Magahi

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Magahi is an Eastern Indo-Aryan language spoken primarily in the Indian state of Bihar and surrounding regions.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf Eastern Indo-Aryan language
Indo-Aryan language
language
natural language
closelyRelatedTo Bhojpuri
Maithili
developedFrom Magadhi Prakrit
hasAlternativeName Magadhi
Magahi language
hasAncestor Magadhi Prakrit
hasApproximateSpeakers over 10 million
hasGlottocode maga1260
hasLanguageCodeISO639-2 mag
hasLanguageCodeISO639-3 mag
hasLexicalInfluenceFrom English
Hindi
Sanskrit
Urdu
hasMorphologicalFeature ergative alignment tendencies in past transitive constructions
postpositions instead of prepositions
hasNativeSpeakers millions
hasPhonologicalFeature contrast between aspirated and unaspirated stops
three-way stop distinction by voicing and aspiration
hasRegion Magadh region
parts of Jharkhand
southern Bihar
hasSyntacticFeature basic SOV word order
use of sentence-final particles
notOfficialLanguageOf Bihar as separate language (often grouped under Hindi)
India at national level
partOf Indo-Aryan branch
Indo-European language family
Indo-Iranian branch
recognizedAs vulnerable language in some classifications
relatedTo Hindi
spokenIn Assam
Bihar NERFINISHED
India
Jharkhand NERFINISHED
Nepal
Uttar Pradesh
West Bengal
subfamilyOf Bihari languages
usedFor folk songs
folk tales
local theatre
oral literature
writingSystem Devanagari script
Kaithi script

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