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Bhojpuri and Nepali


Nepali and Bhojpuri


Countries

Countries
India, No official status  
India, Nepal  

Total No. Of Countries
0  
15
2  
13

National Language
India  
Nepal  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Republic of Brazil  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Fiji, Guyana, Jamaica, Mauritius, Nepal, Pakistan, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago  
People's Republic of China  

Regulated By
-  
Language Academy of Nepal  

Interesting Facts
  • Bhojpuri was anciently written in Kaithi scripts.
  • In Mughal Era, Kaithi script was used in administrative purposes for writing in Bhojpuri language.
  
  • Before the term "Nepali" was coined, historically the language was first called the Khas language, Gorkhali or Gukhali.
  • Nepali has borrowed many loanwords from neighboring Tibeto-Burmese languages.
  

Similar To
Maithili and Magahi  
Hindi  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Bhojpuri-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Nepali-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
43  
23
48  
28

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
11  
8
12  
9

How Many Consonants
34  
24
36  
26

Scripts
Devanagari  
Devanagari  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
प्रणाम (prannam)  
नमस्ते (namaste)  

Thank You
धन्वाद (dhanvaad)  
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)  

How Are You?
का हाल बा? (kaa haal ba?)  
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)  

Good Night
राम राम (raam raam)  
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)  

Good Evening
राम राम (raam raam)  
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)  

Good Afternoon
राम राम (raam raam)  
Good afternoon  

Good Morning
राम राम (raam raam)  
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)  

Please
मेहरबानी करके (meharbani karke)  
कृपया  

Sorry
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)  
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)  

Bye
प्रणाम (prannam)  
नमस्ते (namaste)  

I Love You
हम तोहसे प्यार करेनी (hum tohse pyaar kareni)  
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)  

Excuse Me
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)  
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Caribbean Hindustani  
Doteli  

Where They Speak
Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago  
Nepal  

How Many People Speak
16,000.00  
99+
790,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Fiji Hindi  
Bajhangi  

Where They Speak
Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States of America  
India, Nepal  

How Many People Speak
380,000.00  
99+
17,000,000.00  
29

Dialect 3
Tharu Bhojpuri  
Baitadeli  

Where They Speak
India  
Nepal  

How Many People Speak
38,000,000.00  
16
17,000,000.00  
26

Total No. Of Dialects
13  
13
12  
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
40.00 million  
31
30.00 million  
36

Speaking Population
0.43 %  
33
0.25 %  
99+

Native Speakers
40.00 million  
24
25.00 million  
32

Second Language Speakers
38.00 million  
23
5.00 million  
99+

Native Name
भोजपुरी (bʰojpurī)  
नेपाली (nēpālī)  

Alternative Names
Bajpuri, Bhojapuri, Bhozpuri, Bihari, Deswali, Khotla, Piscimas  
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate  

French Name
bhojpuri  
népalais  

German Name
Bhojpuri  
Nepali  

Pronunciation
/boʊdʒˈpʊəri/  
[neˈpali]  

Ethnicity
Bhojpuri speakers  
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu  

History

Origin
19th Century  
19 BC  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
-  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha  

Standard Forms
Bhojpuri  
Nepali  

Language Position
37  
34
59  
99+

Signed Forms
Bhojpuri Sign Language  
Signed Nepali  

Scope
Individual  
Individual, Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data Available  
ne  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
bho  
nep  

ISO 639 2/B
bho  
nep  

ISO 639 3
bho  
npi  

ISO 639 6
bho  
nep  

Glottocode
bhoj1246  
nepa1254  

Linguasphere
59-AAF-sa  
12  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Agglutinative  

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

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Bhojpuri and Nepali Speaking population

Bhojpuri and Nepali speaking population is one of the factors based on which Bhojpuri and Nepali languages can be compared. The total count of Bhojpuri and Nepali Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Bhojpuri language is 0.43 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Nepali language is 0.25 %. 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 Nepali on Bhojpuri vs Nepali where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Bhojpuri and Nepali Language Codes

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