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Magahi
मगही magahī
Spoken in: India 
Region: Bihar in India
Total speakers: 11,362,000
Language family: Indo-European
 Indo-Iranian
  Indo-Aryan
   Eastern Group
    Bihari
     Magahi 
Writing system: Devanagari, Kaithi 
Official status
Official language in: Bihar state in India
Regulated by: no official regulation
Language codes
ISO 639-1: none
ISO 639-2:
ISO 639-3: mag

The Magahi language is a language spoken by 17,449,446 people in India. India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country The ancestor of Magahi, from which its name derives, Magadhi Prakrit, is believed to be the language spoken by the Buddha, and the language of the ancient kingdom of Magadha. Magadhi Prakrit is of one of the three Dramatic Prakrits the written languages of Ancient India after the decline of Sanskrit as an official language Siddhārtha Gautama ( Sanskrit; Pali: Siddhattha Gotama) was a spiritual Teacher from Ancient India and the founder Magadha (मगध formed one of the sixteen Mahājanapadas ( Sanskrit, "great countries" or regions in ancient India. Magahi is closely related to Bhojpuri and Maithili and these languages are sometimes referred to as a single language, Bihari. Bhojpuri ( is a regional language spoken in parts of north-central and eastern India. Maithili (मैथिली Maithilī) is a language spoken in the eastern part of India, mainly in the Indian state of Bihar These languages, together with several other related languages, are known as the Bihari languages, which form a sub-group of the Eastern Zone group of Indo-Aryan languages. Bihari is a name given to the western group of Eastern Indic languages, spoken in Bihar and neighboring states in India. The Indo-Aryan languages (within the context of Indo-European studies also Indic) are a branch of the Indo-European language family

Magahi has approximately 13 million speakers. It is primarily spoken in the Magadh area of Bihar state. Magadha (मगध formed one of the sixteen Mahājanapadas ( Sanskrit, "great countries" or regions in ancient India. Bihar ( Hindi:बिहार Urdu: بہار bɪhaːr) is a state in eastern India. This area includes Patna, Gaya, Aurangabad, Jehanabad, Nalanda, and other surrounding districts. Patna district is one of the Districts of Bihar state, India with Patna as the district headquarters Gaya is a district of Bihar detailed information on History Geography Transportation Lifestyle and other details visit [[Gaya India]] Headquarters: Gaya For other uses see Aurangabad Aurangabad district is one of the thirty-seven districts of Bihar state, India Jehanabad is located on the confluence of two small rivers called Dardha and yamunaiya Nalanda district is one of the thirty-eight districts of Bihar state, India, and Bihar Sharif town is the administrative headquarters It is also spoken in some areas of Hazaribagh, Giridih, Palamau, Munger, and Bhagalpur, with some speakers in the Malda District of West Bengal. WikipediaWikiProject Indian cities for details --> Hazaribagh (हजारीबाग is a city and a Municipality in Giridih ( Hindi: गिरिडीह Bengali: গিরিডি is headquarters of the Giridih district of Jharkhand state India Palamau is a district of Jharkhand state India. The district lies between 23°50&prime and 24°8&prime north Latitude and between 83°55&prime See Munger (disambiguation WikipediaWikiProject Indian cities for details --> Munger town is the headquarters WikipediaWikiProject Indian cities for details --> Bhagalpur is a city and Municipal corporation in the Bihar state of Eastern West Bengal ( Bengali: পশ্চিমবঙ্গ Poshchim Bônggo poʃtʃim bɔŋgo is a state in eastern India. It is generally written using Devanagari script.

It was once mistakenly thought to be dialects of Hindi, but has been more recently shown to be descendant of and very similar to Eastern Group of Indic languages, along with Bengali, Assamese, and Oriya. Hindi ( Devanāgarī: hi [[wiktहिन्दी हिन्दी]] or hi [[wiktहिंदी हिंदी]] IAST:, IPA:) is The Indo-Aryan languages include some 210 ( SIL estimate languages and dialects spoken by many people in Asia; this language family is a part of the The Indo-Aryan languages (within the context of Indo-European studies also Indic) are a branch of the Indo-European language family Assamese (অসমীয়া) (ɔxɔmija is the easternmost Indo-Aryan language, spoken mainly in the state of Assam in North-East Oriya (ଓଡ଼ିଆ oṛiā) is one of the Indian Languages mainly spoken in the Indian state of Orissa. It has a very rich and old tradition of folk songs and stories. It is spoken in 8 districts in Bihar, 3 in Jharkhand and has some speakers in Malda, West Bengal

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