language

Bhojpuri

Bhojpuri is a member of the Indo-Aryan language family, specifically placed within the Eastern Zone (Bihari) subgroup.

Speakers

According to the official 2011 Census of India, there are approximately 50.6 million speakers of Bhojpuri in India.

Distribution in India

Bhojpuri is primarily spoken in the contiguous Purvanchal region of India, which encompasses western Bihar, eastern Uttar Pradesh, and northwestern Jharkhand.

Major grammatical features

  • Phonology: Bhojpuri retains a standard Indo-Aryan stop inventory featuring a four-way contrast (voiced/voiceless, aspirated/unaspirated) and retroflex consonants. Unlike Hindi, it is characterized by less systematic schwa-deletion in final syllables and distinctive vowel-shortening processes.
  • Morphology: Bhojpuri verb morphology is highly inflected. Unlike neighboring Hindi, Bhojpuri does not assign grammatical gender to inanimate nouns. It employs a sophisticated three-tiered system of honorificity (non-honorific, informal honorific, and formal honorific) marked on pronouns and verbal endings.
  • Syntax: The language follows a default Subject-Object-Verb (SOV) word order and relies on postpositions to mark grammatical relations and case.

Further reading

Family
Indo-Aryan
Iso6393
bho
Glottocode
bhoj1244
Regions
IN, NP

Direct relationships

Has record 50

A20240815084034327363_281474976794744.wavaudioAudio A20240729102216623404audioAudio A20240705091146961852audioTranscription of A20240815083519451319_281474976791765.wavtranscriptionAudio A20240705091146662522audioTranscription of A20240707191029558110_281474976770983.wavtranscriptionA20240815081421091156_281474976785335.wavaudioTranscription of A20240815083952812884_281474976794595.wavtranscriptionTranscription of A20240729102216256651transcriptionTranscription of A20240815083616538617_281474976791850.wavtranscriptionTranscription of A20240729102216690057transcriptionTranscription of A20240729102216931416transcriptionTranscription of A20240705091147234503transcriptionA20240815082425728237_281474976786234.wavaudioAudio A20240705091146969103audioA20240814193642520520_281474976781391.wavaudioAudio A20240729102216258368audioA20240815083424060871_281474976791681.wavaudioTranscription of A20240815082139354446_281474976785527.wavtranscriptionTranscription of A20240729102216601826transcriptionTranscription of A20240815082526645838_281474976786431.wavtranscriptionA20240815083722793476_281474976791947.wavaudioA20240814193634709712_281474976781372.wavaudioTranscription of A20240705091147066374transcriptionTranscription of A20240705091146822213transcriptionA20240815082156273883_281474976785556.wavaudioTranscription of A20240708133454079812_281474976771458.wavtranscriptionTranscription of A20240705091146660404transcriptionTranscription of A20240815082416992273_281474976786221.wavtranscriptionTranscription of A20240815082032283155_281474976784920.wavtranscriptionAudio A20240729102216391450audioTranscription of A20240729102216839784transcriptionA20240815081814275818_281474976788382.wavaudioA20240815083632508317_281474976791873.wavaudioA20240815083654879483_281474976791906.wavaudioTranscription of A20240705091146533120transcriptionAudio A20240729102216368300audioA20240815083432900897_281474976791695.wavaudioTranscription of A20240705091147026053transcriptionTranscription of A20240815082037471462_281474976784978.wavtranscriptionTranscription of A20240729102216422068transcriptionA20240815081754986665_281474976788347.wavaudioTranscription of A20240814193918012510_281474976783356.wavtranscriptionAudio A20240729102216428439audioTranscription of A20240729102216861618transcriptionTranscription of A20240815082332913605_281474976785757.wavtranscriptionTranscription of A20240705091147169953transcriptionTranscription of A20240705091147229779transcriptionTranscription of A20240815082452936145_281474976786377.wavtranscriptionTranscription of A20240705091147171422transcription
More relationships

Continue exploring

PersonContributor RA-F45B9FE3Related through Transcription of A20240729102216276648RecordAudio A20240729102216292208Related through BoLI Bhojpuri Translation 2RecordAudio A20240705091146511342Related through BoLI Bhojpuri Translation 1RecordTranscription of A20240705091146511342Related through BoLI Bhojpuri Translation 1RecordAudio A20240705091146512653Related through BoLI Bhojpuri Translation 1RecordTranscription of A20240705091146512653Related through BoLI Bhojpuri Translation 1RecordAudio A20240705091146513504Related through BoLI Bhojpuri Translation 1RecordTranscription of A20240705091146513504Related through BoLI Bhojpuri Translation 1