Countries
India, No official status
India, Pakistan
Total No. Of Countries
02
0
46
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National Language
India
India, Pakistan, Sindh
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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National Council For Promotion Of Sindhi Language, Sindhi Language Authority
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 first writings of Sindhi language were found in 8th century CE.
- In Sindhi language, every woord ends in a vowel.
Similar To
Maithili and Magahi
Gujarati
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Prakrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4364
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
1110
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
3442
9
60
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Scripts
Devanagari
Arabic, Devanagari
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
46
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
प्रणाम (prannam)
Assalam O Alaikum
Thank You
धन्वाद (dhanvaad)
Meharbani
How Are You?
का हाल बा? (kaa haal ba?)
Kehra haal aahin
Good Night
राम राम (raam raam)
tava kia aayo
Good Evening
राम राम (raam raam)
Sham Jo Salam
Good Afternoon
राम राम (raam raam)
Assalam o Alaikum
Good Morning
राम राम (raam raam)
Subho Bakhair
Please
मेहरबानी करके (meharbani karke)
Mehrbani
Sorry
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
Moon khe afsos aahe
Bye
प्रणाम (prannam)
Allah Wahi
I Love You
हम तोहसे प्यार करेनी (hum tohse pyaar kareni)
Man tokhe prem karyan ti
Excuse Me
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
Maaf Kajo
Dialect 1
Caribbean Hindustani
Siraiki
Where They Speak
Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
Upper Sindh
How Many People Speak
16,000.0025,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Fiji Hindi
Vicholi
Where They Speak
Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States of America
Central Sindh
How Many People Speak
380,000.0025,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Tharu Bhojpuri
Lari
Where They Speak
India
Lower Sindh
How Many People Speak
38,000,000.0025.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
136
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
40.00 million29.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.43 %0.39 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
40.00 million25.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
38.00 million25.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
भोजपुरी (bʰojpurī)
سنڌي
Alternative Names
Bajpuri, Bhojapuri, Bhozpuri, Bihari, Deswali, Khotla, Piscimas
Sindhi
French Name
bhojpuri
sindhi
German Name
Bhojpuri
Sindhi-Sprache
Pronunciation
/boʊdʒˈpʊəri/
[sɪndi]
Ethnicity
Bhojpuri speakers
Sindhi people
Origin
19th Century
711 A.D
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
Indo-Iranian
Branch
-
Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Sindhi and Middle Sindhi
Standard Forms
Bhojpuri
Sindhi
Language Position
3750
1
120
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Signed Forms
Bhojpuri Sign Language
Signed Sindhi
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data Available
sd
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
bho
snd
ISO 639 2/B
bho
snd
ISO 639 3
bho
snd
ISO 639 6
bho
snd
Glottocode
bhoj1246
sind1272
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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