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	\| altname = Deshi Bhasa		\| altname = Deshi Bhasa
	\| nativename = গৌড়ীয় ভাষা		\| nativename = গৌড়ীয় ভাষা
			\| pronunciation = {{IPA\|sjp\|surd͡ʒaˈpuɾi\|}}<br />{{IPA\|sjp\|deʃi\|}}<br />{{IPA\|sjp\|ɡou̯.ɽi.ɔ\|}}
			\| image = File:Surjapuri language.png
	\| imagecaption = 'Surjapuri' in [[Bengali alphabet\|Bengali]] & [[Devanagari]] scripts		\| imagecaption = 'Surjapuri' in [[Bengali alphabet\|Bengali]] & [[Devanagari]] scripts
	\| states = [[India]], [[Nepal]], [[Bangladesh]]		\| states = [[India]], [[Nepal]], [[Bangladesh]]
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	\| glotto = surj1235		\| glotto = surj1235
	\| glottorefname = Surjapuri		\| glottorefname = Surjapuri
			\| notice =IPA
	}}		}}
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	'''Surjapuri''' is an [[Indo-Aryan languages\|Indo-Aryan language]] of the [[Bengali–Assamese languages\|Bengali-Assamese branch]], spoken in [[Eastern India]] including some eastern parts of [[Purnia division]] ([[Kishanganj district\|Kishanganj]], [[Katihar district\|Katihar]], [[Purnia district\|Purnia]], and [[Araria district\|Araria]] districts) of [[Bihar]], parts of [[Uttar Dinajpur district]] in [[West Bengal]] and [[Goalpara region\|Goalpara]] Division of [[Assam]] in India, as well as parts of [[Thakurgaon district]] in Bangladesh and [[Jhapa district]] in [[Nepal]]. Among speakers in some regions, it is known as 'Deshi Bhasa'. It possesses similarities with [[Rangpuri language\|Kamatapuri]], [[Assamese language\|Assamese]], [[Bengali language\|Bengali]], and [[Maithili language\|Maithili]].		'''Surjapuri''' is an [[Indo-Aryan languages\|Indo-Aryan language]] of the [[Bengali–Assamese languages\|Bengali-Assamese branch]], spoken in [[Eastern India]] including some eastern parts of [[Purnia division]] ([[Kishanganj district\|Kishanganj]], [[Katihar district\|Katihar]], [[Purnia district\|Purnia]], and [[Araria district\|Araria]] districts) of [[Bihar]], parts of [[Uttar Dinajpur district]] in [[West Bengal]] and [[Goalpara region\|Goalpara]] Division of [[Assam]] in India, as well as parts of [[Thakurgaon district]] in Bangladesh and [[Jhapa district]] in [[Nepal]]. Among speakers in some regions, it is known as 'Deshi Bhasa'.{{Citation needed\|date=May 2026}} It possesses similarities with [[Rangpuri language\|Kamatapuri]], [[Assamese language\|Assamese]], [[Bengali language\|Bengali]], and [[Maithili language\|Maithili]].

	==Geographical distribution==		==Geographical distribution==

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{{Short description|Indo-Aryan language spoken in India}}
{{Infobox language
|name = Surjapuri
|altname = Sura, Deshi Bhasa
|nativename = सुरजापुरी, সুরজাপুরী
|image=[[File:Surjapuri.png|200px]]
|imagecaption='Surjapuri' in [[Devanagari]] & [[Bengali alphabet|Bengali]] scripts
|states = [[India]], [[Nepal]], [[Bangladesh]]
|region = [[Bihar]], [[West Bengal]]
|speakers =2,256,228
|date = 2011 census
|ref =<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011Census/Language_MTs.html|title=Statement 1: Abstract of speakers' strength of languages and mother tongues - 2011|publisher=Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India|website=www.censusindia.gov.in|access-date=2018-07-07}}</ref>
|speakers2 = Census results conflate some speakers with Hindi.<ref>{{cite web |title=Statement 1: Abstract of speakers' strength of languages and mother tongues – 2001 |url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/Census_Data_2001/Census_Data_Online/Language/Statement1.aspx |website=Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India |access-date=30 May 2017}}</ref>
|script=[[Devanagari]], [[Bengali alphabet|Bengali]]
|familycolor = Indo-European
|fam2 = [[Indo-Iranian languages|Indo-Iranian]]
|fam3 = [[Indo-Aryan languages|Indo-Aryan]]
|fam4 = [[Eastern Indo-Aryan languages|Eastern]]
|fam5 = [[Bengali-Assamese languages|Bengali–Assamese]]
|iso3 = sjp
|glotto = surj1235
|glottorefname = Surjapuri
}}

'''Surjapuri''' is an [[Indo-Aryan languages#Eastern Zone|Eastern Indo-Aryan language]] spoken in [[Eastern India]] including [[North Bengal]], [[West Bengal]], and [[Purnia division|Eastern Bihar]], as well as in [[Nepal]]. Among speakers in some regions, it is known as 'Deshi Bhasa'. It possesses similarities with [[Rangpuri language|Kamatapuri]], [[Assamese language|Assamese]], [[Bengali language|Bengali]], and [[Maithili language|Maithili]].

