Ho (also known as
Bihar Ho and
Lanka Kol) is a
Munda language of the
Austroasiatic language family spoken primarily in
India by about 1.04 million people (0.103% of India's population) per the 2001 census. It is spoken by the
Ho people and is written with the "
Varang Kshiti" (also "Warang Chiti" script). In some regions, in
Oriya,
Devanagari and
Latin but are considered non-ideal by the native speakers who prefer exclusive use of Varang Kshiti. The name "Ho" is derived from the native word "ho", which means "human".