Bihari languages
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Bihari is a name given to a group of Indo-Aryan languages spoken in Bihar and neighboring states in India.
The Bihari group consists of:
- Angika (30,000,000 speakers). Written in Anga, Kaithi and Devanagari scripts.
- Bhojpuri (26,254,000 speakers). Written in the Kaithi and Devanagari scripts.
- Kudmali (37,000 speakers)
- Magahi (11,362,000 speakers)
- Maithili (7,500,00 speakers). Written in the Maithili and Devanagari scripts.
- Panchpargania (274,000 speakers)
- Sadri (1,965,000 speakers)
- Surajpuri (273,000 speakers)
- Vajjika (500,000 speakers)de:Bihari