Surjapuri language

Surjapuri
Sura
سورجاپوری
Native to	India, Nepal, Bangladesh
Region	Bihar, West Bengal
Native speakers	1.2 million (2001 census)^[1] Census results conflate some speakers with Hindi.^[2]
Language family	Indo-European Indo-Iranian Indo-Aryan Eastern Bihari Surjapuri
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`sjp`
Glottolog	`surj1235`^[3]

Surjapuri is one of the eastern Indian languages mainly spoken in Bihar (Kishanganj, Katihar, Purnia, Araria districts), north Bengal (Uttar Dinajpur, Islampur, Dakshin Dinajpur, siliguri), eastern Nepal and north western Bangladesh. It has significant similarities with both Hindi and Bengali languages.

References

↑ Surjapuri at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
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↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Surjapuri". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.

Bihari languages

Angika Bhojpuri Kudmali Magahi Majhi Musasa Panchpargania Sadri Sadri, Oraon Surjapuri Vajjika

Languages of India

Official
languages

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8th schedule to the Constitution of India	Assamese Bengali Bodo Dogri Gujarati Hindi Kannada Kashmiri Konkani Maithili Malayalam Manipuri Marathi Nepali Odia Punjabi Sanskrit Sindhi Santali Tamil Telugu Urdu

State-level only	Chhattisgarhi Garo Khasi Kokborok Mizo Rajasthani

Unofficial
languages

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