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Universal Declaration of Human Rights - Magahi

SOURCE

United Nations Information Centre, India

Magahi
Language Profile

TOTAL SPEAKERS

10,821,000 (1994)

USAGE BY COUNTRY (OFFICIAL LANGUAGE)

Home Speakers: Bihar (India)

BACKGROUND

It belongs to the Indo-European family, Indic group and is spoken by over 10 million people. Devanagari script is used, though Hindi is the normal literary language. Magahi is also used as a religious language.