Surajpuri language
| Surajpuri | |
|---|---|
| Sura | |
| سورجاپوری | |
| Native to | India,Nepal,Bangladesh |
| Region | Bihar, West Bengal |
Native speakers |
1.2 million (2001 census)[1] Census results conflate some speakers with Hindi.[2] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 |
sjp |
| Glottolog |
surj1235[3] |
Surjapuri is one of the eastern Indian languages mainly spoken in Bihar (Kishanganj, Katihar, Purnia, Araria districts), north Bengal (Uttar Dinajpur, Islampur, Dakshin Dinajpur, siliguri), eastern Nepal and north western Bangladesh. It has significant similarities with both Hindi and Bengali languages.
References
- ↑ Surajpuri at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- ↑
- ↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Surjapuri". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
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