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Preferred term

magMagahi  

Type

  • Language

Definition

  • The Magahi language (Devanagari: मगही; also known as Magadhi, मगधी) is a language spoken in India. Magadhi Prakrit was the ancestor of Magadhi, from which the latter's name derives. The ancestral language, Magadhi Prakrit, is believed to be the language spoken by the Buddha, and the language of the ancient kingdom of Magadha. Magadhi is closely related to Bhojpuri and Maithili, and these languages are sometimes referred to as a single language, Bihari. These languages, together with several other related languages, are known as the Bihari languages, which form a sub-group of the Eastern Zone of Indo-Aryan languages. Magadhi has approximately 18 million speakers.

Entry terms

  • Magahi language

ISO 639-2 Bibliographical code

  • mag

ISO 639-2 Terminological code

  • mag

ISO 639-3 code

  • mag

Notation

  • mag

In other languages

  • magahi

    French

  • Magahi
  • Khotta

    German

  • magahi

    Italian

  • Lingua magadhi
  • magahi

    Portuguese

  • Magahi
  • Magahi

    Spanish

  • magahi

URI

http://lexvo.org/id/iso639-3/mag

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