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Bhojpuri vs Cantonese


Cantonese vs Bhojpuri


Countries

Countries
India, No official status  
Hong Kong, Macau  

Total No. Of Countries
0  
15
2  
13

National Language
India  
China, Guangdong  

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  
Hawaii  

Regulated By
-  
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division  

Interesting Facts
  • Bhojpuri was anciently written in Kaithi scripts.
  • In Mughal Era, Kaithi script was used in administrative purposes for writing in Bhojpuri language.
  
  • Cantonese have lot of slangs, many of them include words that do not make sense at all and some also have English in them.
  • Even though Cantonese and Mandarin are dialects of Chinese, Cantonese has 8 tones instead of Mandarin's 4.
  

Similar To
Maithili and Magahi  
Chinese Language  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
-  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Bhojpuri-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Cantonese-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
43  
23
28  
10

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
11  
8
8  
5

How Many Consonants
34  
24
20  
10

Scripts
Devanagari  
Chinese Characters and derivatives  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
10  
8

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
88 weeks  
19

Greetings

Hello
प्रणाम (prannam)  
您好  

Thank You
धन्वाद (dhanvaad)  
谢谢  

How Are You?
का हाल बा? (kaa haal ba?)  
你好吗?  

Good Night
राम राम (raam raam)  
晚安  

Good Evening
राम राम (raam raam)  
晚上好  

Good Afternoon
राम राम (raam raam)  
下午好  

Good Morning
राम राम (raam raam)  
早上好  

Please
मेहरबानी करके (meharbani karke)  
请  

Sorry
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)  
遗憾  

Bye
प्रणाम (prannam)  
再见  

I Love You
हम तोहसे प्यार करेनी (hum tohse pyaar kareni)  
我爱你  

Excuse Me
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)  
原谅我  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Caribbean Hindustani  
Guangzhou  

Where They Speak
Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago  
outside mainland China  

How Many People Speak
16,000.00  
99+
71,000,000.00  
13

Dialect 2
Fiji Hindi  
Xiguan  

Where They Speak
Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States of America  
Hong Kong  

How Many People Speak
380,000.00  
99+
71,000,000.00  
11

Dialect 3
Tharu Bhojpuri  
Hong Kong  

Where They Speak
India  
Hong Kong  

How Many People Speak
38,000,000.00  
16
70,000,000.00  
10

Total No. Of Dialects
13  
13
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
40.00 million  
31
60.00 million  
27

Speaking Population
0.43 %  
33
16.00 %  
2

Native Speakers
40.00 million  
24
52.00 million  
21

Second Language Speakers
38.00 million  
23
71.00 million  
15

Native Name
भोजपुरी (bʰojpurī)  
Kwang Tung Wa  

Alternative Names
Bajpuri, Bhojapuri, Bhozpuri, Bihari, Deswali, Khotla, Piscimas  
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese  

French Name
bhojpuri  
cantonais  

German Name
Bhojpuri  
Kantonesisch  

Pronunciation
/boʊdʒˈpʊəri/  
[kʰɐn˧˥tʰœːn˧˥sɨ˧˥]  

Ethnicity
Bhojpuri speakers  
Han Chinese  

History

Origin
19th Century  
17th century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Sino-Tibetan Family  

Subgroup
-  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Bhojpuri  
Standard Cantonese  

Language Position
37  
34
1  
1

Signed Forms
Bhojpuri Sign Language  
Signed Cantonese  

Scope
Individual  
-  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data Available  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
bho  
yue  

ISO 639 2/B
bho  
yue  

ISO 639 3
bho  
No data available  

ISO 639 6
bho  
yue  

Glottocode
bhoj1246  
cant1236  

Linguasphere
59-AAF-sa  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
-  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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Bhojpuri and Cantonese Language History

Comparison of Bhojpuri vs Cantonese language history gives us differences between origin of Bhojpuri and Cantonese language. History of Bhojpuri language states that this language originated in 19th Century whereas history of Cantonese language states that this language originated in 17th century. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Bhojpuri and Cantonese Language History.

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Bhojpuri and Cantonese Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Bhojpuri and Cantonese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Bhojpuri and Cantonese language. Bhojpuri word for "Hello" is प्रणाम (prannam) or Cantonese word for "Thank You" is 谢谢. Find more of such common Bhojpuri Greetings and Cantonese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Bhojpuri vs Cantonese Difficulty

The Bhojpuri vs Cantonese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Bhojpuri Alphabets and Cantonese Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Bhojpuri and Cantonese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Bhojpuri and Cantonese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Bhojpuri is 44 weeks while to learn Cantonese time required is 88 weeks.

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