Countries
India, No official status
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone
Total No. Of Countries
04
0
46
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National Language
India
Bangladesh, India
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
India
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Fiji, Guyana, Jamaica, Mauritius, Nepal, Pakistan, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
Australia, Canada, Italy, Japan, Kuwait, Malaysia, Maldives, Nepal, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States of America
Regulated By
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Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi
Interesting Facts
- Bhojpuri was anciently written in Kaithi scripts.
- In Mughal Era, Kaithi script was used in administrative purposes for writing in Bhojpuri language.
- Bengali language is the World's sweetest language.
- 21st February is celebrated as an International Mother Language day, which is based on Bengali language.
Similar To
Maithili and Magahi
Assamese and Oriya
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4351
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
1111
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3440
9
60
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Scripts
Devanagari
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
42
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
प्रणाम (prannam)
হ্যালো (Hyālō)
Thank You
धन्वाद (dhanvaad)
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)
How Are You?
का हाल बा? (kaa haal ba?)
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)
Good Night
राम राम (raam raam)
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)
Good Evening
राम राम (raam raam)
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)
Good Afternoon
राम राम (raam raam)
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)
Good Morning
राम राम (raam raam)
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)
Please
मेहरबानी करके (meharbani karke)
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)
Sorry
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)
Bye
प्रणाम (prannam)
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)
I Love You
हम तोहसे प्यार करेनी (hum tohse pyaar kareni)
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)
Excuse Me
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)
Dialect 1
Caribbean Hindustani
Chakma
Where They Speak
Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
Bangladesh, Burma, India
How Many People Speak
16,000.00330,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Fiji Hindi
Hajong
Where They Speak
Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States of America
Bangladesh, India
How Many People Speak
380,000.0071,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Tharu Bhojpuri
Rarhi
Where They Speak
India
India
How Many People Speak
38,000,000.00230,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
1325
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
40.00 million215.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.43 %3.11 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
40.00 million196.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
38.00 million19.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
भोजपुरी (bʰojpurī)
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)
Alternative Names
Bajpuri, Bhojapuri, Bhozpuri, Bihari, Deswali, Khotla, Piscimas
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa
French Name
bhojpuri
bengali
German Name
Bhojpuri
Bengali
Pronunciation
/boʊdʒˈpʊəri/
[ˈbeŋɡali]
Ethnicity
Bhojpuri speakers
Bengalis (Bengali people)
Origin
19th Century
1000–1200 CE
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
Indo-Iranian
Branch
-
Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Abahatta, Old Bengali
Standard Forms
Bhojpuri
Bengali
Language Position
374
1
120
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Signed Forms
Bhojpuri Sign Language
Signed Bengali
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data Available
bn
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
bho
ben
ISO 639 2/B
bho
ben
ISO 639 3
bho
ben
ISO 639 6
bho
ben
Glottocode
bhoj1246
beng1280
Linguasphere
59-AAF-sa
59-AAF-u
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
-