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Bhojpuri and Gujarati


Gujarati and Bhojpuri


Countries

Countries
India, No official status  
India  

Total No. Of Countries
0  
15
1  
14

National Language
India  
India  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Fiji, Guyana, Jamaica, Mauritius, Nepal, Pakistan, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago  
Great Britain, Kenya, Malawi, Oman, Pakistan, Tanzania, Uganda, United States of America, Zambia  

Regulated By
-  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • Bhojpuri was anciently written in Kaithi scripts.
  • In Mughal Era, Kaithi script was used in administrative purposes for writing in Bhojpuri language.
  
  • Gujarati was the first language of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi("Father of the Nation of India") and Vallabhbhai Patel ("Iron Man of India").
  • Most of the words in Gujarati language are adopted from Sanskrit.
  

Similar To
Maithili and Magahi  
Bengali Language  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Bhojpuri-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Gujarati-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
43  
23
47  
27

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
11  
8
8  
5

How Many Consonants
34  
24
31  
21

Scripts
Devanagari  
Devanagari  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
18 weeks  
4

Greetings

Hello
प्रणाम (prannam)  
નમસ્તે (namaste)  

Thank You
धन्वाद (dhanvaad)  
ધન્યવાદ (dhanvaad)  

How Are You?
का हाल बा? (kaa haal ba?)  
કેમ છો (kem cho?)  

Good Night
राम राम (raam raam)  
શુભ રાત્રે (shub rātrē)  

Good Evening
राम राम (raam raam)  
સાંજે સારી (sān̄jē sārī)  

Good Afternoon
राम राम (raam raam)  
સારા બપોરે (sārā bapōrē)  

Good Morning
राम राम (raam raam)  
સુ પ્રભાત (su prabhat)  

Please
मेहरबानी करके (meharbani karke)  
કૃપા કરીને(Kr̥pā karīnē)  

Sorry
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)  
મન્ને મફ કરો (manne maaf karo)  

Bye
प्रणाम (prannam)  
બાય (Bāya)  

I Love You
हम तोहसे प्यार करेनी (hum tohse pyaar kareni)  
હું તને પ્રેમ કરુ છું (hūṃ tane prem karū chūṃ)  

Excuse Me
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)  
માફ કરશો (Māpha karaśō)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Caribbean Hindustani  
Kathiyawadi  

Where They Speak
Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago  
India, Mauritius, Oman, Pakistan, Singapore, South Africa, Tanzania, United Kingdom, United States of America  

How Many People Speak
16,000.00  
99+
46,000,000.00  
16

Dialect 2
Fiji Hindi  
Kharwa  

Where They Speak
Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States of America  
India, Mauritius, Pakistan, Singapore, United Kingdom, United States of America  

How Many People Speak
380,000.00  
99+
56,000,000.00  
13

Dialect 3
Tharu Bhojpuri  
Surati  

Where They Speak
India  
-  

How Many People Speak
38,000,000.00  
16
56,000,000.00  
13

Total No. Of Dialects
13  
13
8  
8

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
40.00 million  
31
60.00 million  
27

Speaking Population
0.43 %  
33
0.74 %  
25

Native Speakers
40.00 million  
24
50.00 million  
22

Second Language Speakers
38.00 million  
23
55.00 million  
16

Native Name
भोजपुरी (bʰojpurī)  
ગુજરાતી (gujarātī)  

Alternative Names
Bajpuri, Bhojapuri, Bhozpuri, Bihari, Deswali, Khotla, Piscimas  
Gujerathi, Gujerati, Gujrathi  

French Name
bhojpuri  
goudjrati  

German Name
Bhojpuri  
Gujarati-Sprache  

Pronunciation
/boʊdʒˈpʊəri/  
[ɡudʒəˈɾɑːt̪i]  

Ethnicity
Bhojpuri speakers  
Gujaratis  

History

Origin
19th Century  
15  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
-  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Gujarati  

Standard Forms
Bhojpuri  
Modern Gujarati  

Language Position
37  
34
23  
21

Signed Forms
Bhojpuri Sign Language  
Signed Gujarati  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data Available  
gu  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
bho  
guj  

ISO 639 2/B
bho  
guj  

ISO 639 3
bho  
guj  

ISO 639 6
bho  
guj  

Glottocode
bhoj1246  
guja1252  

Linguasphere
59-AAF-sa  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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All Bhojpuri and Gujarati Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Bhojpuri and Gujarati dialects. Various dialects of Bhojpuri and Gujarati language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Bhojpuri are spoken in different Bhojpuri Speaking Countries whereas Gujarati Dialects are spoken in different Gujarati speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Bhojpuri vs Gujarati Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Bhojpuri dialects include: Caribbean Hindustani, Fiji Hindi. Gujarati dialects include: Kathiyawadi , Kharwa. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Bhojpuri and Gujarati Speaking population

Bhojpuri and Gujarati speaking population is one of the factors based on which Bhojpuri and Gujarati languages can be compared. The total count of Bhojpuri and Gujarati Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Bhojpuri language is 0.43 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Gujarati language is 0.74 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Bhojpuri and Gujarati on Bhojpuri vs Gujarati where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Bhojpuri and Gujarati Language Codes

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