Countries
India, No official status
Philippines
Total No. Of Countries
01
0
46
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National Language
India
Philippines
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Philippines
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Fiji, Guyana, Jamaica, Mauritius, Nepal, Pakistan, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
-
Visayan Academy of Arts and Letters
Interesting Facts
- Bhojpuri was anciently written in Kaithi scripts.
- In Mughal Era, Kaithi script was used in administrative purposes for writing in Bhojpuri language.
- About one-fifth of the population of the philippines speak cebuano and are second largest ethnolinguistic group in the country.
- Cebuano contains many words of Spanish origin.
Similar To
Maithili and Magahi
Hiligaynon Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Island of Cebu
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4321
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
115
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3416
9
60
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Scripts
Devanagari
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
42
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks3 weeks
3
88
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Hello
प्रणाम (prannam)
Hoy
Thank You
धन्वाद (dhanvaad)
Salamat
How Are You?
का हाल बा? (kaa haal ba?)
Kumusta man ka?
Good Night
राम राम (raam raam)
Maayong Gabii
Good Evening
राम राम (raam raam)
Maayong Gabii
Good Afternoon
राम राम (raam raam)
Maayong Hapon
Good Morning
राम राम (raam raam)
Maayong Buntag
Please
मेहरबानी करके (meharbani karke)
Palihug
Sorry
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
Ikasubo ko
Bye
प्रणाम (prannam)
Babay
I Love You
हम तोहसे प्यार करेनी (hum tohse pyaar kareni)
Gihigugma ko ikaw
Excuse Me
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
Ekskyus mi
Dialect 1
Caribbean Hindustani
Boholano
Where They Speak
Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
Bohol
How Many People Speak
16,000.0021,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Fiji Hindi
Southern Kana
Where They Speak
Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States of America
southern Leyte
How Many People Speak
380,000.0021,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Tharu Bhojpuri
North Kana
Where They Speak
India
northern part of Leyte
How Many People Speak
38,000,000.0020,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
134
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
40.00 million20.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.43 %0.32 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
40.00 million21.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
38.00 million14.50 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
भोजपुरी (bʰojpurī)
Visayan
Alternative Names
Bajpuri, Bhojapuri, Bhozpuri, Bihari, Deswali, Khotla, Piscimas
Binisaya, Bisayan, Sebuano, Sugbuanon, Sugbuhanon, Visayan
French Name
bhojpuri
cebuano
German Name
Bhojpuri
Cebuano
Pronunciation
/boʊdʒˈpʊəri/
[sɛbuˈɑno]
Ethnicity
Bhojpuri speakers
Cebuano people
Origin
19th Century
16th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Bhojpuri
Standard Cebuano
Language Position
3762
1
120
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Signed Forms
Bhojpuri Sign Language
Cebuano Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data Available
No data Available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
bho
ceb
ISO 639 2/B
bho
ceb
ISO 639 3
bho
ceb
ISO 639 6
bho
ceb
Glottocode
bhoj1246
cebu1242
Linguasphere
59-AAF-sa
No data Available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Verb-Subject-Object
Language Morphological Typology
-
-