Original sentence: Chhattisgarhi (Devanagari: छत्तीसगढ़ी) is the official language in the Indian state of Chhattisgarh, spoken by 17.5 million people
Edited sentence: As of 2001 the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India counted 1,458,533 speakers of language.As per U.Chhattisgarhi (Devanagari: छत्तीसगढ़ी) is the native language in the Indian state of Chhattisgarh, spoken by 17.5 million people.It is 71%–76% lexical similar with Chhattisgarhi.based Ethnologue Surgujia is mostly "spoken" in Surguja, Jashpur, and Koriya districts of Chattisgarh