Countries
India, No official status
India, Pakistan
Total No. Of Countries
02
0
46
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National Language
India
Pakistan
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Pakistan
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia, Oceania
Minority Language
Fiji, Guyana, Jamaica, Mauritius, Nepal, Pakistan, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
India
Regulated By
-
National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language, India, National Language Authority, Pakistan
Interesting Facts
- Bhojpuri was anciently written in Kaithi scripts.
- In Mughal Era, Kaithi script was used in administrative purposes for writing in Bhojpuri language.
- Urdu is a language of beauty and grace, that adds meaning to prose and charm to poetry.
- Different languages such as Arabic, Persian and Turkish gave birth and richness to Urdu.
Similar To
Maithili and Magahi
Arabic and Hindi Languages
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Ghaznavid Persian Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4352
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
1110
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
3440
9
60
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Scripts
Devanagari
Arabic
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
44
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
प्रणाम (prannam)
خوش آمديد
Thank You
धन्वाद (dhanvaad)
آپ کا شکریہ
How Are You?
का हाल बा? (kaa haal ba?)
آپ کیسے ہیں؟
Good Night
राम राम (raam raam)
گڈ نائٹ
Good Evening
राम राम (raam raam)
سلام علیکم
Good Afternoon
राम राम (raam raam)
گڈ آفٹر نون
Good Morning
राम राम (raam raam)
گڈ مارننگ
Please
मेहरबानी करके (meharbani karke)
براہ مہربانی
Sorry
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
معاف کرنا
Bye
प्रणाम (prannam)
الوداع
I Love You
हम तोहसे प्यार करेनी (hum tohse pyaar kareni)
مجھے تم سے محبت
Excuse Me
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
معاف کیجئے گا
Dialect 1
Caribbean Hindustani
Dakhini
Where They Speak
Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
India
How Many People Speak
16,000.0011,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Fiji Hindi
Hyderabadi Urdu
Where They Speak
Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States of America
India
How Many People Speak
380,000.0069,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Tharu Bhojpuri
Rekhta
Where They Speak
India
South Asia
How Many People Speak
38,000,000.0069,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
133
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
40.00 million104.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.43 %0.99 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
40.00 million61.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
38.00 million43.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
भोजपुरी (bʰojpurī)
اُردُو
Alternative Names
Bajpuri, Bhojapuri, Bhozpuri, Bihari, Deswali, Khotla, Piscimas
Bihari
French Name
bhojpuri
ourdou
German Name
Bhojpuri
Urdu
Pronunciation
/boʊdʒˈpʊəri/
[ˈʊrd̪u]
Ethnicity
Bhojpuri speakers
Urdu-speaking people
Origin
19th Century
12th Century CE
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
Indo-Iranian
Branch
-
Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Bhojpuri
Modern Standard Urdu
Language Position
3720
1
120
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Signed Forms
Bhojpuri Sign Language
Signed Urdu
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data Available
ur
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
bho
urd
ISO 639 2/B
bho
urd
ISO 639 3
bho
urd
ISO 639 6
bho
urd
Glottocode
bhoj1246
urdu1245
Linguasphere
59-AAF-sa
59-AAF-q
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
Fusional