Bhojpuri is a popular regional language spoken in northeastern India in the western part of state of Bihar, the northwestern part of Jharkhand, and the Purvanchal region of Uttar Pradesh, as well as an adjoining area of southern plains of Nepal. Bhojpuri is also spoken in Guyana, Suriname, Fiji, Trinidad and Tobago and Mauritius and is often said to be the only Indian language to be spoken on all continents. Trinidad (Spanish, Trinity) is the largest and most populous of the 23 islands which make up the country of Trinidad and Tobago. ... For other uses, see Bihar (disambiguation). ... Uttar Pradesh (Hindi: , Urdu: اتر پردیش, IPA: ), also popularly known by its abbreviation U.P., is the most populous and fifth largest state in the Union of India. ... | state_name=Jharkhand | | capital=Ranchi | latd = 23. ... Assam (Assamese: অসম, Hindi: असम; Ôxôm) is a northeastern state of India with its capital at Dispur. ... It has been suggested that National Capital Territory of Delhi be merged into this article or section. ... Madhya Pradesh (मध्य प्रदेश) is a state in central India. ... West Bengal (Bengali: পশ্চিম বঙ্গ, Hindi: पश्चिम बंगाल, Poshchim Bôngo) is a state in the eastern region of India. ... This is a list of languages ordered by number of native-language speakers, with some data for second-language use. ... Current distribution of Human Language Families Most languages are known to belong to language families. ... The Indo-European languages comprise a family of several hundred languages and dialects [1], including most of the major languages of Europe, as well as many in Southwest Asia, Central Asia and South Asia. ... The Indo-Iranian language group constitutes the easternmost extant branch of the Indo-European family of languages. ... The Indo-Aryan languages form a subgroup of the Indo-Iranian languages, thus belonging to the Indo-European family of languages. ... Bihari is a name given to a group of Indo-Aryan languages spoken in Bihar and neighboring states in India. ... Writing Systems of the World today A Specimen of typeset fonts and languages, by William Caslon, letter founder; from the 1728 Cyclopaedia. ... Rigveda manuscript in Devanagari (early 19th century) Devanāgarī (देवनागरी — in English pronounced ) (ISCII – IS13194:1991) [1] is an abugida alphabet used to write several Indian languages, including Sanskrit, Hindi, Marathi, Kashmiri, Sindhi, Bihari, Bhili, Konkani, Bhojpuri and Nepali from Nepal. ... Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... ISO 639-1 is the first part of the ISO 639 international-standard language-code family. ... ISO 639-2:1998 Codes for the representation of names of languages — Part 2: Alpha-3 code Twenty-two of the languages have two three-letter codes: a code for bibliographic use (ISO 639-2/B) a code for terminological use (ISO 639-2/T). ... ISO 639-3 is in process of development as an international standard for language codes. ... Image File history File links Created by me. ... The Brahmic family is a family of abugidas used in South Asia, Tibet and Southeast Asia. ... For other uses, see Bihar (disambiguation). ... | state_name=Jharkhand | | capital=Ranchi | latd = 23. ... Purvanchal is a geographic region of north-central India, which comprises the eastern end of Uttar Pradesh state. ... Uttar Pradesh (Hindi: , Urdu: اتر پردیش, IPA: ), also popularly known by its abbreviation U.P., is the most populous and fifth largest state in the Union of India. ...

People's attitudes towards the Bhojpuri language have evolved over time, and most linguists agree it is not a dialect of Hindi, which is a widespread belief among speakers. Others, including the government of India while taking census, disagree, and consider Bhojpuri to be a dialect of Hindi. But now the government of India is preparing to grant it statutory status of as a national scheduled language. Hindi (हिन्दी or हिंदी in Devanāgarī; pronunciation: ), an Indo-European language spoken mainly in Northern and Central India is the primary official language and the National language (sic) of the Union government of India. ... // INTELLIGENT BEHAVIOURS TO BECOME MORE RICHER AND SECURE WITHIN INDIA REMOVE POVERTY AND TO INCREASE SECURITY OF INDIA, THERE IS A NEED TO USE HIGHER INTELLIGENT, THAT IS TO SAY, TO PROMOTE FOREIGN CITIZENS OF FIRST WORLD COUNTRIES TO BECOME CITIZEN OF INDIA WHEREBY THEY HAVE RIGHTS TO PURCHASE WHOLE... India has a diverse list of spoken languages among different groups of people. ...

