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3.8 Dialectal variation
The Nepalese Bhojpuri region, geographically, from Jamuni river westward in

Bara up to whole Parsa district is the central Bhojpuri region, Nawalparasi and
Rupandehi western Bhojpuri region, Jamuni eastward in Bara up to Bakeya river in
Rautahat mid eastern Bhojpuri region and Bakeya eastward up to Sarlahi is the

eastern Bhojpuri region (Lohar, 2006).
Similarly, on the basis of community, Lohar (2006) considers the dialect

spoken by Tharu community in Rautahat as Tharu Bhojpuri and on the religious basis,
the dialect of Sheikh community of Muslims in central and western part of Rautahat

as Sheikh dialect of Bhojpuri.
The central Bhojpuri dialect in the entire Bhojpuri speaking area is nearer to

Champarani Bhojpuri in India. It means neither it is influenced by Awadhi nor by
Maithili. The sentences with action verb in present tense end in copula बा /bɑ/, बानी

/bɑni/, ता /tɑ/, तानी /tɑni/ with imperfective marker -अत /-ʌt/ suffixed with the main

verb, as shown with खा- /kʰɑ-/ 'eat' in (1a-e):

(1) a. उहाँका आम खात बानी/खातानी ।
uɦɑ ̃ kɑ ɑm

uɦɑ ̃ -kɑ ɑm
3SG.H-SPEC mango

'He is eating a mango.' (Honorific)
b. हम आम खात बानी/खातानी ।

ɦʌm ɑm
ɦʌm ɑm

1SG.NOM mango
'I am eating a mongo.'

c. रउआ आम खात बानी/खातानी ।

rʌuɑ ɑm kʰɑt bɑni kʰɑtɑni
rʌuɑ ɑm kʰɑ-ʌt bɑni kʰɑ-ʌt bɑni
2SG.NOM.H mango eat-IMPF be.PRES.H eat-IMPF be.PRES.H

'You are eating a mango.' (Honorific)
d. ऊ आम खात बा/खाता ।

u ɑm kʰɑt bɑ kʰɑtɑ

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