Magahi people

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The Magahi people are an Indo-Aryan ethnic group primarily from the Magadh region of Bihar and neighboring areas in eastern India, known for speaking the Magahi language and maintaining rich folk and religious traditions.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Magahi people canonical 2
Koshali people 1
Magadhan people 1

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indo-Aryan people
ethnic group
alsoSpeak Bhojpuri
Hindi
Maithili
associatedCuisine Bihari cuisine
associatedRegion Magadha
surface form: Magadh
country India
culturalTradition Magahi folk songs
Magahi folk tales
Magahi folk theatre
danceTradition folk dances of Magadh region
demographicStatus one of the major ethnic groups of Bihar
ethnonymLanguage Magahi language
festival Chhath Puja
Diwali
Durga Puja
Holi
Sama Chakeva
follow folk Hindu traditions
local village deities
historicalRegion Magadha
surface form: Ancient Magadha
languageBranch Eastern Indo-Aryan languages
languageFamily Indo-Aryan languages
linguisticStatus speakers of a non-scheduled Indian language
musicTradition seasonal folk songs
wedding songs
nativeLanguage Magahi language
neighboringRegions Jharkhand
eastern Uttar Pradesh
notableFoodItem litti chokha
sattu-based dishes
oralTradition ballads about local heroes
religious narratives
primaryRegion Magadh region
primaryState Bihar
region eastern India
relatedEthnicGroups Bhojpuri people
Maithil people
religion Buddhism
Hinduism
Islam
Jainism
scriptUsedCurrently Devanagari script
surface form: Devanagari
scriptUsedHistorically Kaithi script
socialStructure caste-based communities
traditionalOccupation agriculture
animal husbandry
small-scale trade

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Chhath Puja observedBy Magahi people
Nanda Empire ethnicGroup Magahi people
this entity surface form: Magadhan people
Indo-Aryan peoples hasSubgroup Magahi people
Koshali language hasSpeakerCommunity Magahi people
this entity surface form: Koshali people