Angika
अंगिका
Angika is an Indo-European language spoken in India and Nepal, by about 740 thousand people. Glottolog rates it threatened.
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Angika (also known as Anga, Angikar or Chhika-Chhiki) is an eastern Indo-Aryan language spoken primarily in the Anga region of eastern Bihar, northeastern Jharkhand, parts of West Bengal, and the Terai region of Nepal.
Angika is closely related to neighbouring Indic languages such as Maithili, Bengali, Bhojpuri and Magahi.
Angika has been declared as an additional official language of Jharkhand.
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Words in Angika
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| eye | aikh* | |
| ear | kan* | |
| nose | nak* | |
| tooth | dat* | |
| tongue | yi* | |
| hand | hath* | |
| bone | har* | |
| water | जल | djala |
| fire | agi* | |
| sun | sury* | |
| star | tara* | |
| tree | gaC* | |
| dog | kukur* | |
| one | ek* | |
| two | dui* | |
| I | hame* | |
| you | toi* | |
| we | hamrani* | |
| die | maru* | |
| come | ia* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
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