Magadhi language
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| Magadhi मगही magahī |
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| Spoken in: | India | |
| Region: | Bihar in India | |
| Total speakers: | 11,362,000 | |
| Language family: | Indo-European Indo-Iranian Indo-Aryan Magadhi Prakrit Bihari Magadhi |
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| Writing system: | Devanagari, Kaithi | |
| Official status | ||
| Official language of: | Bihar state in India | |
| Regulated by: | no official regulation | |
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| ISO 639-1: | none | |
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| ISO/FDIS 639-3: | — | |
| Note: This page may contain IPA phonetic symbols in Unicode. See IPA chart for English for an English-based pronunciation key. | ||
The Magadhi language (also known as मगही Magahi) is a language spoken by 11,362,000 people in India. Magadhi is closely related to Bhojpuri and Maithili and these languages are sometimes referred to as a single language, Bihari. These languages, together with several other related languages, are known as the Bihari languages, which form a sub-group of the Eastern Zone group of Indo-Aryan languages.
Magadhi has approximately 13 million speakers. It is spoken primarily spoken in the Magadh area of Bihar state. This area includes Patna, Gaya, Aurangabad, Jehanabad, Nalanda, and other surrounding districts. It is also spoken in some areas of Hazaribagh, Giridih, Palamau, Munger, and Bhagalpur, with some speakers in the Malda District of West Bengal. It is generally written using Devanagari script.
It sounds very similar to Hindi and can be easily understood by someone who is not familiar with it but knows either Hindi or any of the other numerous Bihari languages. It has a very rich and old tradition of folk songs and stories. An earlier form of Magadhi, known as Magadhi Prakrit, is believed to be the language spoken by The Buddha, and the language of the ancient kingdom of Magadha.
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