Countries
India, No official status
India, Manipur
Total No. Of Countries
01
0
46
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National Language
India
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast 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
Assam, Manipur, Tripura
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.
- Meithei Language is currently classified as a vulnerable language by UNESCO.
- The oldest document in Methei language was dated back in 8th century were inscriptions on the copper plate.
Similar To
Maithili and Magahi
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4327
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
116
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3415
9
60
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Scripts
Devanagari
Bengali
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
43
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
प्रणाम (prannam)
Khurumjari
Thank You
धन्वाद (dhanvaad)
Yamna nungaijare
How Are You?
का हाल बा? (kaa haal ba?)
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?
Good Night
राम राम (raam raam)
Athengba Ahing
Good Evening
राम राम (raam raam)
মানিপুরি
Good Afternoon
राम राम (raam raam)
দুপুরোয়াক নমস্কাৰ
Good Morning
राम राम (raam raam)
Nongale haugatl
Please
मेहरबानी करके (meharbani karke)
Chanbiduna
Sorry
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
Saobiganu
Bye
प्रणाम (prannam)
Chatcharage
I Love You
हम तोहसे प्यार करेनी (hum tohse pyaar kareni)
Eina nangbu nungsi
Excuse Me
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
দুঃখিত
Dialect 1
Caribbean Hindustani
Loi
Where They Speak
Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
Burma, Laos
How Many People Speak
16,000.005,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Fiji Hindi
Pangal
Where They Speak
Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States of America
Bangladesh, India
How Many People Speak
380,000.00273,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Tharu Bhojpuri
Meithei proper
Where They Speak
India
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
How Many People Speak
38,000,000.001,250,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
136
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
40.00 million1.50 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.43 %0.01 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
40.00 million1.50 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
38.00 million1.50 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
भोजपुरी (bʰojpurī)
মৈইতৈইলোন
Alternative Names
Bajpuri, Bhojapuri, Bhozpuri, Bihari, Deswali, Khotla, Piscimas
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna
French Name
bhojpuri
Meithei
German Name
Bhojpuri
Meithei
Pronunciation
/boʊdʒˈpʊəri/
[ˈmeɪteɪ]
Ethnicity
Bhojpuri speakers
Meithei people
Origin
19th Century
1700
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
-
Tibeto-Burman
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Bhojpuri
Standard Meithei
Language Position
3738
1
120
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Signed Forms
Bhojpuri Sign Language
Meithei Sign Language
Scope
Individual
-
ISO 639 1
No data Available
No data available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
bho
mni
ISO 639 2/B
bho
mni
ISO 639 3
bho
mni
ISO 639 6
bho
mni
Glottocode
bhoj1246
mani1292
Linguasphere
59-AAF-sa
omp
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
-
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
-