Bhojpuri in India

2. Status

Status

Official country wide language
Official regional language
Official minority language
Recognised community language
Unrecognised community language

National language

No

Indigenous language

Yes

Administrative units of the country

Northern India

3. State

Documentation: materials

Written

Extended corpora
Annotated corpora
Corpus/corpora
Materials/corpus
Some materials
No materials

Digital

Yes

Comments

Literature, dictionary, grammar, sociology of Bhojpuri, vocabulary, socio-linguistic history etc.

Dwivedi, B. P. (2014). भोजपुरी कथाएँ. Aadivasi Lok Kala evm Boli Vikas Academy Madhya Pradesh Sanskriti Parishad. https://bharatavani.in/bharatavani/home/book?id=भोजपुरी कथाएँ | Bhojpuri Kathaen https://lai.ciil.org/handle/1/11579

Dwivedi, A. P. (2014). रंग लोक : भोजपुरी का लोकधर्मी नाट्य. Aadivasi Lok Kala evm Boli Vikas Academy Madhya Pradesh Sanskriti Parishad. https://bharatavani.in/bharatavani/home/book?id=रंग लोक : भोजपुरी का लोकधर्मी नाट्य | Rang Lok : Bhojpuri ka Lokdharmi Natya https://lai.ciil.org/handle/1/11619

Mishra, H. (2012). भोजपुरी-उड़िया लोकोक्तियाँ. Aadivasi Lok Kala evm Boli Vikas Academy Madhya Pradesh Sanskriti Parishad. https://bharatavani.in/bharatavani/home/book?id=भोजपुरी-उड़िया लोकोक्तियाँ | Bhojpuri-Odiya Lokoktiyaan https://lai.ciil.org/handle/1/8366

https://www.exoticindiaart.com/find?groups=book&q=bhojpuri+e-books&exactsearch=0&forceexact

https://www.bhojpurilahar.com/bhojpuri-dictionary-भोजपुरी-शब्दकोश/
https://jogira.com/bhojpuri-hindi-dictionary-and-translation/
https://amitkumarsachin.wordpress.com/bhojpuri-dictionary/
https://bhojpurisahityangan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Bhojpuri-Hindi-Shabdkosh.pdf
https://www.bepcssa.in/en/pdf/publication/Bhojpuri.pdf

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Video

Extended corpora
Annotated corpora
Corpus/corpora
Materials/corpus
Some materials
No materials

Digital

Yes

Comments

Comedy, song, dance, movie, introduction, speech, alphabets etc.

https://archive.org/details/dni.ncaa.CCRT-417-BC

https://www.zee5.com/live-tv/zee-ganga/0-9-bigganga

https://www.zee5.com/live-tv/zee-biskope/0-9-216

https://www.yupptv.com/tv-channels/bhojpuri

http://www.bhojpurifilmiduniya.com/2016/04/list-of-bhojpuri-tv-channel.html

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=bhojpuri+movie

https://www.youtube.com/@Jogira
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=bhojpuri+songs
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=bhojpuri+rituals
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ttmuOjOCebU
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/qTrRUg5rY40

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Audio

Extended corpora
Annotated corpora
Corpus/corpora
Materials/corpus
Some materials
No materials

Digital

Yes

Comments

https://www.languageshome.com/New/english-bhojpuri/

https://liveradios.in/hd-radio-bhojpuri.html

https://onlineradiofm.in/language/bhojpuri

https://www.radioindialive.com/bhojpuri-radios/bhojpuri-radios

https://globalrecordings.net/en/language/bho

https://archive.org/details/dni.ncaa.ICCR-1543-AC

https://archive.org/details/rosettaproject_bho_vertxt-a1_audio-1

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Documentation: descriptions

Elaborated dictionaries, grammars, statistical language models, etc.
Dictionaries and grammars
Dictionary and grammar
Glossary and descriptions
Few descriptions
No descriptions

Digital

Yes

Comments

Boodhoo,S.(2011). Sahaj Bhojpuri Vyakaran: An Easy Approach to Bhojpuri Grammar (2nd ed.). Star Publications Pvt. Ltd, New Delhi

Rai, D. (2023). Bhojpuri ke suraj geet. Harf Publication.

