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| | |  Magahi: Encyclopedia - Bihari languagesBihari is a name given to a group of Indo-Aryan languages spoken in Bihar and neighboring states in India.
The Bihari group consists of:
Angika (30,000,000 speakers). Written in Anga,Kaithi and Devanagari scripts.
Bhojpuri (26,254,000 speakers). Written in the Kaithi and Devanagari scripts.
Kudmali (37,000 speakers)
Magahi (11,362,000 speakers)
Maithili (7,500,00 speakers). Written in the Maithili and Devanagari scripts.
Panchpargania (274,000 speakers)
Sadri (1,965,000 speakers)
Surajpuri (273,0 ...
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| | | | Magahi: Encyclopedia II - Hindi - Dialects Hindi in the broad sense is a dialect continuum without clear boundaries. For example, both Nepali and Panjabi are sometimes considered to be Hindi (based on the high level of mutual intelligibility for Panjabi and Hindi especially), though they are more often considered to be separate languages. Hindi is often divided into Western Hindi and Eastern Hindi, and these are further divided. Following is a list of principal Hindi dialects; boldface indicates an idiom that often classified as a separate language.
Hindustani, in ...
See also:Hindi, Hindi - Area, Hindi - Number of Speakers, Hindi - History, Hindi - Standard Hindi, Hindi - Vocabulary, Hindi - Dialects, Hindi - Sounds, Hindi - Vowels, Hindi - Consonants, Hindi - Borrowed sounds, Hindi - Writing system, Hindi - Grammar, Hindi - Word order, Hindi - Common tenses and aspect, Hindi - Case, Hindi - Literature, Hindi - Common difficulties faced in learning Hindi Read more here: » Hindi: Encyclopedia II - Hindi - Dialects |
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| | | | Magahi: Encyclopedia II - Assam - History
Assam - Pre-historic and ancient Assam.
Assam and adjoining regions have evidence of human settlement from all periods of the Stone ages. That the known hills settlements belonged to earlier periods may suggest that the valleys were populated later, or it may reflect sampling bias due to mountainous areas being more likely to remain less disturbed over long stretches of time.
The earliest ruler according to legend was a mlechchha (non-Aryan) ruler named Mahiranga (sanskritized form of the Tibeto-Bur ...
See also:Assam, Assam - Origin of name, Assam - Early documented mentions, Assam - Later adoption, Assam - Other mentions, Assam - Geography, Assam - Demographics, Assam - History, Assam - Pre-historic and ancient Assam, Assam - Medieval Assam, Assam - British conquest, Assam - Post independence, Assam - Languages, Assam - Culture, Assam - Gamosa, Assam - Bihu, Assam - Durga Puja, Assam - Music, Assam - Economic activity, Assam - Assam tea, Assam - Assam oil, Assam - Problems in Assam Read more here: » Assam: Encyclopedia II - Assam - History |
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| | | | Magahi: Encyclopedia II - Patna - History Main article: History of Patna
Legend ascribes the origin of Patna to a mythological king Putraka who created Patna by magic for his queen Patali, literally Trumpet flower, which gives it its ancient name Pataligram. It is said that in honour of the first born to the queen, the city was named Pataliputra. Gram is the Sanskrit for village and Putra means son.
From a scientific history perspective, it would be appropriate to surmise that the history of Patna started around the year 490 BC when Ajatashatru, th ...
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| | | | Magahi: Encyclopedia II - Hindi - Grammar Hindi grammar can be very complex and is different in many ways from what English speakers are used to. A simple and obvious difference is that for expressing relationship of nouns, Hindi uses postpositions where English would use a preposition. Other differences include gender, honorifics, interrogatives, word order, use of cases, and different tenses. While being complicated, Hindi grammar is fairly regular, with irregularities being relatively limited. Despite differences in vocabulary and writing, Hindi grammar is nearly identical with U ...
See also:Hindi, Hindi - Area, Hindi - Number of Speakers, Hindi - History, Hindi - Standard Hindi, Hindi - Vocabulary, Hindi - Dialects, Hindi - Sounds, Hindi - Vowels, Hindi - Consonants, Hindi - Borrowed sounds, Hindi - Writing system, Hindi - Grammar, Hindi - Word order, Hindi - Common tenses and aspect, Hindi - Case, Hindi - Literature, Hindi - Common difficulties faced in learning Hindi Read more here: » Hindi: Encyclopedia II - Hindi - Grammar |
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| | | | Magahi: Encyclopedia II - Hindi - Sounds There are 11 vowels and 35 consonants in Standard Hindī. They are shown below:
Hindi - Vowels.
The vowel /æ/ occurs in English loans and is represented by ऐ, which was originally used in Sanskrit for the 'ai' or 'əi' diphthong. But today in Khariboli, the Standard dialect, the vowel stands for /æ/ in almost all Hindi words. The other ten vowels have phonemic nasal counterparts. The vowel sequen ...
See also:Hindi, Hindi - Area, Hindi - Number of Speakers, Hindi - History, Hindi - Standard Hindi, Hindi - Vocabulary, Hindi - Dialects, Hindi - Sounds, Hindi - Vowels, Hindi - Consonants, Hindi - Borrowed sounds, Hindi - Writing system, Hindi - Grammar, Hindi - Word order, Hindi - Common tenses and aspect, Hindi - Case, Hindi - Literature, Hindi - Common difficulties faced in learning Hindi Read more here: » Hindi: Encyclopedia II - Hindi - Sounds |
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| | | | Magahi: Encyclopedia II - Hindi - Vocabulary Standard Hindi derives much of its formal and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit. Standard or shuddha ("pure") Hindi is used only in public addresses and radio or TV news, while the everyday spoken language in most areas is one of several varieties of Hindustani, whose vocabulary contains words drawn from Persian. In addition, spoken Hindi uses words from English and other languages as well.
Vernacular Urdu and Hindi are practically indistinguishable. However, the literary registers differ substantially; in highly formal situat ...
See also:Hindi, Hindi - Area, Hindi - Number of Speakers, Hindi - History, Hindi - Standard Hindi, Hindi - Vocabulary, Hindi - Dialects, Hindi - Sounds, Hindi - Vowels, Hindi - Consonants, Hindi - Borrowed sounds, Hindi - Writing system, Hindi - Grammar, Hindi - Word order, Hindi - Common tenses and aspect, Hindi - Case, Hindi - Literature, Hindi - Common difficulties faced in learning Hindi Read more here: » Hindi: Encyclopedia II - Hindi - Vocabulary |
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| | | | Magahi: Encyclopedia II - Hindi - Literature Main article: Hindi literature
The beginnings of Hindi literature can be traced to the Prakrits of classical Sanskrit plays. Tulasidas's Ramacharitamanas attained wide popularity. Modern litterateurs include Jaishankar Prasad, Sumitranandan Pant, Maithili Sharan Gupta, Suryakant Tripathi 'Nirala', Mahadevi Varma, Sachchidananda Hirananda Vatsyayana 'Ajneya' and Munshi Premchand.
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See also:Hindi, Hindi - Area, Hindi - Number of Speakers, Hindi - History, Hindi - Standard Hindi, Hindi - Vocabulary, Hindi - Dialects, Hindi - Sounds, Hindi - Vowels, Hindi - Consonants, Hindi - Borrowed sounds, Hindi - Writing system, Hindi - Grammar, Hindi - Word order, Hindi - Common tenses and aspect, Hindi - Case, Hindi - Literature, Hindi - Common difficulties faced in learning Hindi Read more here: » Hindi: Encyclopedia II - Hindi - Literature |
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| | | | Magahi: Encyclopedia II - Patna - Cuisine Staple food of majority of the population is “bhat, dal, roti, tarkari and achar”, prepared basically from rice, lentils, wheat flour, vegetables, and pickle grade raw, unripe fruits. Traditionally, mustard oil has been the popular cooking medium for Patnaites. Plain boiled milk as well as curd is widely used by all section of the Patnaites. "Kichdi", the broth of rice and lentils, seasoned with spices, and served with several accompanying items like curd, chutney, pickles, papads, ghee (clarified butter) and chokha (boiled messed potatoes, seasoned with finely cut onions, green chilies) constitutes the lunch ...
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| | | | Magahi: Encyclopedia II - Patna - People and culture
Patna - Status of Women.
The women are respected and have a say in the affairs of the family. If one compares the status of women if other parts of the north India, then it is comes as a pleasant surprise. However, recent years have seen a degeneration in education and social awareness, particularly in rural areas. In these areas one can sometimes see women being mistreated.
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See also:Patna, Patna - History, Patna - Geography, Patna - Climate, Patna - Demographics, Patna - People and culture, Patna - Status of Women, Patna - Family Orientation, Patna - Marriage, Patna - Cuisine, Patna - Transport, Patna - Economy, Patna - Places of interest, Patna - In Patna, Patna - Around Patna, Patna - Education, Patna - Media & entertainment Read more here: » Patna: Encyclopedia II - Patna - People and culture |
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| | | | Magahi: Encyclopedia II - Patna - Geography Patna is located on the south bank of the Ganges River, called Ganga locally. Patna has a very long riverline, and it is surrounded on three sides by rivers—the Ganga, Sone, and Poonpun (also spelt Punpun). Just to the north of Patna across the river Ganga flows the river Gandak making it a unique place having four largish rivers in its vicinity.
The bridge over the river Ganga, named after Mohandas Gandhi, is 5850m long is said to be the longest single river bridge in the world.
Altitude: 53 meters
Temperature: Summer 43 °C to 21 °C, Winter 20 °C to 6 °C
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| | | | Magahi: Encyclopedia II - Patna - Climate In Patna, as in most of Bihar, the summer temperatures rise very high as the hot tropical sun beats down with all its intensity coupled with a heat wave which though is not as severe as say in Delhi. The city, being near four large rivers, experiences a rather high humidity throughout the year.
The summer begins in April and peaks in June/July with the temperature soaring up to 46° C till the moisture laiden monsoon wind bring some much-needed relief to the parched fields. The rains last through August & September and continue in ...
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| | | | Magahi: Encyclopedia II - Patna - Demographics The population of Patna is over 1,285,470 (2001 census), which has grown from 917,243 in the 1991 census. The population density is 1132 persons per square kilometre. There are 839 females to every 1,000 males. Overall Literacy rate is 62.9%, and female Literacy rate is 50.8%. Source – District Elementary Education Report Card 2004 of National Institute of Educational Planning and Administration, New Delhi (www.eduinfoindia.net)
In spite of the very bad press, Patna has a moderate c ...
See also:Patna, Patna - History, Patna - Geography, Patna - Climate, Patna - Demographics, Patna - People and culture, Patna - Status of Women, Patna - Family Orientation, Patna - Marriage, Patna - Cuisine, Patna - Transport, Patna - Economy, Patna - Places of interest, Patna - In Patna, Patna - Around Patna, Patna - Education, Patna - Media & entertainment Read more here: » Patna: Encyclopedia II - Patna - Demographics |
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| | | | Magahi: Encyclopedia II - Hindi - History Hindi evolved from Sanskrit, by way of the Middle Indo-Aryan prakrit languages and Apabhramsha of the Middle Ages.
As a standardised register of India, Hindi became the official language[4] of India on January 26, 1950, although English and 21 other languages are recognised as official languages by the Constitution of India.
Hindi - Standard Hindi.
After independence of India, the Government of India worked on standardizing Hindi, and the following changes took place:
standar ...
See also:Hindi, Hindi - Area, Hindi - Number of Speakers, Hindi - History, Hindi - Standard Hindi, Hindi - Vocabulary, Hindi - Dialects, Hindi - Sounds, Hindi - Vowels, Hindi - Consonants, Hindi - Borrowed sounds, Hindi - Writing system, Hindi - Grammar, Hindi - Word order, Hindi - Common tenses and aspect, Hindi - Case, Hindi - Literature, Hindi - Common difficulties faced in learning Hindi Read more here: » Hindi: Encyclopedia II - Hindi - History |
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| | | | Magahi: Encyclopedia II - Hindi - Number of Speakers Hindi is among the more widely spoken languages in the world. According to some estimates, about 500 million people in India and abroad are native speakers of Hindi and the total number of people who understand the language may be as high as 800 million. According to 1991 census[2] 40.22% of the Indian population can speak Hindi.
More than 180 million people in India regard Standard Hindi as their mother tongue, making it the fourth-most spoken language in the world. Another 300 million use it as second language. Outside In ...
See also:Hindi, Hindi - Area, Hindi - Number of Speakers, Hindi - History, Hindi - Standard Hindi, Hindi - Vocabulary, Hindi - Dialects, Hindi - Sounds, Hindi - Vowels, Hindi - Consonants, Hindi - Borrowed sounds, Hindi - Writing system, Hindi - Grammar, Hindi - Word order, Hindi - Common tenses and aspect, Hindi - Case, Hindi - Literature, Hindi - Common difficulties faced in learning Hindi Read more here: » Hindi: Encyclopedia II - Hindi - Number of Speakers |
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| | | | Magahi: Encyclopedia II - Assam - Geography T-shaped, the state consists of the northern Brahmaputra valley, the middle Karbi and Cachar hills and the southern Barak Valley. It experiences heavy rainfall between March and September, with very high humidity in the summer months. The temperatures are generally mild, never extreme during any season.
Assam is very rich in vegetation, forests and wildlife. Lumber was once a lucrative business, until it was declared illegal by the Supreme Court of India. The region also has a number of reserved forests, and one of them, Kazira ...
See also:Assam, Assam - Origin of name, Assam - Early documented mentions, Assam - Later adoption, Assam - Other mentions, Assam - Geography, Assam - Demographics, Assam - History, Assam - Pre-historic and ancient Assam, Assam - Medieval Assam, Assam - British conquest, Assam - Post independence, Assam - Languages, Assam - Culture, Assam - Gamosa, Assam - Bihu, Assam - Durga Puja, Assam - Music, Assam - Economic activity, Assam - Assam tea, Assam - Assam oil, Assam - Problems in Assam Read more here: » Assam: Encyclopedia II - Assam - Geography |
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