Countries
India, No official status
Fiji, India
Total No. Of Countries
02
0
46
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National Language
India
India
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia, Oceania
Minority Language
Fiji, Guyana, Jamaica, Mauritius, Nepal, Pakistan, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
-
Central Hindi Directorate
Interesting Facts
- Bhojpuri was anciently written in Kaithi scripts.
- In Mughal Era, Kaithi script was used in administrative purposes for writing in Bhojpuri language.
- In Hindi language, nouns are followed by post positions.
- In Hindi, there are many familiar words in English which are in Hindi or of Hindi origin.
Similar To
Maithili and Magahi
Urdu
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4344
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
1111
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
3433
9
60
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Scripts
Devanagari
Devanagari
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
44
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
प्रणाम (prannam)
नमस्ते (Namastē)
Thank You
धन्वाद (dhanvaad)
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
How Are You?
का हाल बा? (kaa haal ba?)
तुम कैसे हो? (Tuma kaisē hō?)
Good Night
राम राम (raam raam)
शुभरात्रि (Śubharātri)
Good Evening
राम राम (raam raam)
शुभ सन्ध्या (shubh sandhya)
Good Afternoon
राम राम (raam raam)
दोपहर के बाद नमस्कार (dopahar ke bad namaskar)
Good Morning
राम राम (raam raam)
सुप्रभात (Suprabhāta)
Please
मेहरबानी करके (meharbani karke)
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
Sorry
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
खेद (Khēda)
Bye
प्रणाम (prannam)
अलविदा (Alavidā)
I Love You
हम तोहसे प्यार करेनी (hum tohse pyaar kareni)
मैं आपसे प्यार करता (Maiṁ āpasē pyāra karatā)
Excuse Me
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
मुझे माफ करें (Mujhē māpha karēṁ)
Dialect 1
Caribbean Hindustani
Khariboli
Where They Speak
Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
Delhi, Haryana, Western Uttar Pradesh
How Many People Speak
16,000.00240,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Fiji Hindi
Marwari
Where They Speak
Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States of America
Gujarat, Haryana, Rajasthan, Sindh
How Many People Speak
380,000.0022,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Tharu Bhojpuri
Bundeli
Where They Speak
India
Bundelkhand
How Many People Speak
38,000,000.0020,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
1321
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
40.00 million380.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.43 %4.70 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
40.00 million260.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
38.00 million120.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
भोजपुरी (bʰojpurī)
हिन्दी
Alternative Names
Bajpuri, Bhojapuri, Bhozpuri, Bihari, Deswali, Khotla, Piscimas
Khadi Boli, Khari Boli
French Name
bhojpuri
hindi
German Name
Bhojpuri
Hindi
Pronunciation
/boʊdʒˈpʊəri/
[ˈmaːnək ˈɦin̪d̪iː]
Ethnicity
Bhojpuri speakers
Hindustani people
Origin
19th Century
7th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
Indo-Iranian
Branch
-
Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Bhojpuri
Standard Hindi
Language Position
375
1
120
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Signed Forms
Bhojpuri Sign Language
Indian Signing System
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data Available
hi
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
bho
hin
ISO 639 2/B
bho
hin
ISO 639 3
bho
hin
ISO 639 6
bho
hins
Glottocode
bhoj1246
hind1269
Linguasphere
59-AAF-sa
59-AAF-qf
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
Fusional, Synthetic