[CLOSED] A land of glory, a land of antiquity, India. A history spanning more than 5000 years, there is no dearth of topics to discuss. What we bring here right now is a comprehensive knowledge about the different languages in use in this great and...
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✨Hello everyone! I am Bihari.✨
I am a sub-group of Indo-Aryan languages that is usually included in the Eastern branch of that family. I am mainly spoken in the Indian states of Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal and Uttar Pradesh and also in Nepal.
I am a group of major languages and dialects out of which these five are the most important: Angika, Bajjika, Bhojpuri, Magahi and Maithili.
The most widely spoken languages in Bihar out of these are Bhojpuri, Magahi and Maithili. Maithilī (Tirhutiā) and Magadhī (Magahī) in the east and Bhojpurl in the west, extending into the southern half of Chota Nāgpur.
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When we talk about my evolution and history then we always talk about these five parts of mine, which have contributed to my development.
So let's talk some history? Yay!
I was once mistakenly thought to be dialects of Hindi, but I have been more recently shown to be descendants of the language of the erstwhile Magadha kingdom – Magadhi Prakrit, along with Bengali, Assamese, and Oriya. So, even though I am linguistically related to Bengali but I culturally identify with Hindi. Most educated speakers who know me fluently also know Bengali and Hindi.
✨MY PART-1: ANGIKA✨
Angika is considered to be one of the oldest languages of the world. Apart from Bihar, Angika has been spoken in Cambodia, Vietnam and Malaysia since ancient times. The ancient form of Angika developed with the Prakrit Apbhramash.
Anga Lipi was primarily used to write Angika. Kaithi was the less commonly used script. Presently devanagari is used as the script of Angika.
✨MY PART-2: BAJJIKA✨
Bajjika was the language of the vajji clan. The history of the language dates back to the 6th century BC. It has its roots in the ancient times when Lichhavi and Vajji clans were ruling the Republic of Vaishali. Being the language of Vajjis, which were the strongest clan in the Republic, Bajjika was adopted as the language of the Vaishali Republic. Bajjika was enriched by the inclusion of Sanskrit and Prakrit vocabulary.
Bajjika too was written in Kaithi script. And just like my previous part Angika, it too is today written in devanagari script.
✨MY PART-3: BHOJPURI✨
It is one of my most famous and widely spoken parts. Apart from the western part of the state of Bihar, the northwestern part of Jharkhand, and the Purvanchal region of Uttar Pradesh, as well as adjoining parts of Nepal Terai, Bhojpuri is among the main languages of countries in Mauritius, Suriname, Fiji, French Guyana and Trinidad and Tobago. The reason being the immigration of Girmitiya labourers to these countries during British colonization period. Bhojpuri literature has a really lit heritage and has influenced many legendary Hindi writers as well.
