=978-81-7046-293-4 |pages=111 |language=en}}

{{Infobox language

| name = Singhabhumi Odia

| familycolor = Indo-European

| states = Jharkhand

| region = Kolhan region

| ethnicity = Odia people

| fam2 = Indo-Aryan

| fam1 = Indo-Iranian

| fam3 = Eastern

| fam4 = Odia

| script = Odia script, Devnagari script

| nativename = ସିଂହଭୂମି ଓଡ଼ିଆ

| speakers = {{estimation}} 20 lakh

| date = no date

| ref = {{Cite news |agency=PTI |date=2021-10-02 |title=Odisha political parties urge Jharkhand govt. not to exclude Odia language from teachers training course |language=en-IN |work=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/odisha-political-parties-urge-jharkhand-govt-not-to-exclude-odia-language-from-teachers-training-course/article36788363.ece |access-date=2022-05-27 |issn=0971-751X}}

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