A lingua magahi (𑂧𑂏𑂯𑂲), ou magadhi (𑂧𑂏𑂡𑂲), é unha lingua indoaria falada nos estados indios de Bihar, Jharkhand e Bengala Occidental,[8][9] así como en Terai, no Nepal.[10] O magadhi pácrito, devanceiro do magahi, deu nome á lingua.[11] É considerado un continuo dialectal do hindi.

Magahi
मगही
Outros nomes:Magadhi
Falado en: India, Nepal
Rexións: Bihar, Jharkhand e Bengala Occidental[1][2][3]
Total de falantes: 12,6 millóns (censo de 2011)[4][5]
Familia: Indoiraniana
 Indoaria
  Magadhan
   Bihari
    Magahi
Escrita: Kaithi (antigamente)
Devanágari (oficial)
Status oficial
Lingua oficial de: India India, Jharkhand[6]
Códigos de lingua
ISO 639-1: --
ISO 639-2: mag
ISO 639-3: mag
Mapa
Status

O magahi está clasificado como "en estado seguro" polo Libro Vermello das Linguas Ameazadas da UNESCO[7]
  1. Grierson, G.A. (1927). "Magahi or Magadhi". Internet Archive. 
  2. "Magahi". Omniglot. 
  3. Atreya, Lata. "Magahi and Magadh: Language and the People" (PDF). Global Journal of Interdisciplinary Social Sciences. 
  4. "Magahi". ethnologue. 
  5. "Scheduled Languages in descending order of speaker's strength - 2011" (PDF). Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India. 29 de xuño de 2018. 
  6. "झारखंड : रघुवर कैबिनेट से मगही, भोजपुरी, मैथिली व अंगिका को द्वितीय भाषा का दर्जा". Prabhat Khabar (en hindi). 21 de marzo de 2018. Consultado o 17 de novembro de 2018. 
  7. Moseley, Christopher e Nicolas, Alexandre. "Atlas of the world's languages in danger". unesdoc.unesco.org. Consultado o 11 de xullo de 2022. 
  8. Prasad, Saryoo (2008). Magahī Phonology: A Descriptive Study. Concept Publishing Company. p. 6. ISBN 9788180695254. Consultado o 4 November 2018. 
  9. Brass, Paul R. (2005). Language, Religion and Politics in North India. iUniverse. p. 93. ISBN 9780595343942. Consultado o 4 November 2018. 
  10. Eberhard, David M.; Simons, Gary F.; Fennig, Charles D., eds. (2021). Magahi. Ethnologue: Languages of the World (Twenty-fourth ed.) (Dallas, Texas: SIL International). Consultado o 29 de abril de 2021. 
  11. "How a Bihari lost his mother tongue to Hindi". 22 de setembro de 2017. 

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  • Munishwar Jha - "Magadhi And Its Formation," Calcutta Sanskrit College Research Series, 1967, 256 pp
  • Saryu Prasad - "A Descriptive Study of Magahi Phonology", PhD thesis submitted to Patna University.
  • A.C. Sinha (1966) - "Phonology and Morphology of a Magahi Dialect", PhD awarded by the University of Poona.(now Pune)
  • G.A. Grierson Essays on Bihari Declension and Conjugation, Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, vol. iii, pp. 119–159
  • Hoernle, A.F. Rudolf & Grierson, G.A. A Comparative Dictionary of the Bihari Language
  • Prasad, Swarnlata (1959) Juncture and Aitch in Magahi, Indian Linguistics, Turner Jubilee Volume, 1959 pp. 118–124.
  • Sweta Sinha (2014) - "The Prosody of Stress and Rhythm in Magahi", PhD thesis submitted to Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.
  • Sweta Sinha (2018)- "Magahi Prosody", Bahri Publications: New Delhi. ISBN 978-93-83469-14-7.