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".