Angika language
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Angika is a language of the Ang or Anga region of India, a 58,000 km² area of Bihar, Jharkhand and West Bengal states. It is spoken by more than 30 million of the Indian population, and around 50 million worldwide. Angika is also spoken in Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata, Durgapur, Punjab, Vadodara, Surat, Patna, Ranchi, Jamshedpur, Bokaro and other parts of the country. Angika is also spoken in Cambodia, Vietnam, Malaysia and other Southeast Asian countries. Besides this, a sizeable Angika speaking population exists in countries such as the United States and the United Kingdom.
Angika is closely related to Bengali, Oriya, and Assamese. It is grouped in with the Bihari languages (including Bhojpuri, Magahi, Maithili and Vajjika). Angika is highly intelligible with other Bihari languages.
The first poet of Hindi literature, Saraha, was also the first poet of the Angika language and literature. Saraha belongs to the 8th century, and is the first poet whose poetry is availabe in written form.
There exists an independent web portal for the Angika language, [angika.com].There is also a search engine in the Angika language, Google Angika.
Angika is written in the Anga, Kaithi and Devanagari scripts.
Various alternate names for the language are used:
- Anga,
- Aangi,
- Angikar,
- Chhika-Chhiki,
- Bhagalpuri,
- Apbhramsa,
- Bihari.
Dialects of Angika iclude:
- Deshi,
- Dakhnaha,
- Mungeria,
- Devgharia,
- Gidhhoria,
- Dharampuria.
Demography
- Southern Bihar
- Bhagalpur District, Munger District, Banka District, Lakhisarai District, Jamui District and Sheikhpura District.
- Northern Bihar
- Katihar District, Purnia District, Khagaria District, Begusarai District, Saharsa District, Madhepura District, Araria District, Kishanganj District and Supaul District.
- Jharkhand
- Sahebganj District, Godda District, Dumka District, Deoghar District, Pakur District and Giridih District.
- West Bengal
- Malda District.
- Nepal
- Angika is also spoken in Tarai region of Nepal.
- Other South-East Asian countries
- Cambodia, Vietnam, Malaysia and others: all well established.
- Elsewhere
- A large number of Angika speakers have migrated to the Persian Gulf, the United Kingdom , the United States and other countries. Also a substantial portion of the Angika-speaking population has settled elsewhere in India, mainly in Mumbai, Delhi, Calcutta, Baroda, Surat, Chandigarh, Ludhiana, Jamshedpur and Bokaro.
External links
- [Parliamentary proceedings stating that Angika has 30 million (3 crore) speakers in Bihar and Jharkhand]
- [Google Search Engine in Angika Language]
- [Angika web portal]
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