Countries
India, No official status
Assam, India
Total No. Of Countries
01
0
46
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National Language
India
Assam, India
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
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Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Fiji, Guyana, Jamaica, Mauritius, Nepal, Pakistan, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
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Regulated By
-
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Interesting Facts
- Bhojpuri was anciently written in Kaithi scripts.
- In Mughal Era, Kaithi script was used in administrative purposes for writing in Bhojpuri language.
- In ancient times, Bodo language was written using Assamese script and Roman script.
- Bodo Language is written using Devanagari script since 1963.
Similar To
Maithili and Magahi
Dimasa language, Garo language, Kokborok language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
4345
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
1120
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3425
9
60
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Scripts
Devanagari
Devanagari
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hard to Learn
Language Levels
45
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks34 weeks
3
88
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Hello
प्रणाम (prannam)
नमस्कार
Thank You
धन्वाद (dhanvaad)
धन्यवाद
How Are You?
का हाल बा? (kaa haal ba?)
Nungni khabora ma?
Good Night
राम राम (raam raam)
मोजां हर (Mwjang Hor)
Good Evening
राम राम (raam raam)
बोडो
Good Afternoon
राम राम (raam raam)
अन्धानि बार
Good Morning
राम राम (raam raam)
मोजां फुं (Mwjang Fung)
Please
मेहरबानी करके (meharbani karke)
अननानै (Onnanwi)
Sorry
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
दु:खित
Bye
प्रणाम (prannam)
Lwrbw
I Love You
हम तोहसे प्यार करेनी (hum tohse pyaar kareni)
अननाइ नों (onnai Nwng)
Excuse Me
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
दु:खित
Dialect 1
Caribbean Hindustani
(Sønabari) Western Boro dialect
Where They Speak
Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
Bongaigaon, Kokrajhar
How Many People Speak
16,000.001,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Fiji Hindi
(Sanzari) Eastern Boro dialect
Where They Speak
Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States of America
Barpeta, Darrang, Kamrup, Nalbari
How Many People Speak
380,000.001,500,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Tharu Bhojpuri
(Hazari) Southern Boro dialect
Where They Speak
India
Assam, India, Nepal
How Many People Speak
38,000,000.001,300,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
133
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
40.00 million0.60 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.43 %0.01 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
40.00 million0.60 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
38.00 million1.50 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
भोजपुरी (bʰojpurī)
बड़ो (boṛo)
Alternative Names
Bajpuri, Bhojapuri, Bhozpuri, Bihari, Deswali, Khotla, Piscimas
Bara, Bodi, Boro, Boroni, Kachari, Mech, Meche, Mechi, Meci
French Name
bhojpuri
bodo
German Name
Bhojpuri
Bodo
Pronunciation
/boʊdʒˈpʊəri/
[bɔɽo]
Ethnicity
Bhojpuri speakers
Bodo, Mech, (Assamese)
Origin
19th Century
1913
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
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Tibeto-Burman
Branch
-
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Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
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Standard Forms
Bhojpuri
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Language Position
3730
1
120
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Signed Forms
Bhojpuri Sign Language
Signed Bodo
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data Available
br
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
bho
brx
ISO 639 2/B
bho
brx
ISO 639 3
bho
brx
ISO 639 6
bho
brx
Glottocode
bhoj1246
bodo1269
Linguasphere
59-AAF-sa
59-AAB
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
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