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Internet encyclopedia
Available inBhojpuri
OwnerWikimedia Foundation
URLbh.wikipedia.org
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Users36177
Launched21 February 2003; 21 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.

Users and editors

Bhojpuri Wikipedia statistics
Number of user accounts Number of articles Number of files Number of administrators
36177 8727 54 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.