The Bihari people are an Indo-Aryan ethnic group from Bihar in India with a history going back more than two millennia. They speak Hindi, Bhojpuri and some other local dialects. They can trace their ancestry to the early Indo-Aryans, as well as the indigineous Austro-Asiatic Munda inhabitants of Bengal and Bihar (descendants of the Proto-Australoids). Besides Bihar, Biharis can be found throughout the North India, West Bengal, Maharashtra and in the neighbouring country Bangladesh. The Indo-Aryan languages form a subgroup of the Indo-Iranian languages, thus belonging to the Indo-European family of languages. ... For other uses, see Bihar (disambiguation). ... Hindi (हिन्दी hind), an Indo-European language spoken mainly in North, Central, and West India, is one of the national languages of India. ... Categories: Indo-Aryan languages | Languages of India | Language stubs ... The Indo-Aryans are the ethno-linguistic descendents of the Indic branch of the Indo-Iranians. ... The Austroasiatic languages are a large language family of Southeast Asia and India. ... The Munda are a tribal (Adivasi) people of Bihar, India. ... Bengal, known as Bôngo (Bengali: বঙ্গ), Bangla (বাংলা), Bôngodesh (বঙ্গদেশ), or Bangladesh (বাংলাদেশ) in Bangla, is a region in the northeast of South Asia. ... The Proto-Australoids were a race of Hunter-Gatherers. ... A map showing North India North India is a geographic and linguistic-cultural region of India. ... West Bengal (পশ্চিম বঙ্গ, Poshchim Bôngo) is a state in the eastern region of India. ... Maharashtra (Devanagari: महाराष्ट्र, literally: Great Nation)( (help· info)) is Indias third largest state in terms of area and second largest in terms of population after Uttar Pradesh. ...