Countries
India, No official status
India
Total No. Of Countries
01
0
46
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National Language
India
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
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.
- The earliest literature in Oriya was traced in 7th to 9th centuries.
- Since Odia is having a long literary history and has not borrowed largely from other languages, it is the 6th classical language in India.
Similar To
Maithili and Magahi
Bengali and Assamese
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4342
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
1111
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3431
9
60
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Scripts
Devanagari
Bengali, Odia alphabet (Brahmic)
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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)
ନମସ୍କାର (namascara)
Thank You
धन्वाद (dhanvaad)
ଧନ୍ୟବାଦ୍ (dhanyabaad)
How Are You?
का हाल बा? (kaa haal ba?)
କେମିତି ଅତ୍ଚନ୍ଥି? (kemiti achanti?)
Good Night
राम राम (raam raam)
ସୁଭରାତ୍ର (shubharaatra)
Good Evening
राम राम (raam raam)
ସୁଭସନ୍ଧ୍ୟା (subha sandhya)
Good Afternoon
राम राम (raam raam)
ସୁଭ ଖରା ବେଳ (shubha kharaa bela)
Good Morning
राम राम (raam raam)
ସୁପ୍ରଭାତ (suprabhaata)
Please
मेहरबानी करके (meharbani karke)
ଦୟାକରି
Sorry
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
ମୁଁ ଦୁଃଖିତ (mū duḥkhita)
Bye
प्रणाम (prannam)
ସୁବିଦାୟ (shubidaaya)
I Love You
हम तोहसे प्यार करेनी (hum tohse pyaar kareni)
ମୁଁ ତୁମକୁ ଭଲ ପାଏ (mu tumoku bhala paye)
Excuse Me
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
କ୍ଷମା କରିବେ (kyamā karibe)
Dialect 1
Caribbean Hindustani
Baleswari
Where They Speak
Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
India
How Many People Speak
16,000.0033,800,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Fiji Hindi
Ganjami
Where They Speak
Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States of America
India
How Many People Speak
380,000.0033,800,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Tharu Bhojpuri
Kosli
Where They Speak
India
India
How Many People Speak
38,000,000.00520,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
138
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
40.00 million33.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.43 %0.50 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
40.00 million33.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
38.00 million35.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
भोजपुरी (bʰojpurī)
ଓଡ଼ିଆ (ōṛiyā)
Alternative Names
Bajpuri, Bhojapuri, Bhozpuri, Bihari, Deswali, Khotla, Piscimas
Odisha, Odri, Odrum, Oliya, Uriya, Utkali, Vadiya, Yudhia
French Name
bhojpuri
oriya
German Name
Bhojpuri
Oriya-Sprache
Pronunciation
/boʊdʒˈpʊəri/
[ˈoɽia]
Ethnicity
Bhojpuri speakers
Odias
Origin
19th Century
3 BC
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
Indo-Iranian
Branch
-
Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Bhojpuri
Standard Odia
Language Position
3732
1
120
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Signed Forms
Bhojpuri Sign Language
Indian Signing System
Scope
Individual
Individual, Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
No data Available
or
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
bho
ori
ISO 639 2/B
bho
ori
ISO 639 3
bho
ori
ISO 639 6
bho
ori
Glottocode
bhoj1246
macr1269
Linguasphere
59-AAF-sa
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
-
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