Bihari is a name given to the western group of Eastern Indic languages, spoken in Bihar and neighboring states in India. Bhojpuri and Maithili are spoken in Nepal as well. The Bhojpuri and Maithili speaking population form more than 20% of Nepalese population. For other uses, see Bihar (disambiguation). ... A language family is a group of languages related by descent from a common proto-language. ... For other uses, see Indo-European. ... 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. ... The Eastern Indo-Aryan languages include some 210 (SIL estimate) languages and dialects spoken by about many people in Asia; this language family is a part of the Indo-Aryan language family. ... ISO 639-2 is the second part of the ISO 639 standard, which lists codes for the representation of the names of languages. ... The Eastern Indo-Aryan languages include some 210 (SIL estimate) languages and dialects spoken by about many people in Asia; this language family is a part of the Indo-Aryan language family. ... For other uses, see Bihar (disambiguation). ...

The Bihari group consists of:

• Angika (700,000 speakers). Written in Anga, Kaithi and Devanagari scripts.
• Bhojpuri (29,384,562 speakers). Written in the Kaithi and Devanagari scripts.
• Kudmali (37,000 speakers)
• Magahi/Magadhi (11,362,000 speakers). Written in the Kaithi and Devanagari scripts.
• Maithili (7,500,000 speakers). Written in the Maithili and Devanagari scripts.
• Panchpargania (274,000 speakers)
• Sadri (1,965,000 speakers)
• Sarnami Hindustani (150,000 speakers) Form of Bihari with Awadhi influence spoken by Surinamers of Indian descent.
• Surajpuri (273,000 speakers)
• Vajjika (500,000 speakers)

Angika (Dev. ... Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Rigveda manuscript in Devanagari (early 19th century) DevanāgarÄ« (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. ... 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. ... Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Rigveda manuscript in Devanagari (early 19th century) DevanāgarÄ« (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. ... The Magadhi language (also known as मगही Magahi) is a language spoken by 11,362,000 people in India. ... Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Rigveda manuscript in Devanagari (early 19th century) DevanāgarÄ« (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. ... Maithili (मैथिली MaithilÄ«) is a language of the family of Indo-Aryan languages, which are part of the Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European languages. ... Mithilakshar (also known as Tirhuta) is the traditional script of the Maithili language, which is is spoken in the Indian state of Bihar and eastern Nepal. ... Rigveda manuscript in Devanagari (early 19th century) DevanāgarÄ« (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. ... Sadri is a Bihari language spoken in India and Bangladesh. ... Bhojpuri ( ) is a very popular regional language spoken in parts of north-central and eastern India. ...

External links

• http://www.sil.org/iso639-3/documentation.asp?id=bih
• Translation of useful phrases in Angika, Bhojpuri and Maithili
• http://bh.wikipedia.org