- Culture of Bihar
Angika Region
Angika region, comprises of the districts of
Banka ,Bhagalpur ,Munger ,Jamui ,Lakhisarai , andShekhpura in the eastern part ofIndia .Angika is the mother-tongue of people of this area. [http://discoverbihar.bih.nic.in/pages/angika_culture.htm]Bhojpuri Region
Bhojpuri region, comprises of the districts of
Rohtas ,Kaimur ,Buxar andBhojpur to the south of the Ganges; and,Saran ,Siwan ,Gopalganj ,East Champaran andWest Champaran to the north of theGanges in the eastern part ofIndia .Bhojpuri is the mother-tongue of people of this area. [http://discoverbihar.bih.nic.in/pages/bhojpuri_culture.htm]Magadh Region
Magadh region, comprises of the districts of
Patna ,Nalanda ,Nawada ,Gaya ,Arwal ,Aurangabad , andJehanabad , in the CentralBihar region, are the nourishing ground of the ancient Magahi (Magadhi ) culture in the eastern part ofIndia .Magadhi is the mother-tongue of people of this area. [http://discoverbihar.bih.nic.in/pages/magahi%20_culture.htm]Maithili Region
Mithila region broadly comprises of the districts of
Vaishali ,Muzaffarpur ,Madhubani ,Darbhanga ,Samastipur ,Sheohar ,Sitamarhi ,Begusarai ,Khagaria ,Katihar ,Madhepura ,Saharsa ,Supaul ,Purnia ,Araria , andKishanganj in the eastern part ofIndia .Maithili is the mother-tongue of people of this area. [http://discoverbihar.bih.nic.in/pages/maithili_culture.htm]The relationship of
Maithili community withBhojpuri andMagahi communities – the immediate neighbors have been neither very pleasant nor very hostile.Maithili has been the only one among them which has been trying to constantly deny superimposition of Hindi over her identity. The other two have given up their claims and have resigned to accept the status of dialects ofHindi .It goes without saying that the relationship of
Maithili andHindi have been most complicated. While almost all Maithils have accepted Hindi as a language of formal occasions, the retention ofMaithili for cultual, social , familial as well as literary purposes have also been more or less steady. The trend among the youngest generation to useMaithili in lesser and lesser occasions should be viewed in the context of the same thing happening among Hindi, Telugu or Marathi speakers who are tilting towards use of English rather than their mother tongue.ee also
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Bhojpuri
*Bihar
*Bihari languages
*Magadhi
*Maithili
*Magadha References and footnotes
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