Bajjika

Bajjika
Bajjika
बज्जिका
पछिमाहा मैथिलि
	The word "Bajjika" written in Devanagari script
Native to	India and Nepal
Region	Bihar of India and Terai (Madhesh Province) of Nepal
Native speakers	c. 20 million (2013 estimate)
Language family	Indo-European Indo-Iranian Indo-Aryan Eastern Maithili Bajjika; ; ; ; ;
Writing system	Kaithi, Devanagari, Tirhuta
Language codes
ISO 639-3	vjk
Glottolog	bajj1234

Bajjika is an Indo-Aryan language variety spoken in parts of Bihar, India and in Nepal.^[1] It is closely related to Maithili (of which it is often considered a dialect).

^ Klein, Jared; Joseph, Brian; Fritz, Matthias (2017-09-25). Handbook of Comparative and Historical Indo-European Linguistics. Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. ISBN 978-3-11-026128-8.

[1] Klein, Jared; Joseph, Brian; Fritz, Matthias (2017-09-25). Handbook of Comparative and Historical Indo-European Linguistics. Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. ISBN 978-3-11-026128-8.

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