Bhojpuri region

The Bhojpuri region (Nepali: भोजपुरी भाषी क्षेत्र; Hindi: भोजपुरी क्षेत्र; Urdu: بھوجپري علاقے‎) is an area encompassing parts of Bihar and Uttar Pradesh in northern India and the Bara and Parsa districts in Mithila province of Nepal where Bhojpuri language is spoken as a mother tongue language. Ujjainiya Rajputs of the former Shahabad district of ancient Bihar established their headquarters in the town of Arrah, Bhojpur district from where the whole region received its name.Bhojpuri is also spoken in Pakistan, Bangladesh, Trinidad and Tobago, Guyana, Suriname, Jamaica, the Caribbean, Fiji, Mauritius, and South Africa. It is one of the national languages of Nepal and is recognized in Trinidad and Tobago, Guyana, Mauritius, and Suriname. It is an official language of Fiji. The variant of Bhojpuri of the Indo-Caribbeans in the Caribbean (Trinidad and Tobago, Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname, and other parts of the Caribbean) is referred to as Caribbean Hindustani. In Mauritius a dialect of Bhojpuri remains in use, and it is locally called Bojpury. In Fiji the variant of Bhojpuri is Fiji Hindi. There is also a variant of Bhojpuri that is also spoke in South Africa.