Magahi language
Spoken language
Magahi, also known as Magadhi, is a Indo-Aryan language spoken in Bihar, Jharkhand and West Bengal states of eastern India, and in the Terai of Nepal. Magadhi Prakrit was the ancestor of Magahi, from which the latter's name derives.
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Region: Asia
Dialects: Southern Magahi; Northern Magahi; Central Magahi; Khortha; Kurmali or Panchpargania
Ethnicity: Magahi
Language family: Indo-European > Indo-Iranian > Indo-Aryan > Eastern Zone (Magadhan) > Bihari > Magahi
Native speakers: 12.6 million (2011 census); (additional speakers counted under Hindi)
Writing system: Devanagari (official); Kaithi (formerly)
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