Countries
India, No official status
Benin, Nigeria
Total No. Of Countries
02
0
46
👆🏻
National Language
India
Nigeria
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
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America
Regulated By
-
Yoruba 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.
- One of the largest African ethnic groups is Yoruba in south of Sahara Desert.
- In Yoruba language, same combination of vowels and consonants have different meanings depending on the pitch of the vowels, so it is tonal language.
Similar To
Maithili and Magahi
Owo and Itsekiri languages
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4329
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
1112
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
3417
9
60
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Scripts
Devanagari
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
43
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks30 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
प्रणाम (prannam)
Ẹ n lẹ
Thank You
धन्वाद (dhanvaad)
e dupe
How Are You?
का हाल बा? (kaa haal ba?)
Bawo ni o se wa
Good Night
राम राम (raam raam)
Kasun layọ o
Good Evening
राम राम (raam raam)
ka a ale
Good Afternoon
राम राम (raam raam)
e kaasan
Good Morning
राम राम (raam raam)
e kaaro
Please
मेहरबानी करके (meharbani karke)
Jowo
Sorry
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
binu
Bye
प्रणाम (prannam)
bye
I Love You
हम तोहसे प्यार करेनी (hum tohse pyaar kareni)
mo nifẹ rẹ
Excuse Me
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
mo tọrọ gafara
Dialect 1
Caribbean Hindustani
Itsekiri
Where They Speak
Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
Nigeria
How Many People Speak
16,000.00500,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Fiji Hindi
Ede
Where They Speak
Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States of America
Benin, Togo
How Many People Speak
380,000.00800,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Tharu Bhojpuri
Ulukwumi
Where They Speak
India
Nigeria
How Many People Speak
38,000,000.0010,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
1320
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
40.00 million30.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.43 %0.42 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
40.00 million28.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
38.00 million30.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
भोजपुरी (bʰojpurī)
Yorùbá
Alternative Names
Bajpuri, Bhojapuri, Bhozpuri, Bihari, Deswali, Khotla, Piscimas
Yariba, Yooba
French Name
bhojpuri
yoruba
German Name
Bhojpuri
Yoruba-Sprache
Pronunciation
/boʊdʒˈpʊəri/
[jòɾùbá]
Ethnicity
Bhojpuri speakers
Yoruba people
Origin
19th Century
4 BC
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
-
Western Sudanic
Branch
-
Kwa
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Bhojpuri
Yorùbá
Language Position
3749
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Bhojpuri Sign Language
Yoruba Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data Available
yo
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
bho
yor
ISO 639 2/B
bho
yor
ISO 639 3
bho
yor
ISO 639 6
bho
yor
Glottocode
bhoj1246
yoru1245
Linguasphere
59-AAF-sa
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
-
Analytic, Isolating