Bhojpuri Language

Bhojpuri
	भोजपुरी • 𑂦𑂷𑂔𑂣𑂳𑂩𑂲
Native to	India and Nepal
Region	Purvanchal-Bhojpur
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	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
Glottolog	bhoj1246
Linguasphere	59-AAF-sa
	Bhojpuri-speaking region in India
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Bhojpuri Language is a language which is spoken in northern-eastern India and Terai of Nepal. It is mainly spoken in western Bihar and Eastern Uttar Pradesh.This language is written in Devanagari.^[5]

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↑ "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". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 22 March 2018.
↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Bhojpuric". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History. Cite uses deprecated parameter |chapterurl= (help)
↑ "Wikipedia English". Wikipedia English.

[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". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 22 March 2018.

[Glottolog-4] Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Bhojpuric". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History. Cite uses deprecated parameter |chapterurl= (help)

[5] "Wikipedia English". Wikipedia English.

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