Angika language
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| Angika | ||||
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| अङ्गिका, अंगिका | ||||
| Spoken in | India, Nepal | |||
| Region | Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal | |||
| Total speakers | 740,892 (of whom approx. 725,000 in India, 15,892 in Nepal) (SIL) | |||
| Language family | Indo-European | |||
| Language codes | ||||
| ISO 639-1 | bh (Bihari | |||
| ISO 639-2 | anp | |||
| ISO 639-3 | anp | |||
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Angika (Dev. अङ्गिका or अंगिका) is a language of the Anga region of India, a 58,000 km² area that falls within the states of Bihar, Jharkhand and West Bengal. Angika is spoken by around 725,000 people in India and Considered to be one of the oldest language of the world. Angika is also spoken in Munger, Bhagalpur,Mumbai, Delhi, Calcutta, Durgapur, 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 the Maithili language, and was classified by Sir George A. Grierson as a dialectal variant of Maithili, which he termed as "Chikka-Chikki".[1] It has affinity to the Eastern Indo-Aryan languages, such as Bengali, Oriya, and Assamese. It had been traditionally classified as a "Bihari languages," which includes Bhojpuri, Magahi, Maithili, and Vajjika), and it has only recently been claimed as an independent language, though it is an ancient dialect.[2]. The name Angika first appeared in the 1961 census.[3] Angika is highly intelligible with other Bihari languages.
Angika is commonly written in the Devanagari script, although Kaithi was used historically.
Various alternate names for the language are used:
- Anga,
- Aangi,
- Angikar,
- Chhika-Chhiki,
- Bhagalpuri,
- Apbhramsa,
- Bihari.
Dialects of Angika include:
- Deshi,
- Dakhnaha,
- Mungeria,
- Devgharia,
- Gidhhoria,
- Dharampuria.
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[edit] 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, Canada 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.
[edit] Angika cinema
The first Angika language film released on 27 April,2007 in Laxmi Talkies, Khagaria, Bihar. The name of this film is "Khagaria Vali Bhouji". The first ever completed feature film of Angika Language, however, is "Khissa Chando Bihula Bishari Ke", which is still to be released. Currently a new Angika film, "Ang Putra" is being picturised.
[edit] Angika literature
Mr. Suman Soorow, Dr. Permanand Pandey, Dr. Amrendra, Dr. Naresh Pandey Chakore, Mr. Kundan Amitabh, Dr. Abhaykant Choudhary, Mr. Chandraprakash Jagpriya are among prominent scholars of Angika Language who have contributed lots in Angika Literature. Hundreds of standard literary books are available in angika language. And angika folk singer sunil chailaa bihari played as hero in this film.
[edit] External links
- History & development of Ang Desh and its Language Angika
- Ethnologue entry on Angika
- Google Search Engine in Angika Language
- Angika.com
- Srijangatha
- Angika Cinema
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