Countries
India, No official status
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
Total No. Of Countries
04
0
46
👆🏻
National Language
India
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
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
-
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
Interesting Facts
- Bhojpuri was anciently written in Kaithi scripts.
- In Mughal Era, Kaithi script was used in administrative purposes for writing in Bhojpuri language.
- Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
- The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
Similar To
Maithili and Magahi
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Arabic Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4324
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
115
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
3421
9
60
👆🏻
Scripts
Devanagari
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
43
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks36 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
प्रणाम (prannam)
Habari
Thank You
धन्वाद (dhanvaad)
Asante
How Are You?
का हाल बा? (kaa haal ba?)
Habari gani?
Good Night
राम राम (raam raam)
Usiku mwema
Good Evening
राम राम (raam raam)
Habari za jioni
Good Afternoon
राम राम (raam raam)
nzuri Alasiri
Good Morning
राम राम (raam raam)
Habari za asubuhi
Please
मेहरबानी करके (meharbani karke)
tafadhali
Sorry
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
pole
Bye
प्रणाम (prannam)
bye
I Love You
हम तोहसे प्यार करेनी (hum tohse pyaar kareni)
nakupenda
Excuse Me
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
Samahani
Dialect 1
Caribbean Hindustani
Kiunguja
Where They Speak
Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
Zanzibar island
How Many People Speak
16,000.0075,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Fiji Hindi
Kimrima
Where They Speak
Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States of America
Dar es Salaam
How Many People Speak
380,000.0075,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Tharu Bhojpuri
Kimgao
Where They Speak
India
Kilwa
How Many People Speak
38,000,000.0075,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
1312
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
40.00 million150.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.43 %0.42 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
40.00 million15.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
38.00 million75.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
भोजपुरी (bʰojpurī)
Kiswahili
Alternative Names
Bajpuri, Bhojapuri, Bhozpuri, Bihari, Deswali, Khotla, Piscimas
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
French Name
bhojpuri
swahili
German Name
Bhojpuri
Swahili
Pronunciation
/boʊdʒˈpʊəri/
[swaˈhili]
Ethnicity
Bhojpuri speakers
Swahili people or Waswahili
Origin
19th Century
6th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
-
Benue-Congo
Branch
-
Bantu
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Bhojpuri
Swahili
Language Position
3721
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Bhojpuri Sign Language
Swahili Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual, Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
No data Available
sw
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
bho
swa
ISO 639 2/B
bho
swa
ISO 639 3
bho
swa
ISO 639 6
bho
swa
Glottocode
bhoj1246
swah1254
Linguasphere
59-AAF-sa
99-AUS-m
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
-