Back اللغة السورجابورية Arabic সুৰজাপুৰী ভাষা Assamese Γλώσσα Σουρτζαπούρι Greek Surjapuri Finnish सूरजापुरी भाषा Hindi Bahasa Surjapuri ID スルジャプリ語 Japanese سورجاپوری MZN सुरजापुरी भाषा Nepali ਸੂਰਜਪੁਰੀ ਭਾਸ਼ਾ Punjabi
| Surjapuri | |
|---|---|
| Sura, Deshi Bhasa | |
| Native to | India, Nepal, Bangladesh |
| Region | Bihar, West Bengal |
Native speakers | 2,256,228 (2011 census)[1] |
| Devanagari, Bengali–Assamese, Kaithi (historical) | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | sjp |
| Glottolog | surj1235 |
Surjapuri is an Indo-Aryan language of the Bengali-Assamese branch, spoken in Eastern India including North Bengal, West Bengal, and some eastern parts of Purnia division of Bihar, as well as Jhapa District in Nepal, Goalpara Division of Assam in India and Rangpur Division in Bangladesh. Among speakers in some regions, it is known as 'Deshi Bhasa'. It possesses similarities with Kamatapuri, Assamese, Bengali, and Maithili.
- ^ "Statement 1: Abstract of speakers' strength of languages and mother tongues - 2011". www.censusindia.gov.in. Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 2018-07-07.
- ^ a b Toulmin, Mathew W S (2006). Reconstructing linguistic history in a dialect continuum: The Kamta, Rajbanshi, and Northern Deshi Bangla subgroup of Indo-Aryan (PhD). The Australian National University. p. 305.
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