Bhojpuri Wikipedia

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Available inBhojpuri
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URLbh.wikipedia.org
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Users24523
Launched21 February 2003; 17 years ago (2003-02-21)
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The Bhojpuri Wikipedia (Bhojpuri: 𑂦𑂷𑂔𑂣𑂳𑂩𑂲 𑂥𑂱𑂍𑂱𑂣𑂲𑂙𑂱𑂨𑂰) is the Bhojpuri language version of Wikipedia, run by the Wikimedia Foundation. The site was launched on February 21, 2003.[1][2] Kaithi was formerly the primary script for written Bhojpuri. Today it is written in the Devanagari script. Bhojpuri is an Indo-Aryan language spoken in northern-eastern India and the Terai region of Nepal.[3] It is one of the most rapidly growing languages in the world according to People's Linguistic Survey of India.[4] It is chiefly spoken in western Bihar and eastern Uttar Pradesh.[5] The language is a minority language in Fiji, Guyana, Mauritius, South Africa, Suriname, and Trinidad and Tobago.

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Bhojpuri Wikipedia statistics
Number of user accounts Number of articles Number of files Number of administrators
24523 7393 53 2

References

  1. ^ "Coronavirus updates in Hindi, Bangla, Tamil and 6 more Indian languages on Wikipedia". India express.com.
  2. ^ A Study on the Usage of Internet by Working Women of Vadodara City for Performing Their Household Responsibilities. Anchor Academic Publishing. 2016. ISBN 3960675518.
  3. ^ Bhojpuri Ethnologue World Languages (2009)[circular reference]
  4. ^ "Bhojpuri is the most rapidly developing language in the world'". Times of India.
  5. ^ Ethnologue's detailed language map Archived 16 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine of western Madhesh; see the disjunct enclaves of language #9 in SE.



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