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Bhojpuri
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Countries

Countries

India, No official status

Total No. Of Countries

0
Rank: 15 (Overall)
0 46
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National Language

India

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Asia

Minority Language

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

Regulated By

-

Interesting Facts

  • Bhojpuri was anciently written in Kaithi scripts.
  • In Mughal Era, Kaithi script was used in administrative purposes for writing in Bhojpuri language.

Similar To

Maithili and Magahi

Derived From

Sanskrit Language

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

43
Rank: 23 (Overall)
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

11
Rank: 8 (Overall)
0 32
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How Many Consonants

34
Rank: 24 (Overall)
9 60
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Scripts

Devanagari

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

4
Rank: 3 (Overall)
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks
Rank: 17 (Overall)
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

प्रणाम (prannam)

Thank You

धन्वाद (dhanvaad)

How Are You?

का हाल बा? (kaa haal ba?)

Good Night

राम राम (raam raam)

Good Evening

राम राम (raam raam)

Good Afternoon

राम राम (raam raam)

Good Morning

राम राम (raam raam)

Please

मेहरबानी करके (meharbani karke)

Sorry

माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)

Bye

प्रणाम (prannam)

I Love You

हम तोहसे प्यार करेनी (hum tohse pyaar kareni)

Excuse Me

माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)

Dialects

Dialect 1

Caribbean Hindustani

Where They Speak

Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago

How Many People Speak

16,000.00
Rank: 85 (Overall)
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Fiji Hindi

Where They Speak

Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States of America

How Many People Speak

380,000.00
Rank: 73 (Overall)
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Tharu Bhojpuri

Where They Speak

India

How Many People Speak

38,000,000.00
Rank: 16 (Overall)
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

13
Rank: 13 (Overall)
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

40.00 million
Rank: 31 (Overall)
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.43 %
Rank: 33 (Overall)
0 89
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Native Speakers

40.00 million
Rank: 24 (Overall)
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

38.00 million
Rank: 23 (Overall)
0.01 400
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Native Name

भोजपुरी (bʰojpurī)

Alternative Names

Bajpuri, Bhojapuri, Bhozpuri, Bihari, Deswali, Khotla, Piscimas

French Name

bhojpuri

German Name

Bhojpuri

Pronunciation

/boʊdʒˈpʊəri/

Ethnicity

Bhojpuri speakers

History

Origin

19th Century

Language Family

Indo-European Family

Subgroup

-

Branch

-

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms

Standard Forms

Bhojpuri

Language Position

37
Rank: 34 (Overall)
1 120
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Signed Forms

Bhojpuri Sign Language

Scope

Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

No data Available

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

bho

ISO 639 2/B

bho

ISO 639 3

bho

ISO 639 6

bho

Glottocode

bhoj1246

Linguasphere

59-AAF-sa

Types of Language

Language Type

Living

Language Linguistic Typology

-

Language Morphological Typology

-

Origin of Bhojpuri language

In order to communicate with each other, the origin of language was the essential part. Various languages are spoken all over the world. Bhojpuri language is one of the Most Spoken Languages. The origin of Bhojpuri language states that it was put to use in 19th Century. The history of Bhojpuri language reveals that the language is old and used since many years. Check out in brief about Bhojpuri Language History. Bhojpuri has no early forms. Bhojpuri is the standard form of Bhojpuri language and it is used in government centers. Know all About Bhojpuri Language.

Bhojpuri population

Bhojpuri population gives us the total count of number of people speaking Bhojpuri language. Bhojpuri language is spoken by 40.00 million people in the world. Most of the Bhojpuri population lies in the Bhojpuri Speaking Countries. Bhojpuri language is spoken as first language by 40.00 million people and as second language by about 38.00 million people. Get to know Bhojpuri speaking population in detail.

Bhojpuri writing system

There are numerous writing systems but most widely used scripts are Latin, Cyrillic and Arabic. Bhojpuri writing system decides the alphabets, vowels and consonants i.e. the written form of Bhojpuri language. Some languages share common writing systems. Devanagari script is used by Bhojpuri language. Learn more about . 

Information about Bhojpuri language

Check out all the information about Bhojpuri language here. You may find it interesting to learn Bhojpuri Alphabets or the vowels and consonants of this language. Also knowing about Bhojpuri Speaking Countries, Bhojpuri speaking continents and Bhojpuri Dialects will help in improving your knowledge about this language. Also while travelling to Bhojpuri countries knowing common Bhojpuri Greetings will help you in communicating with Bhojpuri people.