Countries
India, No official status
Zimbabwe
Total No. Of Countries
01
0
46
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National Language
India
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
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.
- Shona language is tonal language.
- The African people in Zimbabwe is made of 10 ethnic groups, each speaking a different languages, shona is spoken by 60 percent of population.
Similar To
Maithili and Magahi
Kalanga and Nambya Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
4337
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
115
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3446
9
60
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Scripts
Devanagari
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
44
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks30 weeks
3
88
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Hello
प्रणाम (prannam)
Mhoro
Thank You
धन्वाद (dhanvaad)
Waita zvako
How Are You?
का हाल बा? (kaa haal ba?)
Wakadini zvako?
Good Night
राम राम (raam raam)
Urare zvakanaka
Good Evening
राम राम (raam raam)
Manheru
Good Afternoon
राम राम (raam raam)
Masikati
Good Morning
राम राम (raam raam)
Mangwanani
Please
मेहरबानी करके (meharbani karke)
Ndinokumbirawo
Sorry
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
Ndineurombo
Bye
प्रणाम (prannam)
bye
I Love You
हम तोहसे प्यार करेनी (hum tohse pyaar kareni)
Ndinokuda
Excuse Me
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
Pamusoro
Dialect 1
Caribbean Hindustani
Hwesa
Where They Speak
Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
Zimbabwe
How Many People Speak
16,000.0011,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Fiji Hindi
Karanga
Where They Speak
Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States of America
southern Zimbabwe
How Many People Speak
380,000.001,100,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Tharu Bhojpuri
Zezuru
Where They Speak
India
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
How Many People Speak
38,000,000.0016.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
134
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
40.00 million25.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.43 %0.13 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
40.00 million8.30 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
38.00 million16.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
भोजपुरी (bʰojpurī)
chiShona
Alternative Names
Bajpuri, Bhojapuri, Bhozpuri, Bihari, Deswali, Khotla, Piscimas
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
French Name
bhojpuri
shona
German Name
Bhojpuri
Schona-Sprache
Pronunciation
/boʊdʒˈpʊəri/
[ʃoːna]
Ethnicity
Bhojpuri speakers
Shona people
Origin
19th Century
20th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
-
Benue-Congo
Branch
-
Bantu
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Shona and Middle Shona
Standard Forms
Bhojpuri
Standard Shona
Language Position
37107
1
120
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Signed Forms
Bhojpuri Sign Language
Signed Shona
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data Available
sn
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
bho
sna
ISO 639 2/B
bho
sna
ISO 639 3
bho
sna
ISO 639 6
bho
sna
Glottocode
bhoj1246
core1255
Linguasphere
59-AAF-sa
99-AUT-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
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