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Bhojpuri

Learn about Bhojpuri through verified cultural context, key facts, regions, traditions and references.

Family

Indo-Aryan (Eastern)

Where

Central Terai — Parsa, Bara, Rautahat and westward

Speakers

≈ 6.0% (2011)

Script

Devanagari

Note

Language of the western Terai plains, shared across the border with Bihar and eastern Uttar Pradesh.