The Magadhi language (also known as Magahi) is a language of India. Magadhi is closely related to Bhojpuri and Maithili and these languages are sometimes referred to as a single language, Bihari. These languages, together with several other related languages, are known as the Bihari languages, which form a sub-group of the Eastern Zone group of Indo-Aryan languages.
Magadhi has as approximately 11 million speakers. It is spoken primarily spoken in the Magadh area of Bihar state. This area includes Patna, Gaya, Nalanda, Rajgir, and other surrounding districts. It is also spoken in some areas of Hazaribagh, Giridih, Palamau, Munger, and Bhagalpur, with some speakers in the Malda District of West Bengal. It is generally written using Devanagari script.
Magadhi is also a religious language; many of the texts of the Jain religion are written in Magadhi. It sounds very similar to Hindi and can be easily understood by someone who is not familiar with it but knows either Hindi or any of the other numerous Bihari languages. It has a very rich and old tradition of folk songs and stories. An earlier form of Magadhi is believed to be the language spoken by the Buddha, and Magadhi may have been the language of ancient kingdom of Magadha, after which Magadh area is named.
External link
Magahi at The Rosetta Project (http://www.rosettaproject.org/live/search/addresourceform?ethnocode=MQM&langname=Magahi)
Magahi is the dialect of the country corresponding to the ancient Magadha, and may therefore be taken as the modern representative of the purest Magadhi Prakrit.
It has extended south-east into the southern half of Chota Nagpur, and is spoken by at least twenty millions of people who are as free from prejudice as the inhabitants of Mithila are conservative.
The Bhojpuris are a fighting race, and their language is a practical one, made for everyday use, as simple and straightforward as Maithili and Magahi are complex.
Magahi Sahu Vaishya belong to native of famous Magadha situatated in now state of Bihar, India.
Magahi Sahu Vaishya derive their caste titles (surname / family name) like Sahu, Sao, Sah, etc. from their ancestral family business of Bankers & money lending: from the Hindi word SAHUKAR, meaning, in a sense, persons dealing with money.
Prefix "Magahi" denotes subcast being natives of Magadha.
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