==Geographical distribution==
Surjapuri is mainly spoken in the parts of [[Purnia division]] ([[Kishanganj district|Kishanganj]], [[Katihar district|Katihar]], [[Purnia district|Purnia]], and [[Araria district|Araria]] districts) of the [[Mithila (region)|Mithila region]] of [[Bihar]].<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nKqF_AgDd4gC&q=Mithila+India+state&pg=PA148 | title=Small States Syndrome in India | access-date=16 February 2017 | pages=146| isbn=9788170226918 | last1=Kumāra | first1=Braja Bihārī | year=1998 }}</ref> It is also spoken in [[West Bengal]] ([[Uttar Dinajpur district|Uttar Dinajpur]] and [[Dakshin Dinajpur district|Dakshin Dinajpur]] districts, and in North Malda of [[Malda district]], specially in Harishchandrapur and Chanchal area and [[Siliguri]] city of [[Darjeeling district]] – part of the North Bengal region within the [[Jalpaiguri division]]), as well as in parts of eastern Nepal.

==Related languages==
Surjapuri is associated with the [[Kamtapuri language]] (and its dialects Rangpuri and Koch Rajbangshi) spoken in [[North Bengal]] and [[Goalpara region|Western Assam]],<ref>{{cite book |editor-last1=Hernández-Campoy |editor-first1=Juan Manuel |editor-last2=Conde-Silvestre |editor-first2=Juan Camilo |title=The Handbook of Historical Sociolinguistics |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zc77I8CMgTYC&pg=PA508 |date=15 February 2012 |publisher=John Wiley & Sons |isbn=9781118257265 |access-date=5 March 2018}}</ref> as well as with [[Assamese language|Assamese]], [[Bengali language|Bengali]], and [[Maithili language|Maithili]].

===Pronouns<ref>{{harv|Toulmin|2006|p=184}}</ref><ref>{{harvcol|Bez|2012}}</ref><ref>{{harvnb|Kakati|1941}}</ref>===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! rowspan="2" colspan="2" |
! colspan="2" | Singular
! colspan="2" | Plural
|-
! nominative || oblique
! nominative || oblique
|-
! colspan="2" | 1st person
| mũi
| mo-
| hāmrā
| hāmsā-, hāmcā-
|-
! colspan="2" | 2nd person
| tũi
| to-
| tumrā, tomrā
| tumsā-, tomsā-
|-
! rowspan="2" | 3rd person
! proximal
| yāhāy
| yahā-
| emrā, erā
| ismā-, isā-
|-
! distal
| wahā̃y
| wahā-
| amrā, worā
| usmā-, usā-
|}

Surjapuri has the oblique plural suffixes: sā (hamsā-, tomsā-) and smā (ismā-, usmā-). They are also seen in [[Early Assamese]] as: sā (āmāsā-, tomāsā-) and sambā (esambā-, tesambā-) and their occurrences are similar.<ref>{{harvcol|Bez|2012}}</ref>

==Notes==
{{Reflist}} Recently, in 2021, A Sketch Grammar of Surjapuri mother tongue spoken in Bihar state was published in Linguistic Survey of India: Bihar volume, authored by Srivastava S.P. and Perumalsamy, P and brought out by Language Division of Office of the Registrar General, India. The web publication is available in the following link: http://lsi.gov.in/MTSI_app/DraftReport/Bihar/12.%20SURJAPURI.pdf

==References==
{{refbegin}}
* {{cite thesis |type=Ph.D. |first=Gitanjali |last=Bez |title=Grammatical Categories in Madhav Kandali's Ramayana |publisher=Gauhati University |year=2012|hdl=10603/116370 }}
{{refend}}

==Further reading==
* Srivastava, S.P. and Perumalsamy, P (2021). [http://lsi.gov.in/MTSI_app/DraftReport/Bihar/12.%20SURJAPURI.pdf ''Linguistic Description of Surjapuri Mother Tongue Spoken in Bihar''], New Delhi: Office of the Registrar General.

==External links==
* [https://storyweaver.org.in/search?utf8=✓&search%5Bquery%5D=surjapri&button= Free repository of illustrated children's stories in Surjapuri] translated by [http://www.azadindia.org/ Azad India Foundation] and sponsored by [[Pratham|Pratham Books]]
* {{cite journal|url=http://www.languageinindia.com/march2011/surjapuriwordformationfinal.pdf|title=Word Formation in Surjapuri}}
* {{cite journal|url=http://www.languageinindia.com/jan2011/surajpurifinal.pdf|title=Case and Case-like Postposition in Surjapuri}}
* {{Cite thesis |last=Toulmin |first=Mathew W. S. |title=Reconstructing linguistic history in a dialect continuum: The Kamta, Rajbanshi, and Northern Deshi Bangla subgroup of Indo-Aryan |date=2006 |degree=Ph.D. |publisher=The Australian National University |url=https://digitalcollections.anu.edu.au/handle/1885/45743 |hdl=1885/45743 |hdl-access=free}}

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