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Bhojpuri
Bhojpuri

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Countries

Countries

India, No official status
Malaysia, Mauritius, Puducherry, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu

Total No. Of Countries

06
0 46
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National Language

India
Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, kerala, Puducherry

Speaking Continents

Asia
Asia

Minority Language

Fiji, Guyana, Jamaica, Mauritius, Nepal, Pakistan, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
Canada, Malaysia, Mauritius, Reunion, Seychelles

Regulated By

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Official language Commission of Government of Tamil Nadu, Thanjavur Tamil University

Interesting Facts

  • Bhojpuri was anciently written in Kaithi scripts.
  • In Mughal Era, Kaithi script was used in administrative purposes for writing in Bhojpuri language.
  • Tamil is the oldest language in the world. Tamil was spoken in South India more than 5000 years ago.
  • The first legally recognized Classical Language of India is Tamil.

Similar To

Maithili and Magahi
Malayalam

Derived From

Sanskrit Language
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Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

43247
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

1112
0 32
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How Many Consonants

3418
9 60
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Scripts

Devanagari
Tamil

Writing Direction

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

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

43
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

प्रणाम (prannam)
வணக்கம் (Vanakkam)

Thank You

धन्वाद (dhanvaad)
நன்றி (Naṉṟi)

How Are You?

का हाल बा? (kaa haal ba?)
நீங்கள் எப்படி இருக்கிறீர்கள்? (Nīṅkaḷ eppaṭi irukkiṟīrkaḷ?)

Good Night

राम राम (raam raam)
நல்ல இரவு (Good night) / irravu vanakkam (Good night)

Good Evening

राम राम (raam raam)
நல்ல மாலை (Nalla mālai)/ மாலை (irravu vanakkam)

Good Afternoon

राम राम (raam raam)
பிற்பகல் வணக்கம் (perpagal vanakkam)

Good Morning

राम राम (raam raam)
காலை வணக்கம் (Kaalai Vanakkam)

Please

मेहरबानी करके (meharbani karke)
தயவு (Tayavu)

Sorry

माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
மன்னிக்கவும் (Maṉṉikkavum)

Bye

प्रणाम (prannam)
சென்று வருகிறேன் (Sendru Varukiren)

I Love You

हम तोहसे प्यार करेनी (hum tohse pyaar kareni)
நான் உன்னை காதலிக்கிறேன் (Naan Unnai Kadalikiren)

Excuse Me

माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
என்னை மன்னியுங்கள் (Eṉṉai maṉṉiyuṅkaḷ)

Dialects

Dialect 1

Caribbean Hindustani
Kongu

Where They Speak

Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
Kongu

How Many People Speak

16,000.0077,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Fiji Hindi
Madurai Tamil

Where They Speak

Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States of America
Madurai, South Tamil Nadu

How Many People Speak

380,000.0077,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Tharu Bhojpuri
Tirunelveli Tamil

Where They Speak

India
South Tamil Nadu, Thoothukudi, Tirunelveli

How Many People Speak

38,000,000.0077,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

1310
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

40.00 million78.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.43 %1.06 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

40.00 million70.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

38.00 million8.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

भोजपुरी (bʰojpurī)
தமிழ்

Alternative Names

Bajpuri, Bhojapuri, Bhozpuri, Bihari, Deswali, Khotla, Piscimas
Damulian, Tamal, Tamalsan, Tambul, Tamili

French Name

bhojpuri
tamoul

German Name

Bhojpuri
Tamil

Pronunciation

/boʊdʒˈpʊəri/
[t̪ɐmɨɻ]

Ethnicity

Bhojpuri speakers
Tamil people or Tamilans

History

Origin

19th Century
300 BC

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Dravidian Family

Subgroup

-
-

Branch

-
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
Old Tamil and Middle Tamil

Standard Forms

Bhojpuri
Modern Tamil

Language Position

3718
1 120
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Signed Forms

Bhojpuri Sign Language
Signed Tamil

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

No data Available
ta

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

bho
tam

ISO 639 2/B

bho
tam

ISO 639 3

bho
tam

ISO 639 6

bho
tam

Glottocode

bhoj1246
tami1289, oldt1248

Linguasphere

59-AAF-sa
tami1289

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 Tamil Alphabets

Bhojpuri and Tamil Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Bhojpuri and Tamil. In Bhojpuri Alphabets there are 43 letters while in Tamil Alphabets there are 247 letters. To learn Bhojpuri and Tamil languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Bhojpuri and Tamil 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 Tamil greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Bhojpuri and Tamil are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Bhojpuri and Tamil Speaking population

Bhojpuri and Tamil speaking population is one of the factors based on which Bhojpuri and Tamil languages can be compared. The total count of Bhojpuri and Tamil Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Bhojpuri language is 0.43 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Tamil language is 1.06 %. 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 Tamil on Bhojpuri vs Tamil where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Bhojpuri and Tamil Language Codes

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