Bhojpuri (भोजपुरी)
Spoken language
Bhojpuri 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 western Jharkhand in India as well as western Madhesh and eastern... Wikipedia
Early forms: Magadhi Prakrit: Magadhan Apabhraṃśa > Abahattha
Ethnicity: Bhojpuriya
Language family: Indo-European > Indo-Iranian > Indo-Aryan > Eastern > Bihari > Bhojpuri
Native speakers: 51 million, partial count (2011 census); (additional speakers counted under Hindi)
Native to: India and Nepal
Official language in: Fiji (as Fiji Hindi)