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speakers in Nepal, Bhojpuri speech community looks reluctant to accept it as they
speculate more people speak Bhojpuri in Nepal than those shown in the census report.

Map 3.1 presents the geographical location of the Bhojpuri speech community in Nepal.
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Map 3.1: Bhojpuri speaking areas in Nepal

Bhojpuri Area in Nepal

3.1.7 Linguistic affiliation

Bhojpuri is one of the members of eastern zone in the Indo-Aryan languages. Figure
3.1 presents its linguistic affiliation.

Figure 3.1: Indo-Aryan languages

Central Eastern
Kathoriya Tharu DagauraTharu Gujrati Marathi Hariynwi Urdu Hindi Sadri Kumali Koche Oriya Assamese Bangla Magahi Majhi Bhojpuri Angika Bajjika Maithili

Source: Yadava (2004) and Ethnologue (2012)

2. We would like to acknowledge SIL International for the map used in this study.
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