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Countries

Countries

India, No official status
India, Pakistan

Total No. Of Countries

02
0 46
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National Language

India
India, Pakistan

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Pakistan

Speaking Continents

Asia
Asia

Minority Language

Fiji, Guyana, Jamaica, Mauritius, Nepal, Pakistan, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America

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.
  • Punjabi is 2nd most spoken in United Kingdom and 4th most spoken in Canada.
  • Punjabi is tonal language, by using various tones Punjabi speakers are able to differentiate between words.

Similar To

Maithili and Magahi
Hindi Language

Derived From

Sanskrit Language
Sanskrit Language

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

4353
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

119
0 32
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How Many Consonants

3441
9 60
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Scripts

Devanagari
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

44
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks6 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

प्रणाम (prannam)
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)

Thank You

धन्वाद (dhanvaad)
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)

How Are You?

का हाल बा? (kaa haal ba?)
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)

Good Night

राम राम (raam raam)
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)

Good Evening

राम राम (raam raam)
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)

Good Afternoon

राम राम (raam raam)
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)

Good Morning

राम राम (raam raam)
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)

Please

मेहरबानी करके (meharbani karke)
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)

Sorry

माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)

Bye

प्रणाम (prannam)
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)

I Love You

हम तोहसे प्यार करेनी (hum tohse pyaar kareni)
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)

Excuse Me

माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)

Dialects

Dialect 1

Caribbean Hindustani
Pothohari

Where They Speak

Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
Pakistan

How Many People Speak

16,000.002,500,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Fiji Hindi
Saraiki

Where They Speak

Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States of America
Afganistan, India, Pakistan

How Many People Speak

380,000.0020,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Tharu Bhojpuri
Doabi

Where They Speak

India
Pakistan, Punjab, India

How Many People Speak

38,000,000.00130,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

1330
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

40.00 million154.30 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.43 %1.44 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

40.00 million100.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

38.00 million54.30 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

भोजपुरी (bʰojpurī)
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی

Alternative Names

Bajpuri, Bhojapuri, Bhozpuri, Bihari, Deswali, Khotla, Piscimas
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi

French Name

bhojpuri
pendjabi

German Name

Bhojpuri
Pandschabi-Sprache

Pronunciation

/boʊdʒˈpʊəri/
Not Availble

Ethnicity

Bhojpuri speakers
Punjabis

History

Origin

19th Century
1000 AD

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

-
Indo-Iranian

Branch

-
Indic

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi

Standard Forms

Bhojpuri
Modern Punjabi

Language Position

3723
1 120
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Signed Forms

Bhojpuri Sign Language
Indian Signing System (ISS)

Scope

Individual
-

Code

ISO 639 1

No data Available
pa

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

bho
pan

ISO 639 2/B

bho
pan

ISO 639 3

bho
pan

ISO 639 6

bho
panj

Glottocode

bhoj1246
panj1256

Linguasphere

59-AAF-sa
No data available

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
-

Language Linguistic Typology

-
Subject-Object-Verb

Language Morphological Typology

-
Fusional

Bhojpuri and Punjabi Alphabets

Bhojpuri and Punjabi Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Bhojpuri and Punjabi. In Bhojpuri Alphabets there are 43 letters while in Punjabi Alphabets there are 53 letters. To learn Bhojpuri and Punjabi languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Bhojpuri and Punjabi 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 Punjabi greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Bhojpuri and Punjabi are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Bhojpuri and Punjabi Speaking population

Bhojpuri and Punjabi speaking population is one of the factors based on which Bhojpuri and Punjabi languages can be compared. The total count of Bhojpuri and Punjabi Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Bhojpuri language is 0.43 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Punjabi language is 1.44 %. 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 Punjabi on Bhojpuri vs Punjabi where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Bhojpuri and Punjabi Language Codes

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