SYLLABIFICATION IN BHOJPURI LANGUAGE (Pages 29-41) by Sohan Kumar in THE ENGLISH INDIA / ISSN: 2321-1172 (Online); 2347-2634 (Print)

Although, Bhojpuri is one of the higher spoken (about 130 Million, according to 2011 census) language after Hindi among Indian languages but, till today, it can not be mentioned in the list of scheduled languages under Indian constitution. Today, it is being used not only in day to day communication but also in news channels, movies, news papers, and computer and so on. Lots of research is being done for emerging its quality, necessity and identity in India. To see its progress and attraction of people towards it, it seems that one day it will spread throughout country. This paper is a miner contribution for spreading its feature among other languages, and also tends to describe an approach of syllabification in Bhojpuri language. It focuses on the applicability of different syllabification algorithms.Although, Bhojpuri is one of the higher spoken (about 130 Million, according to 2011 census) language after Hindi among Indian languages but, till today, it can not be mentioned in the list of scheduled languages under Indian constitution. Today, it is being used not only in day to day communication but also in news channels, movies, news papers, and computer and so on. Lots of research is being done for emerging its quality, necessity and identity in India. To see its progress and attraction of people towards it, it seems that one day it will spread throughout country. This paper is a miner contribution for spreading its feature among other languages, and also tends to describe an approach of syllabification in Bhojpuri language. It focuses on the applicability of different syllabification algorithms.Keywords- sound system, syllabification, syllable, syllable templates, Bhojpuri.