Bhojpuri language

Bhojpuri
भोजपुरी bhōjpurī
The word "Bhojpuri" in Devanagari script
Pronunciation	/boʊdʒˈpʊəri/
Native to	India, Nepal, Pakistan and Mauritius
Region	Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, Mumbai, Jharkhand, Madhesh (Nepal)
Native speakers	40 million (2001 census) Census results conflate some speakers with Hindi.
Language family	Indo-European Indo-Iranian Indo-Aryan Hindustani Eastern Bihari Bhojpuri
Dialects	Caribbean Hindustani • Sarnami Hindustani • Trinidadian Hindustani • Guyanese Hindustani Mauritian Hindi Fiji Hindi Northern (Gorakhpuri, Sarawaria, Basti) Western (Purbi, Benarsi) Southern (Kharwari) Tharu Bhojpuri Madheshi Domra Musahari
Writing system	Devanagari and Perso-Arabic (present), Kaithi (Historical)
Official status
Official language in	Fiji    Nepal
Language codes
ISO 639-2
ISO 639-3	– inclusive code Individual code: hns – Caribbean Hindustani
Glottolog	bhoj1246
Linguasphere	59-AAF-sa
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Bhojpuri (Devanagari: भोजपुरी  listen ) is a dialect of Hindustani spoken in the Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Jharkhand region of North India and in Terai region of Nepal. It is chiefly spoken in the Purvanchal region of Uttar Pradesh, in the western part of Bihar state, and in the northwestern part of Jharkhand in India. Bhojpuri is one of the recognized national languages of Nepal and has official status in Fiji as Fiji Hindi. It is a recognized language in Guyana, Trinidad and Tobago, and Suriname as Caribbean Hindustani, and it is also recognized in Mauritius.

Bhojpuri is also spoken in Pakistan, Jamaica, Belize, other parts of the Caribbean and South Africa.

The variant of Bhojpuri of the Indo-Surinamese is also referred to as Sarnami Hindustani, Sarnami Hindi or just Sarnami and has experienced considerable Sranan Tongo Creole and Dutch lexical influence. More Indians in Suriname know Bhojpuri. In Mauritius a dialect of Bhojpuri remains in use, and it is locally called Bojpury. The day-to-day usage of the language in Mauritius is dropping and today, it is spoken by less than 5% of the population, according to latest census.