Eastern Indo-Aryan languages

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Major Indo-Aryan languages of South Asia; Eastern Indo-Aryan languages in shades of yellow

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

Classification

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Western Magadhan

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Eastern Magadhan

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Features

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

Case Bengali Assamese Odia Rajbangshi Surjapuri Maithili Bhojpuri Tharu Sylheti
Instrumental -t̪e, -ke d̪ie -e, -er-e, di, -e-di -e, -re, -d̪ei -d̪i -e,e˜, sə˜, d̪ea le, 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 -karəne se -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, -ɔt̪ e, me, -hi, -tə -mə -t, -ô

Eastern Indo-Aryan languages display many morphosyntactic features similar to those of Munda languages, while western Indo-Aryan languages do not. It is suggested that "pre-Munda" ("proto-" in regular terminology) languages may have once dominated the eastern Indo-Gangetic Plain, and were then absorbed by Indo-Aryan languages at an early date as Indo-Aryan spread east.[6][7]

References

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  1. a b Ray, Tapas S. (2007). "Chapter Eleven: "Oriya". In Jain, Danesh; Cardona, George. The Indo-Aryan Languages. Routledge. p. 445. Template:ISBN.
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  3. South Asian folklore: an encyclopedia : Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, By Peter J. Claus, Sarah Diamond, Margaret Ann Mills, Routledge, 2003, p. 203
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