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Bhojpuri is an Indo-Aryan language spoken by millions of people in India and Nepal, primarily in the eastern regions of India. It matters as an important part of the cultural and linguistic heritage of the communities where it is spoken, though it faces challenges as younger generations increasingly adopt other languages.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- modern language
- Subclass of
- Bihari
- Country
- Nepal
- Image
- Bhojpuri language.svg
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- has grammatical gender
- masculine
- Commons category
- Bhojpuri language
- Wikimedia language code
- bho
- writing system
- Kaithi
- native label
- भोजपुरी
- number of speakers, writers, or signers
- 52200000
- topic's main category
- Category:Bhojpuri language
- indigenous to
- Narayani Zone
- category for films in this language
- Category:Bhojpuri-language films
- P10369
- Cuba
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Encyclopedic overview
A speaker of Bhojpuri
Bhojpuri (IPA: /ˌboʊdʒˈpʊəri/; Devanagari: भोजपुरी, Kaithi: 𑂦𑂷𑂔𑂣𑂳𑂩𑂲, ( IPA: [bʰoːdʒpʊɾiː])) is an Indo-Aryan language native to the Bhojpur-Purvanchal region of India and the Terai region of Nepal. It is chiefly spoken in eastern Uttar Pradesh, western Bihar, and northwestern Jharkhand in India, as well as western Madhesh and eastern Lumbini in Nepal. According to the 2011 Census of India, it is spoken by approximately 50.5 million people.
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