Singh, A. K.(2016). Syntax and semantics of Bhojpuri adverbials [Doctoral Dissertation, Banaras Hindu University]. http://hdl.handle.net/10603/275766

Shukla, S. (1981). रंग लोक : भोजपुरी का लोकधर्मी नाट्य (p. 318). Georgetown University Press.

Singh, P. R. (2023). Bharat Ka Bhasha Sarwekshan Or Bhojpuri. Saarav Publication.

Tiwari, A. (2019). Bhojpuri Hindi Shabdakosha. Vishwavidyalaya Prakashan Varanasi.

More Materials are available in the following sites.

https://glottolog.org/resource/languoid/id/bhoj1244

https://archive.org/search?query=bhojpuri

https://www.exoticindiaart.com/find?groups=book&q=bhojpuri

https://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/simple-search?location=%2F&query=bhojpuri&rpp=10&sort_by=score&order=desc

http://library.ciil.org:8080/search/query?term_1=bhojpuri&theme=ciil

https://lai.ciil.org/search?spc.page=1&query=bhojpuri&spc.sf=score&spc.sd=DESC&f.language=Bhojpuri,equals

Standardization

Modern standard language
Young standard language
Standardised language
Quasi-standard language
Semi-standardised language
Un-standardised language

Graphisation & script encoding

Standardised writing system with full script encoding
Conventionalised writing system with partial script encoding
Consistent writing system with no script encoding
Unsystematic writing system(s)
Limited written use
No written use

Comments

Bhojpuri written with Devanagari script and Kaithi script
https://scriptsource.org/cms/scripts/page.php?item_id=language_detail&key=bho

4. Users

Geographical distribution

Users live and dominate in all regions of the country
Users live in one [state/...] of the country
Users live in a cross-border region [state/...] of the country
Users live in separated [states/...] of the country
Users live dispersed across one [state/...] of the country
Users live scattered all over the country

Settlements

Rural
Urban

Administrative units of the country

Northern India

Size / Number of users

Number of users

50579447

Source

Census of India

Year

2011

Users within total population

Users within the reference community

Age distribution of users

Generational use

Educational attainment

Occupational qualifications

Language competence

Literacy of users

Digital use

5. Use

Socio-geographic dimension

Geographic scope

International
Supranational
Cross-border (states)
State-wide
Supra-regional cross-border
Supra-regional
Regional cross-border
Regional
Local

Source

https://www.langlex.com/cens/MTProfile.php?mtname=Bhojpuri

Economic dimension

Functional dimension

Functional use in administration

Language use in administration

International level
National level
Regional level
Local level
Auxiliary use
No use

Types of language use

signed / spoken use
written use
digital use

Ethnoculture

No use
Informal learning
Skills and knowledge
Performing arts
Social practices
Customary law
Traditional medicine
Knowledge and practices
Traditions and expressions

Formal Education

Early childhood education

Primary level

Lower secondary level

Higher secondary level

Tertiary level

Public healthcare

Language not used
Translations
Healthcare information
Nursing care (incl. elderly)
Doctor-patient communication
Generally used

Information, communication and cultural production

Information services
Broadcasting
Video, film
Sound/music recording
Publishing activities
Language not used

Information services
Broadcasting
Video, film
Sound/music recording
Publishing activities
Language not used

Information services
Broadcasting
Video, film
Sound/music recording
Publishing activities
Language not used

Information services
Broadcasting
Video, film
Sound/music recording
Publishing activities
Language not used

Information services
Broadcasting
Video, film
Sound/music recording
Publishing activities
Language not used

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