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Present-simple conjugations in Bhojpuri

Conjugation	My dialect
1st person simple	बानी
2nd person honorific	बानी
2nd person non-fem	बारS
2nd person feminine	बारू
2nd person informal non-fem	बा
2nd person informal fem	बिया
2nd person very formal	जाते
3rd person honorific	बारन
3rd person informal non-fem	बा
3rd person informal fem	बिया
3rd person repetitive	-ला
Verb Substantive	बाटे
1st person/ 2nd person hon	नइखीं
2nd person/3rd person	नइखे
3rd person honorific/plural	नइखन

Could the others share the equivalents of these forms in their variety? I think that these are the conjugations which have the most difference (in the present tense) across dialects. I'll add other tenses and aspects if this post gets traction.

I didn't specify where I'm from (although, it is identifiable) to avoid any bias in the replies.

P.S. I've used non-fem instead of masculine as all inanimate nouns take the masculine endings except for a few like गोरू, बिलार and गंगा. Please specify if nouns like चिरई, भासा and लीची take the masculine or feminine verb.

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u/Left_Economist_9716 — 17 hours ago

▲ 61 r/linguisticshumor

Context: In Bhojpuri, diphthongs and triphthongs (including nasalised ones) are very common. Even quadriphthongs can be found in words like:

/səriauʌ/ (clean-2sg-IMP)
/bud͡ʑ̤uaio/ (explain-CAUS-INC)
/kʰiauela/ (feed-CAUS-BEN)

There might be a few others but they follow the same pattern and smooth out in certain combinations like /uo/. /i/ can be analysed as /j/ as the line is pretty thin.

On the other hand. the only consonant clusters to exist follow the syllable structure of /(C)VNC/. Even then, in nasal + voiced/breathy consonant clusters, the consonant is dropped if the cluster is articulated in the bilabial, alveolo-dental or velar positions. For example, orthographic /səŋg̤ət̪ija/ is realised as /səŋhət̪ija/ and /gen̪d̪a/ is realized as /gena/.

Note: Both /ə/ and /ʌ/ are realised about 150 Hz lower than their English formant frequencies.

u/Left_Economist_9716 — 23 days ago

▲ 21 r/Mithila

While Bihari languages are in dire straits, Maithili is performing worse than its fellow languages of Bhojpuri and Magahi. Only 5/17 Maithili districts have Maithili as their most spoken language.

Excluding Banka, Bhagalpur and Munger (as they speak Angika or 'Other Hindi' officially) and Purnia and Araria (as their eastern half speaks Surjapuri) brings the fraction up to 5/12, which is pretty poor too. Only 55% of people living in Mithila speak Maithili natively.

In comparison, 18/25 districts of Purvanchal have a Bhojpuri-speaking majority and 69% of Bhojpuriyas speak Bhojpuri. Excluding the south-west region (Kasi) which is an outlier, the figure climbs up to 18/19 and 80% respectively.

How can Maithili be revived?

u/Left_Economist_9716 — 26 days ago

▲ 7 r/Bhojpuriyas

What steps should be taken to ensure that Bhojpuri flourishes in the Hindi-dominant states of UP and Bihar?

P.S.: I'd prefer if Maithili isn't brought up on this post as they're in the same boat than us.

u/Left_Economist_9716 — 26 days ago