Surjapuri language

E588492

Surjapuri language is an Eastern Indo-Aryan language spoken primarily in parts of eastern India and neighboring regions of Nepal and Bangladesh, known for its close relation to Maithili and Bengali.

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Surjapuri language canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Eastern Indo-Aryan language
language
closelyRelatedTo Bengali language
Kamtapuri language NERFINISHED
Magahi language NERFINISHED
Maithili language NERFINISHED
hasAlternativeName Sujapuri NERFINISHED
Surjapuri
Surjapuria
Suryapuri NERFINISHED
hasGlottocode surj1238
hasISO639-3Code sjp
hasLanguageFamily Indo-Aryan NERFINISHED
Indo-European NERFINISHED
Indo-Iranian NERFINISHED
hasLexicalInfluenceFrom Bengali NERFINISHED
Hindi NERFINISHED
Maithili NERFINISHED
Urdu NERFINISHED
hasLinguisticTypology SOV word order
postpositional language
hasPhonologicalFeature retroflex consonants typical of Indo-Aryan languages
hasScriptUsage Bengali script for West Bengal and Bangladesh
Devanagari for Hindi-dominant areas
hasWritingSystem Bengali script NERFINISHED
Devanagari script NERFINISHED
isMutuallyIntelligibleWith nearby Eastern Indo-Aryan dialects
languageBranch Eastern Indo-Aryan NERFINISHED
region eastern India NERFINISHED
northern Bangladesh
southeastern Nepal
spokenIn Araria district NERFINISHED
Assam NERFINISHED
Bangladesh NERFINISHED
Bihar NERFINISHED
Dakshin Dinajpur district NERFINISHED
Goalpara region NERFINISHED
India
Jharkhand NERFINISHED
Katihar district NERFINISHED
Kishanganj district NERFINISHED
Nepal NERFINISHED
Purnia district NERFINISHED
Uttar Dinajpur district NERFINISHED
West Bengal NERFINISHED
status regional language
subclassOf Indo-Aryan language
Indo-European language
usedByCommunity Surjapuri people NERFINISHED

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