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Bhojpuri
Bhojpuri

Somali
Somali



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Countries

Countries

India, No official status
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia

Total No. Of Countries

03
0 46
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National Language

India
Somalia

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Asia
Africa, Middle East

Minority Language

Fiji, Guyana, Jamaica, Mauritius, Nepal, Pakistan, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
Yemen

Regulated By

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National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy

Interesting Facts

  • Bhojpuri was anciently written in Kaithi scripts.
  • In Mughal Era, Kaithi script was used in administrative purposes for writing in Bhojpuri language.
  • Somali language is one of the best documented Afro-Asiatic languages.
  • One of the most widely spoken of the Cushitic languages is the Somali Language.

Similar To

Maithili and Magahi
Afar and Oromo Language

Derived From

Sanskrit Language
Arabic Language

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

4326
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

115
0 32
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How Many Consonants

3421
9 60
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Scripts

Devanagari
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya

Writing Direction

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

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

45
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks52 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

प्रणाम (prannam)
Hello

Thank You

धन्वाद (dhanvaad)
Waad ku mahadsan tahay

How Are You?

का हाल बा? (kaa haal ba?)
Sidee tahay ?

Good Night

राम राम (raam raam)
Habeenka Good

Good Evening

राम राम (raam raam)
Evening Good

Good Afternoon

राम राम (raam raam)
galab wanaagsan

Good Morning

राम राम (raam raam)
Subax wanaagsan

Please

मेहरबानी करके (meharbani karke)
Fadlan

Sorry

माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
sorry

Bye

प्रणाम (prannam)
caraysiiyo

I Love You

हम तोहसे प्यार करेनी (hum tohse pyaar kareni)
Waan ku jeclahay

Excuse Me

माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
iga raali ahow

Dialects

Dialect 1

Caribbean Hindustani
Northern Somali

Where They Speak

Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
Gabon, Standard Somali

How Many People Speak

16,000.0016,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Fiji Hindi
Benaadir

Where They Speak

Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States of America
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu

How Many People Speak

380,000.0016,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Tharu Bhojpuri
Af-Ashraaf

Where They Speak

India
Standard Somali

How Many People Speak

38,000,000.0021.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

133
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

40.00 million13.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.43 %0.07 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

40.00 million8.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

38.00 million21.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

भोजपुरी (bʰojpurī)
af Soomaali

Alternative Names

Bajpuri, Bhojapuri, Bhozpuri, Bihari, Deswali, Khotla, Piscimas
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga

French Name

bhojpuri
somali

German Name

Bhojpuri
Somali

Pronunciation

/boʊdʒˈpʊəri/
[afsoomaali]

Ethnicity

Bhojpuri speakers
Somalis

History

Origin

19th Century
19th century

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Afro-Asiatic Family

Subgroup

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Cushitic

Branch

-
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
No early forms

Standard Forms

Bhojpuri
Somali

Language Position

3783
1 120
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Signed Forms

Bhojpuri Sign Language
Somali Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

No data Available
so

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

bho
som

ISO 639 2/B

bho
som

ISO 639 3

bho
som

ISO 639 6

bho
som

Glottocode

bhoj1246
soma1255

Linguasphere

59-AAF-sa
No data available

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

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Subject-Object-Verb

Language Morphological Typology

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Bhojpuri and Somali Alphabets

Bhojpuri and Somali Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Bhojpuri and Somali. In Bhojpuri Alphabets there are 43 letters while in Somali Alphabets there are 26 letters. To learn Bhojpuri and Somali languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Bhojpuri and Somali 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 Somali greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Bhojpuri and Somali are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Bhojpuri and Somali Speaking population

Bhojpuri and Somali speaking population is one of the factors based on which Bhojpuri and Somali languages can be compared. The total count of Bhojpuri and Somali Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Bhojpuri language is 0.43 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Somali language is 0.07 %. 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 Somali on Bhojpuri vs Somali where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Bhojpuri and Somali Language Codes

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