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Bhojpuri

Maithili
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Countries

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

-
-

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
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Alphabets

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
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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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Greetings

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

Dialects

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
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Total No. Of Dialects

1315
0 188
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How Many People Speak

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
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Second Language Speakers

38.00 million2.80 million
0.01 400
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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

History

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

Code

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

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Language Morphological Typology

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Bhojpuri and Maithili Alphabets

Bhojpuri and Maithili Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Bhojpuri and Maithili. In Bhojpuri Alphabets there are 43 letters while in Maithili Alphabets there are 47 letters. To learn Bhojpuri and Maithili languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Bhojpuri and Maithili languages. The Bhojpuri phonology consist Bhojpuri vowels and Bhojpuri consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Bhojpuri greetings vs Maithili greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Bhojpuri and Maithili are Most Spoken Languages.

All Bhojpuri and Maithili 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 Maithili dialects. Various dialects of Bhojpuri and Maithili language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Bhojpuri are spoken in different Bhojpuri Speaking Countries whereas Maithili Dialects are spoken in different Maithili speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Bhojpuri vs Maithili Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Bhojpuri dialects include: Caribbean Hindustani, Fiji Hindi. Maithili dialects include: Tharuwat , Madhubani. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

Bhojpuri and Maithili Speaking population

Bhojpuri and Maithili speaking population is one of the factors based on which Bhojpuri and Maithili languages can be compared. The total count of Bhojpuri and Maithili Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Bhojpuri language is 0.43 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Maithili language is 0.41 %. 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 Maithili on Bhojpuri vs Maithili where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Bhojpuri and Maithili Language Codes

Bhojpuri and Maithili language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Bhojpuri and Maithili Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.