Bhojpuri
Indo-Aryan language native to India and Nepal
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Summary
Bhojpuri is a natural language[1]. Bhojpuri draws 3,681 Wikipedia views per month (natural language category, ranking #104 of 734).[2]
Key Facts
- Country: India[3], Nepal[4]
- Instance of: modern language[5]
- Subclass of: Bihari[6]
- Writing system: Devanagari[7], Kaithi[8]
- Commons category: Bhojpuri language[9]
- Wikimedia language code: bh[10], bho[11]
- Topic's main category: Category:Bhojpuri language[12]
- Number of speakers, writers, or signers: 52,200,000[13]
- Native label: भोजपुरी भाषा[14], भोजपुरी[15]
- Indigenous to: Assam[16], Bihar[17], Delhi[18], Jharkhand[19], Madhya Pradesh[20], Uttar Pradesh[21], West Bengal[22], Janakpur Zone[23], Lumbini Zone[24], Narayani Zone[25]
- Exact match: http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/BHO[26]
- Ethnologue language status: 4 Educational[27]
- Has grammatical gender: feminine[28], masculine[29]
- Category for films in this language: Category:Bhojpuri-language films[30]
- Category for music in this language: Category:Bhojpuri-language music[31]
Why It Matters
Bhojpuri has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[32] Bhojpuri is known by 50 alternative names across languages and contexts.[33]