Magahi
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Magahi is an Eastern Indo-Aryan language spoken primarily in the Indian state of Bihar and surrounding regions.
Statements (49)
| 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
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|
| relatedTo |
Hindi
→
|
| spokenIn |
Assam
→
Bihar NERFINISHED → India → Jharkhand NERFINISHED → Nepal → Uttar Pradesh → West Bengal → |
| subfamilyOf |
Bihari languages
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|
| usedFor |
folk songs
→
folk tales → local theatre → oral literature → |
| writingSystem |
Devanagari script
→
Kaithi script → |
Referenced by (6)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
|
Bihar
→
Jharkhand → Patna → |
regionalLanguage |
|
Bhojpuri
→
Maithili → |
closelyRelatedTo |
|
Hindi Belt
→
|
includesLanguage |