Bhojpuri in Nepal
Bhojpuri is also spoken across Nepal's Terai, around Birgunj.
How It Works
Bhojpuri is spoken in Bihar and eastern Uttar Pradesh, and also across the Terai in the south of Nepal. Birgunj is one of its main towns.
| Feature | Nepal Terai |
|---|---|
| Grammar | core forms shared with Bihar |
| Script | Devanagari |
| Vocabulary | some Nepali words |
| Everyday speech | बा, बाड़ऽ, -ल, -ब |
Speakers in Nepal and Bihar understand each other. The main differences are loanwords. Nepali words come in for government, school and newspapers, as Hindi words do in India.
The core forms in this course are understood in the Terai too, though local speech has its own words and some forms of its own.
Examples (4)
- बीरगंज में भोजपुरी बोलल जाला।
Bhojpuri is spoken in Birgunj.
The sentence uses the ordinary -ल जाला form.
- नेपाल के तराई में बहुत लोग भोजपुरी बोलेलें।
Many people in Nepal's Terai speak Bhojpuri.
बोलेलें is the same habit form as in Bihar.
- ऊ बीरगंज से काठमांडू गइलें।
He went from Birgunj to Kathmandu.
A respected person takes गइलें.
- हमनी के तराई में धान के खेती होला।
Rice is grown in our Terai.
The sentence uses ordinary Bhojpuri forms.
How It Connects
Learn This First
Nepal Bhojpuri has the same grammar, and its example uses बोलल जाला, from कहल जाला.
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