Countries
India, No official status
India
Total No. Of Countries
01
0
46
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National Language
India
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal
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
-
-
Interesting Facts
- Bhojpuri was anciently written in Kaithi scripts.
- In Mughal Era, Kaithi script was used in administrative purposes for writing in Bhojpuri language.
- Santali language was an oral language till nineteenth century.
- Before the invention of Santali alphabets, Santali was written with the Bengali or Odia alphabets.
Similar To
Maithili and Magahi
Munda Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4330
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
116
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
3421
9
60
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Scripts
Devanagari
Bengali, Devanagari, Latin, Ol Chiki, Oriya
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
46
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
प्रणाम (prannam)
Henda ho
Thank You
धन्वाद (dhanvaad)
Adi Johar
How Are You?
का हाल बा? (kaa haal ba?)
Cet’leka menama?
Good Night
राम राम (raam raam)
Boge Ninda
Good Evening
राम राम (raam raam)
Boge Ayup’
Good Afternoon
राम राम (raam raam)
संध्यायान
Good Morning
राम राम (raam raam)
Boge Setak’
Please
मेहरबानी करके (meharbani karke)
দয়া করে
Sorry
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
দুঃখিত
Bye
प्रणाम (prannam)
Hariau
I Love You
हम तोहसे प्यार करेनी (hum tohse pyaar kareni)
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ ᱯᱟᱹᱨᱥᱤ
Excuse Me
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲ
Dialect 1
Caribbean Hindustani
Mahali
Where They Speak
Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
India
How Many People Speak
16,000.006,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Fiji Hindi
Not present
Where They Speak
Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States of America
-
How Many People Speak
380,000.006,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Tharu Bhojpuri
Not present
Where They Speak
India
-
How Many People Speak
38,000,000.006,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
131
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
40.00 million6.30 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.43 %0.02 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
40.00 million6.30 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
38.00 million6.50 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
भोजपुरी (bʰojpurī)
संथाली (sãtʰālī)
Alternative Names
Bajpuri, Bhojapuri, Bhozpuri, Bihari, Deswali, Khotla, Piscimas
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal
French Name
bhojpuri
santal
German Name
Bhojpuri
Santali
Pronunciation
/boʊdʒˈpʊəri/
[sɑnˈtɑli]
Ethnicity
Bhojpuri speakers
Santal and Teraibasi Santali
Origin
19th Century
20th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Austroasiatic Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Bhojpuri
Santali
Language Position
3741
1
120
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Signed Forms
Bhojpuri Sign Language
Santali Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data Available
No data available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
bho
sat
ISO 639 2/B
bho
sat
ISO 639 3
bho
sat
ISO 639 6
bho
sat
Glottocode
bhoj1246
sant1410
Linguasphere
59-AAF-sa
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
-
-