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Name:
Bhojpuri
Type:
Language
Alternate Names:
Bhojpuriya; Hindusthani; Deswali; Khotla; Piscimas; Bhojapuri; Bhozpuri; Bajpuri; Bihari; Bihārī; Bhojpurī; Western Bihari
Spoken in:
Nepal, India, Mauritius
Number of speakers:
36,500,000 in India (2007). Population total all countries: 38,546,000
(Ethnologue)
Code:
bho
Code Standard:
ISO 639-3
Documentation:
SIL
Families:
Indo-European (Indo-Germanische, Indo-Hittite)
Parent Subgroup:
Bihari (biha)
Child Dialect Groups:
Western Standard Bhojpuri; Western Bhojpurī; Western Bhojpuri; Pūrbī; Purbi; Benarsi (bho-wes)
Northern Standard Bhojpuri; Standard Bhojpurī; Standard Bhojpuri; Northern Standard Bhojpurī; Gorakhpuri; Sarawaria; Basti (bho-nor)
Child Dialects:
Tharu; Thārū (bho-tha)
Bhojpuri Tharu (bho-bho)
Madhesi; Madhēsī (bho-mad)
Southern Standard Bhojpuri; Kharwari; Standard Bhojpurī; Standard Bhojpuri; Southern Standard Bhojpurī (bho-sou)
Domra (bho-dom)
Musahari (bho-mus)
Teli (bho-tel)
Bojpury (bho-boj)
Mauritian Bhojpuri (bho-mau)

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