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List of Bhojpuri words of English origin was nominated for deletion. The discussion was closed on 12 April 2024 with a consensus to merge. Its contents were merged into Bhojpuri language. The original page is now a redirect to this page. For the contribution history and old versions of the redirected article, please see its history; for its talk page, see here.

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The redirect שभोजपुरी has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Readers of this page are welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2024 December 3 § שभोजपुरी until a consensus is reached. Hey man im josh (talk) 13:57, 3 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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@Adrikshit, @Arimaboss, @Hermes Express, I notice you are reverting each other over some kind of disagreement in the article. Don't forget the "discuss" part of WP:BRD. Please use the talk page to describe the specific changes you think the article needs, explaining why your sources support the change. ~ L 🌸 (talk) 07:59, 5 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, it is mainly about these edits: [1], [2], [3]. Fiji Hindi and Caribbean Hindustani are based on both Awadhi and Bhojpuri, the removal of it makes the sentence run weird. Caribbean Hindustani is also not counted as a dialect, neither is Dutch Bhojpuri, which is a made up term mentioned it one article. The inclusion of Suriname, Fiji and Mauritius in the infobox is also disputed. Like said before Fiji Hindi and Sarnami (which is currently mispelled) aren't dialects. All of this has been said before: [4], [5]. Hermes Express (talk) 14:43, 5 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I have already explained why awadhi isnt relevant as majority of caribbean Hindustani match with Bhojpuri. Awadhi is different dialect and it is heavily influenced by Bhojpuri. Dutch Bhojpuri is a term usee for Bhojpuri language that has some dutch words in it. It is spoken in Netherlands. Everything is sourced and enough public information is there to prove it. Removing the relevant information may leads to misinformation. I have explained in my previous edits as well. Adrikshit (talk) 15:28, 6 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

status of Bhojpuri in different countries

Bhojpuri in mauritius - check out

For official status in Nepal - check Languages with Official status in nepal

For south africa - They just add in Hindi but the language is Bhojpuri. Check out - here, Here 2

For sarinami - here is the a part of the book which have mentioned it as minority langauge. Govt of suriname official language is dutch and hence information is not available in english.[6] The name of the official law, or decree actually, is: Resolutie van 15 juli 1986, no. 4920, S.B. 1986 no. 40. Adrikshit (talk) 05:23, 21 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Restoration of Kashika language (which currently redirects here)

Kashika is the native language of Banaras region while Bhojpuri was developed in Bihar. Kashika has mix of awadhi and bhojpuri languages since Varanasi was the religious and cultural centre for both regions. Claiming Kashika as bhojpuri is totally wrong and suppression of a language and related culture. @Jilataap you guys should respect native language of an area and should avoid to dominate it . Edit warring should be stopped. Blaada (talk) 20:34, 5 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Why not start by creating a section for Kashika in the "dialects" section of this article, with appropriate reliable sources. Once that's established it may be easier to make a case for whether it should have a standalone article or be covered here. OhNoitsJamie ^Talk 22:24, 5 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Sir, problem is Kashika has influence from both Awadhi and bhojpuri languages, since Varanasi is situated in the mid of both linguistic regions. Kashi or Varanasi is one of the most ancient cities in India along with koshal where Awadhi originated and Magadh where Bhojpuri originated. Kashi has been the spiritual center for both region and languages. Tulasidas wrote Ramcharit Manas in Awadhi here. Kashika is influenced by both languages. It is not a Dialect of any language because it developed along with Awadhi and Bhojpuri. There is a trend of migration from bhojpuri regions of Bihar in purvanchal, so demographic changed but not Kashika. Native people speak it. In fact it comes from Ardhamagadhi prakrit while Bhojpuri comes from Magadhi prakrit. Blaada (talk) 07:40, 6 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Hello, This is Jai Vardhan, a student of M.Sc. Linguistics at Central University of Rajasthan. I would like to bring some changes to the article of Bhojpuri language in order to be more descriptive. The changes for which I need access to the edit are as mentioned :

1. Regional Variations in Bhojpuri are missing in the article. I would like to bring more attention towards the varieties available in local area of coverage. Bhojpuri as a living language that has a significant user base and that which is spoken in several countries including Fiji, Nepal, Surinam and Mauritius besides India. With respect to the speakers’ strength, Bhojpuri would outnumber several officially recognized languages and dialects of India. The Bhojpuri speakers are spread across India; however, their concentration is high in the states of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, and Chattisgarh. Notably, the wide geographical expanse of this language has resulted in the evolution of identifiable varieties within it. For instance, the varieties spoken in Varanasi, Mirzapur, and Azamgarh of Uttar Pradesh and Ara, Buxar & Saran of Bihar exhibit variations at the morphophonemic and lexical levels. Despite these facts, scientific studies on Bhojpuri are not taken up amply, and whatever is available is abysmally low and insignificant. The scientific study of Bhojpuri with special reference to variations in it has been pending for long. Reference : Variations in Bhojpuri: A Sociolinguistic Study (Tariq Khan Manish Kumar Singh; Linguistic Ecology of Bihar, 2019)

2. Major Linguistic Components of Bhojpuri language are also missing. I would like to write the descriptions of the components such as its Syntax, Morphology, etc. The main goal of changes is to write the forms and functions of different grammatical categories of the Bhojpuri language and compare them to the characteristic structural features of Indo-Aryan languages from the typological. perspectives Reference : A Grammar of Bhojpuri, A PhD dissertation, July 2020 (Gopal Thakur Lohar) JaiCuraj (talk) 06:07, 21 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. You have indicated generalities about updating the article, but you need to be more precise about what text is to be added/changed. LizardJr8 (talk) 21:56, 25 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

FIJI

THIS - https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ1328357.pdf ". Fiji Hindi is most often the first language of the Indo-Fijians. However, Standard Hindi is formally recognised as the standard language" "Vishwa Hindu Parishad, and Shree Sanatan Dharam Pratinidhi Sabha of Fiji provided a unified approach to convince the Minister for Education to remove Fiji Hindi from the Hindi national examination papers." THIS PROVES FIJI HINDI IS NOT FIJIS OFFICIAL LANGUAGE — Preceding unsigned comment added by Theoneandonlylinguist09 (talk • contribs) 12:22, 15 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]