Bhojpuri language

Bhojpuri
Bhojpuri
भोजपुरी • 𑂦𑂷𑂔𑂣𑂳𑂩𑂲
	[[File: 200px 200px\|border\|150px]] The word "Bhojpuri" in Kaithi and Devanagari script
Native to	India, Singapore and Nepal
Region	Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Eastern Beach Odisha, Southern Mandesh
Ethnicity	Bhojpuri
Native speakers	51 million, partial count (2011 census); (additional speakers counted under Hindi)
Language family	Indo-European Indo-Iranian Indo-Aryan Eastern Zone (Magadhan) Bihari languages Bhojpuri; ; ; ; ;
Dialects	Northern (Gorakhpuri, Sarawaria, Basti, Padrauna) Western (Purbi, Benarsi) Southern (Kharwari) Nagpuria (Sadari) Tharu Bhojpuri Madheshi Domra Musahari Caribbean Hindustani; · Trinidadian Hindustani; (Trinidadian Bhojpuri,; Plantation Hindustani,; Gaon ke Bolee); · Guyanese Hindustani; (Aili Gaili); · Sarnami Hindoestani Fiji Hindi Mauritian Bhojpuri South African Bhojpuri (Naitali)
Writing system	Devanagari; Perso-Arabic; Kaithi (historical);
Official status
Official language in	22x20px Fiji (as the Fiji Hindi language)
Recognised minority language in	India (as a second language in Jharkhand)
Language codes
ISO 639-2	bho
ISO 639-3	bho – inclusive code; Individual codes:; hns – Caribbean Hindustani; hif – Fiji Hindi
Linguasphere	59-AAF-sa
	300px Bhojpuri-speaking region in India
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Bhojpuri language is an Indo-Aryan language which is spoken in northern-eastern India and It is mainly spoken in the Indian states of Bihar, and Uttar Pradesh. There are also Bhojpuri speakers in the Caribbean. The language today is written in Devanagari, but before was written in Kaithi.^[4]

Bhojpuri Language Media

WIKITONGUES: Krishna speaking Bhojpuri
Paramaribo - Kleine Combeweg - Baba en Mai 20160922.jpg

Statue named Baba en Maai commemorating the arrival of first Indian couple in Suriname
East Indian Coolies in Trinidad - Project Gutenberg eText 16035.jpg

Arrival of Bhojpuri speaking people in Trinidad and Tobago
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Major Indo-Aryan languages of South Asia; Eastern Indo-Aryan languages in shades of yellow
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Bhojpuri story written in Kaithi script by Babu Rama Smaran Lal in 1898
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Signboard at Purbi Gumti Arrah with "Lock no. 11" written on the board in Bhojpuri using Kaithi Script (on the left side), Persian script (on the right side) and Roman script (above).
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Cover page of Badmash Darpan by Teg Ali Teg

References

↑ "Statement 1: Abstract of speakers' strength of languages and mother tongues – 2011". www.censusindia.gov.in. Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 7 July 2018.
↑ http://www.indiandiasporacouncil.org/pdf/NAITALI-SOUTH-AFRICAN-BHOJPURI-by-B-Rambilass.pdf
↑ Sudhir Kumar Mishra (22 March 2018). Bhojpuri, 3 more to get official tag. https://www.telegraphindia.com/states/jharkhand/bhojpuri-3-more-to-get-official-tag-217369.
↑ "Bhojpuri alphabet, pronunciation and language". omniglot.com. Retrieved 2021-07-15.

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[1] "Statement 1: Abstract of speakers' strength of languages and mother tongues – 2011". www.censusindia.gov.in. Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 7 July 2018.

[2] ttp://www.indiandiasporacouncil.org/pdf/NAITALI-SOUTH-AFRICAN-BHOJPURI-by-B-Rambilass.pdf

[telegraph_jharkhandbihar_official-3] Sudhir Kumar Mishra (22 March 2018). Bhojpuri, 3 more to get official tag. https://www.telegraphindia.com/states/jharkhand/bhojpuri-3-more-to-get-official-tag-217369.

[4] "Bhojpuri alphabet, pronunciation and language". omniglot.com. Retrieved 2021-07-15.

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