Bhojpuri

E32399

Indo-Aryan language language

Bhojpuri is an Indo-Aryan language spoken primarily in eastern Uttar Pradesh, western Bihar, and parts of Nepal, with a rich folk culture and a large diaspora community.

Aliases (7)

Statements (53)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Indo-Aryan language → language →
closelyRelatedTo	Awadhi → Hindi → Magahi → Maithili →
hasDialect	Caribbean Hindustani → Northern Bhojpuri → Southern Bhojpuri → Standard Bhojpuri → Western Bhojpuri →
hasDiasporaCommunity	Indian diaspora in Fiji → Indian diaspora in Mauritius → Indian diaspora in the Caribbean →
hasEthnologueEntry	Bhojpuri language →
hasFolkDance	Jhumar →
hasFolkTheatre	Bidesia theatre → Launda Naach →
hasFolkTradition	Biraha folk music → Chaita folk songs → Kajri folk songs → Sohar songs →
hasGlottologCode	bhoj1244 →
hasMediaIndustry	Bhojpuri cinema → Bhojpuri music industry →
hasNativeName	भोजपुरी →
hasOfficialStatusIn	Nepal (as a recognized language) →
hasScriptDirection	left-to-right →
hasWordOrder	SOV →
ISO639-2Code	bho →
ISO639-3Code	bho →
languageFamily	Indo-European languages →
languageGroup	Eastern Indo-Aryan languages →
languageSubfamily	Indo-Iranian languages →
spokenIn	Fiji → Guyana → India → Mauritius → Nepal → South Africa → Suriname → Trinidad and Tobago → United Arab Emirates → United Kingdom → United States →
spokenInRegion	Terai region of Nepal → eastern Uttar Pradesh → western Bihar →
usedAsLinguaFrancaIn	Bhojpuri-speaking belt of northern India →
usesScriptCurrently	Devanagari →
usesScriptHistorically	Kaithi →
writingSystem	Devanagari script → Kaithi script →

Referenced by (28)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Fiji Hindi ("Mauritian Bhojpuri") → Hindi → Magahi → Sarnami Hindustani → Sarnami Hindustani ("Mauritian Bhojpuri") →	closelyRelatedTo
Bhojpuri ("Standard Bhojpuri") → Bhojpuri ("Northern Bhojpuri") → Bhojpuri ("Western Bhojpuri") →	hasDialect
Bihar → Jharkhand → Patna →	regionalLanguage
Fiji Hindi → Sarnami Hindustani →	developedFrom
Indo-Caribbean people ("Caribbean Hindustani") → Indo-Mauritians →	heritageLanguage
Hindi Belt → Indo-Aryan languages →	includesLanguage
Google Translate →	availableLanguage
Bhojpuri ("Bhojpuri language") →	hasEthnologueEntry
Mauritian Creole →	hasInfluenceFromLanguage
Ballia district →	hasMajorSpokenLanguage
Bhojpuri ("Bhojpuri music industry") →	hasMediaIndustry
Trinidadian Creole English →	hasVocabularySource
Ramleela →	language
Lumbini →	languageRegion
Rajendra Prasad →	languageSpoken
Northern India →	majorLanguage
Arrah →	majorSpokenLanguage