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The Eastern Indo-Aryan languages, also known as Māgadhan languages, are spoken throughout the eastern Indian subcontinent (East India and Assam, Bangladesh), including Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand, Bengal, Tripura, Assam, and Odisha; alongside other regions surrounding the northeastern Himalayan corridor. Bengali is official language of Bangladesh and the state of West Bengal and Tripura, while Assamese and Odia are the official languages of Assam and Odisha, respectively. The Eastern Indo-Aryan languages descend from Magadhan Apabhraṃśa[1] and ultimately from Magadhi Prakrit.[2][3][1]

Eastern Indo-Aryan
Magadhan
Geographic
distribution
Eastern India, Bangladesh, southern Nepal
Linguistic classificationIndo-European
Early forms
Subdivisions
Glottologindo1323  (Indo-Aryan Eastern zone)
biha1245  (Bihari)
Major Indo-Aryan languages of South Asia; Eastern Indo-Aryan languages in shades of yellow
Major Indo-Aryan languages of South Asia; Eastern Indo-Aryan languages in shades of yellow

Classification


The exact scope of the Eastern branch of the Indo-Aryan languages is controversial. All scholars agree about a kernel that includes the Odia cluster and the Bengali–Assamese languages, while many also include the Bihari languages. The widest scope was proposed by Suniti Kumar Chatterji who included the Eastern Hindi varieties, but this has not been widely accepted.[4]

When the Bihari languages are included, the Eastern Indo-Aryan languages fall into four language groups in two broader categories:


Western Magadhan



Eastern Magadhan



Features


Grammatical features of the Eastern Indo-Aryan languages:[5]

CaseBengaliAssameseOdiaRajbangshiSurjapuriMaithiliBhojpuriTharuSylheti
Instrumental-t̪e, -ke d̪ie-e, -er-e, di, -e-di-e, -re, -d̪ei-d̪i-e,e˜, sə˜, d̪eale, leka-re, di
Dative-ke, -[e]re-k, -ɒk-ku-k, -ɔk-k, -ɔk-ke˜-ke-hənə-gu, -gur
Ablative-t̪ʰeke-pɒra-u, -ru, -ʈʰaru, -ʈʰiru-hat̪ɛ, t̪ʰaki-sɛ-sə˜, -k -karənese-lagi, -tône
Genitive-r, -er-r, -ɒr-rɔ-r, -ɛr-r, -ɛr-ker (-k)-kæ-ək-r, -ôr
Locative-e, -t̪e-t, -ɒt-re-t̪, -ɔt̪-t̪, -ɔt̪e, me, -hi, -tə-mə-t, -ô

References


  1. Ray, Tapas S. (2007). "Chapter Eleven: "Oriya". In Jain, Danesh; Cardona, George. The Indo-Aryan Languages. Routledge. p. 445. ISBN 978-1-135-79711-9.
  2. Cardona, George; Jain, Dhanesh, eds. (2003), "The historical context and development of Indo-Aryan", The Indo-Aryan Languages, Routledge language family series, London: Routledge, pp. 46–66, ISBN 0-7007-1130-9
  3. South Asian folklore: an encyclopedia : Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, By Peter J. Claus, Sarah Diamond, Margaret Ann Mills, Routledge, 2003, p. 203
  4. Masica, Colin (1991). The Indo-Aryan Languages. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 446–462.
  5. (Toulmin 2006:148)





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