Bhojpuri
Language Information
Bhojpuri is spoken widely in the state of Bihar in India. The language has also been called Purbi or Purabiya, the language in front or ' to the east' of New Delhi.
There are relatively few loanwords from Sankrit: it is rather more drawn from Bengali and Hindi. There are about 40,000,000 speakers of this language.
Bhojpuri is spoken/used in the following countries:
- Language Family
- Indo-European
- Subgroup
- Indo-Iranian
- Branch
- Indic
Bhojpuri Language Sample
Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Article 1
Bhojpuri
सबहि लोकानि आजादे जम्मेला आओर ओखिनियो के बराबर सम्मान आओर अधिकार प्राप्त हवे। ओखिनियो के पास समझ-बूझ आओर अंत:करण के आवाज होखता आओर हुनको के दोसरा के साथ भाईचारा के बेवहार करे के होखला।English translation
All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.
Source: OHCHR translations of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights