Language code: bh
Technical information about ISO 639 language code bh
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The table below provides technical details for the Bihari languages language, designated by the bh code from the ISO 639-1 standard.
| Code |
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| Standard | |
| Name | Official Bihari languages Native भोजपुरी |
| Family | Indo-Aryan |
| Text direction | Left-to-Right |
| Language varieties | BhojpuriMagahiMaithiliAngikaBajjika |
| Related languages | HindiOdiaBengaliAssameseNepali |
| Key facts | Spoken across the eastern Indo-Aryan heartland of the Ganges plainHistorically written in Kaithi and Tirhuta scripts in addition to DevanagariHome to a vibrant folk-song heritage including genres like Chhath, Sohar and KajariMaithili literature flourished under poet Vidyapati in the 14th centuryBhojpuri-language cinema has grown into a multi-million-dollar regional film industry |
| Sample phrase | प्रणाम, तूँ कइस बाड़ू? |
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The Bihari languages belong to the Indo-European language family, more specifically to the Indo-Aryan subgroup. These languages are primarily spoken in the Indian states of Bihar, Jharkhand, Uttar Pradesh, and West Bengal, as well as in parts of Nepal.
Language presence globally
*The graph shows a rough estimate of Bihari languages speakers in countries where it is an official or minority language.
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- What is Localizely?
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- Reports and Statistics
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- GitHub integration
- GitLab integration
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- Supported file formats
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- What is Localizely?
- Getting started
- Localization workflow
- Translation editor
- Flutter Over-the-Air updates
- Flutter In-Context Editing
- Project branching
- Professional translation services
- Machine Translation
- AI Translation
- Translation Memory
- Glossary
- Reports and statistics
- Figma integration
- AWS S3 integration
- GitHub integration
- GitLab integration
- Bitbucket integration
- CLI
- Configuration file
- Supported file formats
- Language & Country Codes
- Referral Program
- I18N Questions
- FAQ