Bhojpuri

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Bhojpuri is an Indo-Aryan language spoken primarily in eastern Uttar Pradesh, western Bihar, and parts of Nepal, with a rich folk culture and a large diaspora community.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Indo-Aryan language
language
closelyRelatedTo Awadhi
Hindi
Magahi
Maithili
hasDialect Caribbean Hindustani
linked to: Sarnami Hindustani

Northern Bhojpuri
linked to: Bhojpuri

Southern Bhojpuri
Standard Bhojpuri
linked to: Bhojpuri

Western Bhojpuri
linked to: Bhojpuri
hasDiasporaCommunity Indian diaspora in Fiji
Indian diaspora in Mauritius
Indian diaspora in the Caribbean
hasEthnologueEntry Bhojpuri language
linked to: Bhojpuri
hasFolkDance Jhumar
hasFolkTheatre Bidesia theatre
Launda Naach
hasFolkTradition Biraha folk music
Chaita folk songs
Kajri folk songs
Sohar songs
hasGlottologCode bhoj1244
hasMediaIndustry Bhojpuri cinema
Bhojpuri music industry
linked to: Bhojpuri
hasNativeName भोजपुरी
hasOfficialStatusIn Nepal (as a recognized language)
hasScriptDirection left-to-right
hasWordOrder SOV
ISO639-2Code bho
ISO639-3Code bho
languageFamily Indo-European languages
languageGroup Eastern Indo-Aryan languages
languageSubfamily Indo-Iranian languages
spokenIn Fiji
Guyana
linked to: British Guiana

India
Mauritius
Nepal
South Africa
Suriname
Trinidad and Tobago
United Arab Emirates
United Kingdom
United States
spokenInRegion Terai region of Nepal
linked to: Terai

eastern Uttar Pradesh
western Bihar
usedAsLinguaFrancaIn Bhojpuri-speaking belt of northern India
usesScriptCurrently Devanagari
linked to: Devanagari script
usesScriptHistorically Kaithi
writingSystem Devanagari script
Kaithi script

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Hindi closelyRelatedTo Bhojpuri
Indo-Caribbean people heritageLanguage Caribbean Hindustani
linked to: Bhojpuri
Northern India majorLanguage Bhojpuri
subject linked to: northern India
Arrah majorSpokenLanguage Bhojpuri
Bhojpuri hasDialect Standard Bhojpuri
linked to: Bhojpuri
Bhojpuri hasDialect Northern Bhojpuri
linked to: Bhojpuri
Bhojpuri hasDialect Western Bhojpuri
linked to: Bhojpuri
Bhojpuri hasEthnologueEntry Bhojpuri language
linked to: Bhojpuri
Bhojpuri hasMediaIndustry Bhojpuri music industry
linked to: Bhojpuri
Fiji Hindi developedFrom Bhojpuri
Fiji Hindi closelyRelatedTo Mauritian Bhojpuri
linked to: Bhojpuri
Ramleela language Bhojpuri
Sarnami Hindustani closelyRelatedTo Mauritian Bhojpuri
linked to: Bhojpuri
Bihar regionalLanguage Bhojpuri
Jharkhand regionalLanguage Bhojpuri
Magahi closelyRelatedTo Bhojpuri
Hindi Belt includesLanguage Bhojpuri
Lumbini languageRegion Bhojpuri
Patna regionalLanguage Bhojpuri
Ara regionalLanguage Bhojpuri
Purvanchal hasLanguage Bhojpuri
Purvanchal hasMajorLanguage Bhojpuri
Awadhi closelyRelatedTo Bhojpuri
Uttara hasOfficialLanguage Bhojpuri
Agrawal hasLanguage Bhojpuri
Eastern Indo-Aryan languages hasMajorLanguage Bhojpuri language
linked to: Bhojpuri
Jagdishpur hasLocalLanguage Bhojpuri
Mirzapur district language Bhojpuri
Chandauli district hasMajorSpokenLanguage Bhojpuri
subject linked to: present-day Chandauli
Magahi language closelyRelatedTo Bhojpuri language
linked to: Bhojpuri
Jhumar hasLanguageOfSongs Bhojpuri
Kaithi script usedForLanguage Bhojpuri language
linked to: Bhojpuri
Fiji Baat derivedFrom Bhojpuri
Fiji Baat closelyRelatedTo Mauritian Bhojpuri
linked to: Bhojpuri
Buxar languageSpoken Bhojpuri