Maithili and Magahi are both subsumed, along with 54 other tongues, as dialects under an overarching Hindi language in the census figures and the 2018 report. However, the individual figures relating ...

To protect Bihar's linguistic heritage, the state government will unify eight language academies under one governing body for ...

Several legislators in the 70-member House took the oath in their native languages, including Maithili (spoken widely in Bihar) and Punjabi, while many others opted for Hindi, Urdu, Sanskrit ...