Countries
India, No official status
South Africa
Total No. Of Countries
01
0
46
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National Language
India
South Africa
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Namibia, South Africa
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
Fiji, Guyana, Jamaica, Mauritius, Nepal, Pakistan, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Regulated By
-
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
Interesting Facts
- Bhojpuri was anciently written in Kaithi scripts.
- In Mughal Era, Kaithi script was used in administrative purposes for writing in Bhojpuri language.
- Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
- Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
Similar To
Maithili and Magahi
Dutch Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Dutch Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4332
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
1115
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
3417
9
60
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Scripts
Devanagari
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
43
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks24 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
प्रणाम (prannam)
hallo
Thank You
धन्वाद (dhanvaad)
Dankie
How Are You?
का हाल बा? (kaa haal ba?)
Hoe gaan dit
Good Night
राम राम (raam raam)
goeie nag
Good Evening
राम राम (raam raam)
Goeienaand
Good Afternoon
राम राम (raam raam)
Goeie middag
Good Morning
राम राम (raam raam)
goeie more
Please
मेहरबानी करके (meharbani karke)
asseblief
Sorry
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
jammer
Bye
प्रणाम (prannam)
Totsiens
I Love You
हम तोहसे प्यार करेनी (hum tohse pyaar kareni)
Ek het jou lief
Excuse Me
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
Verskoon my
Dialect 1
Caribbean Hindustani
Kaapse Afrikaans
Where They Speak
Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
-
How Many People Speak
16,000.007,700,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Fiji Hindi
Oranjeriverafrikaans
Where They Speak
Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States of America
-
How Many People Speak
380,000.007,700,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Tharu Bhojpuri
Baster Afrikaans
Where They Speak
India
Namibia
How Many People Speak
38,000,000.007.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
133
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
40.00 million19.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.43 %0.03 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
40.00 million7.10 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
38.00 million10.30 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
भोजपुरी (bʰojpurī)
Afrikaans
Alternative Names
Bajpuri, Bhojapuri, Bhozpuri, Bihari, Deswali, Khotla, Piscimas
Cape Dutch
French Name
bhojpuri
afrikaans
German Name
Bhojpuri
Afrikaans
Pronunciation
/boʊdʒˈpʊəri/
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
Ethnicity
Bhojpuri speakers
Afrikaners
Origin
19th Century
17th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
Germanic
Branch
-
Western
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
Standard Forms
Bhojpuri
Standard Afrikaans
Language Position
3723
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Bhojpuri Sign Language
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data Available
af
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
bho
afr
ISO 639 2/B
bho
afr
ISO 639 3
bho
afr
ISO 639 6
bho
afrs
Glottocode
bhoj1246
afri1274
Linguasphere
59-AAF-sa
52-ACB-ba
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
-
Analytic