Bhojpuri is a language spoken in Bihar, Eastern Uttar Pradesh and some plain areas of Nepal. It is considered as a dialect of the Hindi language. The Bhojpuri language is also spoken in countries with significant Bihari expatriates such as Guyana, Suriname, Fiji, Trinidad and Tobago and Mauritius. In Surinam the language as been mixed and termed as Sarnami Hindi or just Sarnami with words adopted from Creole, English and Dutch. Although it seems to have a great mass of people speaking the Bhojpuri language, it is very popular in Bihar and some eastern parts of Uttar Pradesh.

Bhojpuri is verbalized in the west-central territories of Bihar specified as Champaran, Saran, Shahabad, Palamau and Ranchi. Whilst the Ranchi territory is primarily inhabited by Adivasis, the basic linguistic communication of the masses is Sadari or Sadani, which is a pattern of Bhojpuri. Bhojpuri-speakers are also detected in north-western Muzaffarpur and the Pirpanti and Golgong constabulary bases of the Bhagalpur zone. Currently there are more than ten million Bhojpuri-speaking masses in Bihar. It is verbalized also in the Varanasi and Gorakhpur parts of Uttar Pradesh. Bhojpuri regions have facilitated a great deal in the development of Hindi literature. Whilst Bhojpuri features no specified ancient scripted literature as Maithili, the passion with which its talkers treasure, they are just as eminent especially Bhojpuri songs.

In recent times Bhojpuri songs has become hugely popular. The Indian film industry has used some of the best of Bhojpuri singers such Guddu Rangila, Sarda Sinha and Manoj Tiwari.