Bhojpuri people


The Bhojpuri people or Purabia are an Indo-Aryan ethnolinguistic group from the Indian subcontinent who speak Bhojpuri and inhabit the Bhojpuri-Purvanchal region. This area is now divided between the western part of the Indian state of Bihar and the eastern part of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, along with some neighbouring districts in the Madhesh of Nepal. A significant diaspora population of Bhojpuris can be found in Trinidad and Tobago, Guyana, Suriname, other parts of the Caribbean, Fiji, South Africa, and Mauritius.

Language

Bhojpuri is spoken by around 50 million people. It is native to Bhojpuri region of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar. Bhojpuri is sociolinguistically considered one of the "Hindi dialects" although it linguistically belongs to the geographic Bihari branch of Eastern Indo-Aryan languages.

Cuisine

Bhojpuri cuisine is part of North Indian cuisine. It is mild and spice is less used. It has majorly influenced the cuisine of the Caribbean, Fiji, Mauritius, and South Africa.

Notable people