{{Short description|Dravidian language of Chhattisgarh, India}} {{Expand language|topic=|langcode=ta|otherarticle=கிர்வார் மொழி|date=April 2024}} {{Infobox language | name = Khirwar | nativename = | states = India | speakers = {{sigfig|25,800|2}} | date = 2011 census | ref = e25 | familycolor = Dravidian |fam2 = South-Central? |fam3 = Gondi–Kui? |fam4 = Gondi languages? | iso3 = kwx | glotto = khir1237 | glottorefname = Khirwar }}
'''Khirwar''' ({{ipa|kwx|kʰirwaːr|ipa}}, also called '''Khirwara''', '''Kherwari''', or '''Kalari'''<ref name=e25/>) is a Dravidian language spoken by the Kharwar tribe in Surguja district of Chhattisgarh in India.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Frawley |first1=William |title=International Encyclopedia of Linguistics: 4-Volume Set |date=March 24, 2003 |publisher=Oxford University Press |page=466}}</ref> Glottolog has labeled it as unclassified within the Dravidian group.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://glottolog.org/resource/languoid/id/khir1237|title=Glottolog 4.8 - Khirwar|website=glottolog.org}}</ref>
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