Countries
India, No official status
Afganistan, Iran, Oman, Pakistan
Total No. Of Countries
04
0
46
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National Language
India
Iran
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Fiji, Guyana, Jamaica, Mauritius, Nepal, Pakistan, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
India, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates
Regulated By
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Balochi Academy, National Languages Committee
Interesting Facts
- Bhojpuri was anciently written in Kaithi scripts.
- In Mughal Era, Kaithi script was used in administrative purposes for writing in Bhojpuri language.
- Balochi language had no written form before the early 19th century. The official language used until that time was Persian.
- Balochi has borrowed words from Persian, Arabic, Sindhi, and other languages.
Similar To
Maithili and Magahi
Kurdish and Persian
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Ancient Indo-Iranian Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4334
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
118
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3426
9
60
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Scripts
Devanagari
Perso-Arabic script
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
43
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
प्रणाम (prannam)
Salam
Thank You
धन्वाद (dhanvaad)
mana bebahgsh
How Are You?
का हाल बा? (kaa haal ba?)
chone tao?
Good Night
राम राम (raam raam)
jawáin shap
Good Evening
राम राम (raam raam)
jawáin begáh
Good Afternoon
राम राम (raam raam)
سلام علیکم
Good Morning
राम राम (raam raam)
jawáin sawáh
Please
मेहरबानी करके (meharbani karke)
Mihrabani kan
Sorry
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
bebaksh / bebagsh
Bye
प्रणाम (prannam)
bye
I Love You
हम तोहसे प्यार करेनी (hum tohse pyaar kareni)
Tu mana doost biyeh
Excuse Me
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
mana bebahgsh
Dialect 1
Caribbean Hindustani
Eastern Balochi
Where They Speak
Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
Pakistan
How Many People Speak
16,000.005,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Fiji Hindi
Western Balochi
Where They Speak
Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States of America
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan
How Many People Speak
380,000.001,800,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Tharu Bhojpuri
Southern Balochi
Where They Speak
India
Iran, Oman, Pakistan, United Arab Emirates
How Many People Speak
38,000,000.003,400,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
133
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
40.00 million7.60 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.43 %0.11 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
40.00 million7.60 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
38.00 million8.50 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
भोजपुरी (bʰojpurī)
بلوچی
Alternative Names
Bajpuri, Bhojapuri, Bhozpuri, Bihari, Deswali, Khotla, Piscimas
Baluchi
French Name
bhojpuri
baloutchi
German Name
Bhojpuri
Belutschisch
Pronunciation
/boʊdʒˈpʊəri/
[bəˈloʧi]
Ethnicity
Bhojpuri speakers
Predominantly Baloch, some Brahui
Origin
19th Century
19th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Bhojpuri
Balochi
Language Position
3739
1
120
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Signed Forms
Bhojpuri Sign Language
Balochi Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data Available
No data available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
bho
bal
ISO 639 2/B
bho
bal
ISO 639 3
bho
bal
ISO 639 6
bho
bal
Glottocode
bhoj1246
balo1260
Linguasphere
59-AAF-sa
58-AAB-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
-