Surjapuri
A language of India
| Population | 273,000 (1997 IMA). |
| Region | Bihar, Purnia, Kishanganj, Katihar, Araria districts; West Bengal, Uttar Dinajpur District. |
| Alternate names | Sura |
| Dialects | Preliminary survey results show sufficient intelligibility with Nepali Rajbanshi [rjs]. 70%–74% with Hindi, 67%–71% with the western variety of Kamta [rkt] spoken near Dinajpur, 77%–86% between varieties of Surjapuri [sjp]. |
| Classification | Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan, Eastern zone, Bihari |
| Language use | Vigorous. Home, village. All ages. Positive attitude. Also use Hindi. |
| Language development | Literacy rate in L2: Low (2006 M. Toulmin). Different scripts in Nepal and India. |
| Writing system | Devanagari script. |
| Comments | Possible alternate names are Chaupal, Choupal, Suraji, but surveyors did not find these terms used. Historically more closely related to Kamta and Rajbanshi than Hindi, a relationship that is borne out in greater morphological similarity. (2006 M. Toulmin). |
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