Countries
India, No official status
India
Total No. Of Countries
01
0
46
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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
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
-
Govenment of Goa
Interesting Facts
- Bhojpuri was anciently written in Kaithi scripts.
- In Mughal Era, Kaithi script was used in administrative purposes for writing in Bhojpuri language.
- Fr. Thomas Stevan wrote the first book in Konkani in 1651.
- Sahitya Academy recognized konkani as a language in year 1976.
Similar To
Maithili and Magahi
Marathi
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4352
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
1116
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
3436
9
60
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Scripts
Devanagari
Devanagari
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
43
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks4 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
प्रणाम (prannam)
Namaskar
Thank You
धन्वाद (dhanvaad)
Dev Borem Korum
How Are You?
का हाल बा? (kaa haal ba?)
kaso assa?
Good Night
राम राम (raam raam)
Rati Boren Zavonn
Good Evening
राम राम (raam raam)
Sanj Borem Zavonn
Good Afternoon
राम राम (raam raam)
संध्याकाळ शुभेच्छा
Good Morning
राम राम (raam raam)
Dis Borem Zavonn
Please
मेहरबानी करके (meharbani karke)
Chike
Sorry
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
Maf kor
Bye
प्रणाम (prannam)
Adeus
I Love You
हम तोहसे प्यार करेनी (hum tohse pyaar kareni)
hav tujo mog korta.
Excuse Me
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
upkar korxi
Dialect 1
Caribbean Hindustani
Antruz
Where They Speak
Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
Goa
How Many People Speak
16,000.002,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Fiji Hindi
Not present
Where They Speak
Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States of America
-
How Many People Speak
380,000.002,700,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Tharu Bhojpuri
Not present
Where They Speak
India
-
How Many People Speak
38,000,000.007.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
131
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
40.00 million7.40 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.43 %0.11 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
40.00 million7.40 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
38.00 million8.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
भोजपुरी (bʰojpurī)
Kōṅkaṇī
Alternative Names
Bajpuri, Bhojapuri, Bhozpuri, Bihari, Deswali, Khotla, Piscimas
Konkan standard, Bankoti, Kunabi, North Konkan, Central Konkan, Concorinum, Cugani, Konkanese
French Name
bhojpuri
konkani
German Name
Bhojpuri
Konkani
Pronunciation
/boʊdʒˈpʊəri/
kõkɳi
Ethnicity
Bhojpuri speakers
Konkanis
Origin
19th Century
1209 A.D.
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Bhojpuri
Kokani
Language Position
3723
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Bhojpuri Sign Language
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Scope
Individual
Individual, Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
No data Available
No data available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
bho
kok
ISO 639 2/B
bho
kok
ISO 639 3
bho
kok
ISO 639 6
bho
kok
Glottocode
bhoj1246
goan1235
Linguasphere
59-AAF-sa
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
-
-