page_title: Bhojpuri language
hierarchical_section_title: Bhojpuri language
caption_attribution_description: English: Bhojpuri Speaking Region in India
context_page_description: Bhojpuri is an Indo-Aryan language spoken in northern-eastern India and the Terai region of Nepal. It is one of the most rapidly growing languages in the world according to People's Linguistic Survey of India. It is chiefly spoken in western Bihar and eastern Uttar Pradesh. Sociolinguistically, Bhojpuri is considered one of several Hindi dialects. The language is a minority language in Fiji, Guyana, Mauritius, South Africa, Suriname, and Trinidad and Tobago.
  Fiji Hindi, an official language of Fiji, is a variant of Awadhi and Bhojpuri. Caribbean Hindustani, another variant of Awadhi and Bhojpuri, is spoken by the Indo-Caribbean people. It has experienced lexical influence from Caribbean English in Trinidad and Tobago and in Guyana. In Suriname, languages that have lexically influenced it include Sranan Tongo Creole, Surinamese Dutch, and English. Another dialect is spoken in Mauritius; its use is declining. As of 2000 it is spoken by about 5% of the country's population.
context_section_description: Bhojpuri (/ˌboʊdʒˈpʊəri/; भोजपुरी ) is an Indo-Aryan language spoken in northern-eastern India and the Terai region of Nepal. It is one of the most rapidly growing languages in the world according to People's Linguistic Survey of India. It is chiefly spoken in western Bihar and eastern Uttar Pradesh. Sociolinguistically, Bhojpuri is considered one of several Hindi dialects. The language is a minority language in Fiji, Guyana, Mauritius, South Africa, Suriname, and Trinidad and Tobago.
  Fiji Hindi, an official language of Fiji, is a variant of Awadhi and Bhojpuri. Caribbean Hindustani, another variant of Awadhi and Bhojpuri, is spoken by the Indo-Caribbean people. It has experienced lexical influence from Caribbean English in Trinidad and Tobago and in Guyana. In Suriname, languages that have lexically influenced it include Sranan Tongo Creole, Surinamese Dutch, and English. Another dialect is spoken in Mauritius; its use is declining. As of 2000 it is spoken by about 5% of the country's population.
caption: Bhojpuri-speaking region in India
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