Countries
India, No official status
India, Nepal
Total No. Of Countries
02
0
46
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National Language
India
India, Nepal
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Nepal
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
-
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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.
- Earlier, Maithili language was considered as the dialect of Hindi and Bengali, however in the year 2003 Maithili achieved an independent language status in India.
- Maithili has rich literature.
Similar To
Maithili and Magahi
Bhojpuri Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4347
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
118
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3422
9
60
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Scripts
Devanagari
Devanagari
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
46
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
प्रणाम (prannam)
pranam
Thank You
धन्वाद (dhanvaad)
dhanyabad
How Are You?
का हाल बा? (kaa haal ba?)
Aahan kehan chhi ?
Good Night
राम राम (raam raam)
Śubharātri
Good Evening
राम राम (raam raam)
shubh sandhya
Good Afternoon
राम राम (raam raam)
dopahar ke bad namaskar
Good Morning
राम राम (raam raam)
Suprabhaat
Please
मेहरबानी करके (meharbani karke)
kripaya
Sorry
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
maf karai
Bye
प्रणाम (prannam)
Alavidā
I Love You
हम तोहसे प्यार करेनी (hum tohse pyaar kareni)
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi
Excuse Me
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
kripaya
Dialect 1
Caribbean Hindustani
Tharuwat
Where They Speak
Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
Nepal
How Many People Speak
16,000.0035,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Fiji Hindi
Madhubani
Where They Speak
Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States of America
North India
How Many People Speak
380,000.0035,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Tharu Bhojpuri
Khortha
Where They Speak
India
Deoghar, France
How Many People Speak
38,000,000.0035,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
1315
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
40.00 million32.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.43 %0.41 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
40.00 million27.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
38.00 million2.80 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
भोजपुरी (bʰojpurī)
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)
Alternative Names
Bajpuri, Bhojapuri, Bhozpuri, Bihari, Deswali, Khotla, Piscimas
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia
French Name
bhojpuri
maithili
German Name
Bhojpuri
Maithili
Pronunciation
/boʊdʒˈpʊəri/
[ˈmaitʰili]
Ethnicity
Bhojpuri speakers
Maithil
Origin
19th Century
14th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Bhojpuri
Standard Maithili
Language Position
3740
1
120
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Signed Forms
Bhojpuri Sign Language
Maithili Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data Available
No data available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
bho
mai
ISO 639 2/B
bho
mai
ISO 639 3
bho
mai
ISO 639 6
bho
mai
Glottocode
bhoj1246
mait1250
Linguasphere
59-AAF-sa
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
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