Countries
India, No official status
Malawi, Zimbabwe
Total No. Of Countries
02
0
46
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National Language
India
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
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
Zambia
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.
- Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
- Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
Similar To
Maithili and Magahi
Zulu language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4331
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
115
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
3418
9
60
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Scripts
Devanagari
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
45
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks32 weeks
3
88
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Hello
प्रणाम (prannam)
Moni
Thank You
धन्वाद (dhanvaad)
Zikomo
How Are You?
का हाल बा? (kaa haal ba?)
Muli bwanji?
Good Night
राम राम (raam raam)
Usiku wabwino
Good Evening
राम राम (raam raam)
Madzulo abwino
Good Afternoon
राम राम (raam raam)
Masana abwino
Good Morning
राम राम (raam raam)
M'mawa wabwino
Please
मेहरबानी करके (meharbani karke)
Chonde
Sorry
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
pepani
Bye
प्रणाम (prannam)
anatsanzikana
I Love You
हम तोहसे प्यार करेनी (hum tohse pyaar kareni)
Ndimakukondani
Excuse Me
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
Pepani
Dialect 1
Caribbean Hindustani
Kasungu
Where They Speak
Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
Malawi, Zambia
How Many People Speak
16,000.0012,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Fiji Hindi
Kikamtunda
Where They Speak
Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States of America
Malawi, Zambia
How Many People Speak
380,000.0010,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Tharu Bhojpuri
Kimaravi
Where They Speak
India
Malawi, Zambia
How Many People Speak
38,000,000.001,200,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
135
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
40.00 million12.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.43 %0.17 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
40.00 million12.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
38.00 million1.50 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
भोजपुरी (bʰojpurī)
Nyanja
Alternative Names
Bajpuri, Bhojapuri, Bhozpuri, Bihari, Deswali, Khotla, Piscimas
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa
French Name
bhojpuri
chichewa; chewa; nyanja
German Name
Bhojpuri
Nyanja-Sprache
Pronunciation
/boʊdʒˈpʊəri/
[ˈtʃewa]
Ethnicity
Bhojpuri speakers
Chewa people
Origin
19th Century
15th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
-
Benue-Congo
Branch
-
Bantu
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Bhojpuri
Chewa
Language Position
3727
1
120
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Signed Forms
Bhojpuri Sign Language
Chewa Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data Available
ny
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
bho
nya
ISO 639 2/B
bho
nya
ISO 639 3
bho
nya
ISO 639 6
bho
nya
Glottocode
bhoj1246
nyan1308
Linguasphere
59-AAF-sa
99-AUS-xaa – xag
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
-