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
Direct relationships
Has record 50
Transcription of A20240729102217059692transcriptionTranscription of A20240729102216544048transcriptionAudio A20240705091147108540audioA20240815082443633116_281474976786262.wavaudioTranscription of A20240729102216693000transcriptionA20240815083414314677_281474976791666.wavaudioTranscription of A20240815084007008717_281474976794615.wavtranscriptionTranscription of A20240729102216722120transcriptionAudio A20240705091147205494audioTranscription of A20240705091146820471transcriptionA20240708133537988947_281474976771795.wavaudioAudio A20240729102216718091audioTranscription of A20240815083912941248_281474976794537.wavtranscriptionTranscription of A20240729102216728524transcriptionAudio A20240729102216253659audioAudio A20240705091146930614audioTranscription of A20240815081700719030_281474976783121.wavtranscriptionA20240707191018687763_281474976770956.wavaudioTranscription of A20240729102216694961transcriptionAudio A20240705091146746790audioAudio A20240729102216416077audioTranscription of A20240814193659634777_281474976781426.wavtranscriptionA20240815082049025505_281474976784997.wavaudioA20240815081523021054_281474976787393.wavaudioTranscription of A20240815082302550471_281474976785660.wavtranscriptionAudio A20240729102216727559audioAudio A20240729102216371769audioTranscription of A20240815083852763383_281474976792075.wavtranscriptionTranscription of A20240729102216663941transcriptionAudio A20240705091147133878audioTranscription of A20240815082025587376_281474976784909.wavtranscriptionTranscription of A20240815082220504389_281474976785594.wavtranscriptionTranscription of A20240705091147099882transcriptionA20240815080820266273_281474976784490.wavaudioTranscription of A20240729102216741928transcriptionAudio A20240705091147178208audioTranscription of A20240815081958862509_281474976784640.wavtranscriptionTranscription of A20240815081933678033_281474976784599.wavtranscriptionAudio A20240729102216286194audioAudio A20240705091147043900audioTranscription of A20240815082041845549_281474976784985.wavtranscriptionAudio A20240705091147152264audioA20240814193635599649_281474976781374.wavaudioTranscription of A20240705091146908329transcriptionTranscription of A20240729102216802340transcriptionTranscription of A20240705091146856888transcriptionTranscription of A20240815083454515712_281474976791727.wavtranscriptionA20240815084001295602_281474976794607.wavaudioTranscription of A20240729102216587025transcriptionAudio A20240729102216367817audio
Continue exploring
PersonContributor RA-F45B9FE3Related through Transcription of A20240729102216269741RecordAudio 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 1RecordAudio A20240705091146514311Related through BoLI Bhojpuri Translation 1