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Universal Declaration of Human Rights - Bhojpuri

SOURCE

Dr. Arundhati Hoskeri

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Bhojpuri
Language Profile

 

TOTAL SPEAKERS

25,000,000

USAGE BY COUNTRY (OFFICIAL LANGUAGE)

Home Speakers: India (Bihar), Nepal, Mauritius

BACKGROUND

It belongs to the Indo-European family, Indic group and is spoken by over 25 million people. Devanagari script is used, though Hindi is the normal literary language. The cover term 'Bihari' (Behari) is used for Bhojpuri, Maithili, and Magahi.