Bhojpuri shares vocabulary with Sanskrit, Hindi, Urdu and other Indo-Aryan languages of northern India. Bhojpuri and several closely related languages, including Maithili and Magahi, are together known as the Bihari languages. They are part of the Eastern Zone group of Indo-Aryan languages which includes Bengali and Oriya. Sanskrit ( संस्कृतम् ; pronunciation: ) is an Indo-European classical language of India and a liturgical language of Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism. ... Hindi (हिन्दी or हिंदी in DevanāgarÄ«; pronunciation: ), an Indo-European language spoken mainly in Northern and Central India is the primary official language and the National language (sic) of the Union government of India. ... The phrase Zaban-e Urdu-e Mualla written in () is an Indo-European language of the Indo-Aryan family that developed under Persian, Pashto, Turkish, Arabic, Hindi, and Sanskrit influence in South Asia during the Delhi Sultanate and Mughal Empire (1200-1800). ... The Indo-Aryan languages form a subgroup of the Indo-Iranian languages, thus belonging to the Indo-European family of languages. ... Maithili is of the family of Indo-Aryan languages, which are part of the Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European languages. ... The Magadhi language (also known as Magahi) is a language of India. ... Bihari is a name given to a group of Indo-Aryan languages spoken in Bihar and neighboring states in India. ... Bangla (বাংলা, IPA: ) or Bengali is an Indo-Aryan language of East South Asia, evolved from Sanskrit and Prakrit. ... This article is in need of attention from an expert on the subject. ...

There are numerous dialects of Bhojpuri, including three or four in eastern Uttar Pradesh alone. A dialect (from the Greek word διάλεκτος, dialektos) is a variety of a language used by people from a particular geographic area. ...

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Number of speakers

According to an article published in Times of India, an estimated 7 crore population of eastern Uttar Pradesh and 5 crore of western Bihar speaks Bhojpuri. Besides this about 6 crore Bhojpuri speaking people are living in foreign countries including Nepal, Mauritius, Fiji, Surinam, Guyana, Uganda, Singapore, Trinidad & Tobago and United States. This makes the total bhojpuri speaking population in the world close to 18 crores or 180 million.

Bhojpuri dialects, varieties, and creoles are also spoken in various parts of the world, including Guyana, Suriname, Brazil, South Africa, Fiji, and Trinidad and Tobago. During the late 1800s and early 1900s, many colonizers had faced labor shortages and were unable to obtain slaves from Africa due to the abolition of slavery; thus, they imported many Indians as indentured servants to labor on plantations. Today, many Indians in the West Indies, Oceania, and South America still speak Bhojpuri as a native or second language, although the forms of Bhojpuri spoken by them often vary considerably from their Indian counterpart due to years of geographic and cultural separation. Events and Trends Beginning of the Napoleonic Wars (1803 - 1815). ... // Events and Trends Technology First flight by the Wright brothers, December 17, 1903. ... The Caribbean or the West Indies is a group of islands in the Caribbean Sea. ... Oceania is a geographical, often geopolitical, region consisting of numerous lands—mostly islands but sometimes including Australia—in the Pacific Ocean and vicinity. ... South America South America is a continent crossed by the equator, with most of its area in the Southern Hemisphere. ...

See also

• Hindustani language
• Languages of India
• List of national languages of India
• List of Indian languages by total speakers

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External links

• Bhojpuri.org :: Bhojpuri Sansaar - A Global Network of Bhojpuri Professional
• A Global Database of Bhojpuri Professional
• Bhojpuriduniya.com A superhit website in Bhojpuri
• Ethnologue report for Bhojpuri
• Translation of useful phrases in Bhojpuri
• Bhojpuria: web portal
• Bhojpuri at Yahoo! Groups
• Bhojpuri USA at Yahoo! Groups
• Bhojpuri Singapore at Yahoo! Groups

• Bhojpuri at the Rosetta Project
• Bhojpuri Association of North America - BANA
• Bhojpuri Poems - Blog

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