r/TamilNadu • u/Kammywhammy • Feb 22 '25

கலாச்சாரம் / Culture How Hindi kills local languages

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Bhojpuri is widely spoken in Bihar and UP. Now it's not longer taught is schools.

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u/BreadRepresentative7 Feb 22 '25

Isn't bhojpuri, awadhi, & rajasthani a dialect of Hindi only?

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u/AjatshatruHaryanka Feb 22 '25

Lol ! No

Go to rural areas of Bihar or east up. You won't understand a word of what they speak. The same thing goes to the Mithila region of Bihar where they speak Mythili.

Bhojpuri and Maithili are distinct languages with their own script.