Magahi
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Magahi is an Eastern Indo-Aryan language spoken primarily in the Indian state of Bihar and surrounding regions.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Magahi canonical | 37 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Eastern Indo-Aryan language
ⓘ
Indo-Aryan language ⓘ language ⓘ natural language ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Bhojpuri
ⓘ
Maithili ⓘ |
| developedFrom | Magadhi Prakrit ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Magadhi Prakrit
ⓘ
surface form:
Magadhi
Magahi language ⓘ |
| hasAncestor | Magadhi Prakrit ⓘ |
| hasApproximateSpeakers | over 10 million ⓘ |
| hasGlottocode | maga1260 ⓘ |
| hasLanguageCodeISO639-2 | mag ⓘ |
| hasLanguageCodeISO639-3 | mag ⓘ |
| hasLexicalInfluenceFrom |
English
ⓘ
Hindi ⓘ Sanskrit ⓘ Urdu language ⓘ
surface form:
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 ⓘ Magadh region ⓘ
surface form:
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 languages
ⓘ
surface form:
Indo-Aryan branch
Indo-European language family ⓘ Indo-Iranian languages ⓘ
surface form:
Indo-Iranian branch
|
| recognizedAs | vulnerable language in some classifications ⓘ |
| relatedTo | Hindi ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Assam
ⓘ
Bihar ⓘ India ⓘ Jharkhand ⓘ Nepal ⓘ Uttar Pradesh ⓘ West Bengal ⓘ |
| subfamilyOf | Bihari languages ⓘ |
| usedFor |
folk songs
ⓘ
folk tales ⓘ local theatre ⓘ oral literature ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Devanagari script
ⓘ
Kaithi script ⓘ |
Referenced by (37)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
North Bihar