Bhojpuri

भोजपुरी

Bhojpuri is an Indo-European language spoken in India and Nepal, by about 52.2 million people.

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Bhojpuri · 26.5°N 84.8°E

Bhojpuri (IPA: ; Devanagari: , Kaithi: 𑂦𑂷𑂔𑂣𑂳𑂩𑂲, (IPA: [bʰoːdʒpʊɾiː])) is an Indo-Aryan language native to the Bhojpur-Purvanchal region of India and the Terai region of Nepal. It is chiefly spoken in eastern Uttar Pradesh, western Bihar, and northwestern Jharkhand in India, as well as western Madhesh and eastern Lumbini in Nepal. According to the 2011 Census of India, it is spoken by approximately 50.5 million people.

It is also a minority language in Fiji, Mauritius, and historically primarily in the Natal province of South Africa. Fiji Hindi, an official language of Fiji, is a variant of Awadhi and Bhojpuri spoken by the Indo-Fijians. Caribbean Hindustani, another language influenced by Awadhi and Bhojpuri is spoken by the Indo-Caribbean people in Guyana, Suriname, Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago. In Mauritius, it is recognised by the government and taught in university as well.

Bhojpuri is listed as a potentially vulnerable language in the UNESCO World Atlas of Languages.

From Wikipedia · Bhojpuri language · CC BY-SA 4.0

Written down

सबहि लोकानि आजादे जम्मेला आओर ओखिनियो के बराबर सम्मान आओर अधिकार प्राप्त हवे। ओखिनियो के पास समझ-बूझ आओर अंत:करण के आवाज होखता आओर हुनको के दोसरा के साथ भाईचारा के बेवहार करे के होखला।

Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR in Unicode).

Words in Bhojpuri

Meaning	Word	Romanization
name	nam*
eye	akhi*
ear	कान	kān
nose	nak*
tooth	dat*
tongue	jibhi*
hand	hath*
bone	har*
skin	bokola*
knee	घुटना	ghuṭᵊnā
water	pani*
fire	agi*
sun	suruj*
star	naCattar*
stone	pathal*
tree	rukh*
leaf	pat*
night	rati*
dog	kukura*
one	ek*
two	dui*
I	me*
you	tu*
we	hama*
drink	pi*
see	dekh*
hear	सुनल	sunal
die	मरल	maral
potato	आलु	ālu
path	bat*