historically nagpuri was lingua-franca in the region. it was court language during reign of nagvanshi dynasty. nagpuri is accorded as second official language in indian state of jharkhand. there is demand to include nagpuri in eighth schedule. some academics oppose inclusion of hindi dialects in the eighth schedule of the constitution as full-fledged indian languages. according to them recogniton of hindi dialects as separate languages would deprive hindi of millions of its speakers and eventually no hindi will be left.