Countries
India, No official status
European Union, Malta
Total No. Of Countries
02
0
46
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National Language
India
Malta
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Europe
Minority Language
Fiji, Guyana, Jamaica, Mauritius, Nepal, Pakistan, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America
Regulated By
-
National Council for the Maltese Language
Interesting Facts
- Bhojpuri was anciently written in Kaithi scripts.
- In Mughal Era, Kaithi script was used in administrative purposes for writing in Bhojpuri language.
- Maltese language is the only semitic language written in Latin characters.
- Maltese language has borrowed many loan words from English, Italian and French.
Similar To
Maithili and Magahi
Western Arabic Dialects
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Roman Languages
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4330
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
116
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
3424
9
60
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Scripts
Devanagari
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
46
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks30 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
प्रणाम (prannam)
Ħello
Thank You
धन्वाद (dhanvaad)
Grazzi
How Are You?
का हाल बा? (kaa haal ba?)
Kif int?
Good Night
राम राम (raam raam)
Il-Lejla it-tajba
Good Evening
राम राम (raam raam)
Il-Lejla it-tajba
Good Afternoon
राम राम (raam raam)
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb
Good Morning
राम राम (raam raam)
L-għodwa t-tajba
Please
मेहरबानी करके (meharbani karke)
Jekk jogħġbok
Sorry
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
Skużani!
Bye
प्रणाम (prannam)
Ċaw
I Love You
हम तोहसे प्यार करेनी (hum tohse pyaar kareni)
Inħobbok ħafna
Excuse Me
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
Skużi!
Dialect 1
Caribbean Hindustani
Qormi
Where They Speak
Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
Malta
How Many People Speak
16,000.00520,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Fiji Hindi
Żejtun
Where They Speak
Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States of America
Malta
How Many People Speak
380,000.00500,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Tharu Bhojpuri
Not Present
Where They Speak
India
-
How Many People Speak
38,000,000.00500,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
132
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
40.00 million0.52 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.43 %0.02 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
40.00 million0.52 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
38.00 million0.50 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
भोजपुरी (bʰojpurī)
Malti
Alternative Names
Bajpuri, Bhojapuri, Bhozpuri, Bihari, Deswali, Khotla, Piscimas
Malti
French Name
bhojpuri
maltais
German Name
Bhojpuri
Maltesisch
Pronunciation
/boʊdʒˈpʊəri/
[mɔːltiːz]
Ethnicity
Bhojpuri speakers
Maltese
Origin
19th Century
c. 1470
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
-
Semitic
Branch
-
North Abric
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Bhojpuri
Maltese
Language Position
3725
1
120
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Signed Forms
Bhojpuri Sign Language
Maltese Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data Available
mt
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
bho
mlt
ISO 639 2/B
bho
mlt
ISO 639 3
bho
mlt
ISO 639 6
bho
mlt
Glottocode
bhoj1246
malt1254
Linguasphere
59-AAF-sa
12-AAC-c
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
-
Synthetic