Bajjika
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Bajjika is an Indo-Aryan language variety spoken in parts of Bihar, India and in Nepal.
Key facts
- Language.name
- Bajjika
- Language.altname
- बज्जिका
- Language.region
- Bihar of India and Terai (Madhesh Province) of Nepal
- Language.speakers
- c. 20 million
- Language.date
- 2013 estimate
- Language.familycolor
- Indo-European
- Language.fam2
- Indo-Iranian
- Language.fam3
- Indo-Aryan
- Language.fam4
- Eastern
- Language.fam5
- Bihari
- Language.script
- Kaithi Tirhuta
- Language.iso3
- vjk
- Language.isoexception
- dialect
- Language.glotto
- bajj1234
- Language.image
- Bajjika.svg
- Language.imagecaption
- The word "Bajjika" written in Devanagari script
- Language.states
- India and Nepal
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Encyclopedic overview
9 sectionsContents
- Territory and speakers
- Academy
- Swadesh list
- Films in Bajjika
- See also
- References
- Bibliography
- Further reading
- External links
Bajjika is an Indo-Aryan language variety spoken in parts of Bihar, India and in Nepal.
== Territory and speakers == Bajjika language is spoken in the north-western part of Bihar, in a region popularly known as Tirhut. It is mainly spoken in the Sheohar, Muzaffarpur, Sitamarhi, Samastipur and Vaishali districts of Bihar. A 2013 estimate based on 2001 census data suggests that there were 20 million Bajjika speakers in Bihar.
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