Bajjika dialect
| Bajjika | |
|---|---|
| बज्जिका | |
| Region | Bihar in India , Terai Madhesh in Nepal |
|
Native speakers
|
12 million (date missing), Total 793,416 speakers in Nepal (2011) |
| Devanagari, Kaithi | |
| Official status | |
|
Official language in
|
Bihar state in India |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | – |
|
Linguist list
|
mai-baj |
| Glottolog | None |
Bajjika is a language spoken in the Samastipur, Sitamarhi, Muzaffarpur district, Vaishali district, East Champaran district and West Champaran district of Bihar and smaller number of people in Sarlahi mahottari and Rautahat districts of Nepal.
Bihar Rajya Bajjika Vikas Parishad is an organization which works for the betterment of this dialect. Bihar Rajya Bajjika Vikas Parishad has successfully completed its campaign to list Bajjika in the Bihar state school syllabus as a language subject.
Dr.Onkar Prasad Singh is honourable secretary of Bihar Rajya Bajjika Vikas Parishad
"Lakshmi Elthin Hammar Angna (2009)" was the first formal feature film in Bajjika. Sajan Aiha Doli le ke came after that. Many Bajjika films have been made before and after that. These films appealed deeply to the people of entire Bajjikanchal, which includes the districts of Samastipur, Vaishali, Sitamarhi, Muzaffarpur and Champaran.
Dr Abdeshwar Arun, Munishwar Rai 'MUNISH', Surendra Mohan Prasad, Yogendra Rai, Dr. Yogendra Sinha, Dr. Rameshwar Prasad, Nirmal Milind, Chandra Prakash, Chandra Kishore, Dr. Shreerang Shahi, Sri Sambhu 'AGEHI', Dr. Brahmdeo Karji, Sri Damodar 'Kamalpuri', Shri Ratnanand Jha 'Chhotan', Smt Indira 'BHARTI etc. are/were the famous writers of Bajjika.
Munishwar Rai 'Munish' - renowned writer and historian of Bajjika language and literature & also recipient of Dr. Griyarsan Puraskar by the Bihar Government has described the geographical boundary of Bajjikanchal as; in North there is Nepal, in South there is river Gangaes, Baghmati river is situated in East direction and Gandak river is situated in West.
Bajjikanchal language has been deeply enriched and indebted by Saahitya Sadhak Munishwar Rai ' Munish' through his great literary work as mentioned below:
All India Bajjika committee ( Bajjika - बज्जिका )
Shailesh Bhushan (Hajipur), HansRaj Prakashan (Muzaffarpur), Dr. Yogendra Prakash Sinha Bajjika Organization, Kishore Prakashan ( Muzaffarpur), Samiksha Prakshan (Muzaffarpur), Ahilya Prakashan (Muzaffarpur) etc. are the main publishers of books in Bajjika.
...
Wikipedia