Countries
India, No official status
East Java, Island of Madura, North Java, Sapudi Islands, Singapore
Total No. Of Countries
05
0
46
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National Language
India
Indonesia, Island of Madura
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
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
-
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Interesting Facts
- Bhojpuri was anciently written in Kaithi scripts.
- In Mughal Era, Kaithi script was used in administrative purposes for writing in Bhojpuri language.
- There is unique pronunciation system in the Madurese language.
- Madurese was first written using Javanese Alphabets.
Similar To
Maithili and Magahi
Malay and Javanese Languages
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4327
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
116
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3421
9
60
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Scripts
Devanagari
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
44
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
प्रणाम (prannam)
Halo
Thank You
धन्वाद (dhanvaad)
matur nuwun
How Are You?
का हाल बा? (kaa haal ba?)
piye kabare?
Good Night
राम राम (raam raam)
wengi sing apik
Good Evening
राम राम (raam raam)
Sugeng sọnten
Good Afternoon
राम राम (raam raam)
Sugeng siang
Good Morning
राम राम (raam raam)
Sugeng énjing
Please
मेहरबानी करके (meharbani karke)
tolong
Sorry
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
Nyuwun pangapunten
Bye
प्रणाम (prannam)
Pamit
I Love You
हम तोहसे प्यार करेनी (hum tohse pyaar kareni)
Kula tresna panjengan
Excuse Me
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
Nuwun séwu
Dialect 1
Caribbean Hindustani
Kangean
Where They Speak
Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
Indonesia
How Many People Speak
16,000.00110,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Fiji Hindi
Bawean
Where They Speak
Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States of America
Indonesia
How Many People Speak
380,000.008,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Tharu Bhojpuri
Bangkalan
Where They Speak
India
Indonesia
How Many People Speak
38,000,000.008,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
136
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
40.00 million15.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.43 %0.23 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
40.00 million15.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
38.00 million14.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
भोजपुरी (bʰojpurī)
Madurese
Alternative Names
Bajpuri, Bhojapuri, Bhozpuri, Bihari, Deswali, Khotla, Piscimas
Basa Mathura, Madhura, Madura
French Name
bhojpuri
madourais
German Name
Bhojpuri
Maduresisch
Pronunciation
/boʊdʒˈpʊəri/
[madura]
Ethnicity
Bhojpuri speakers
Madurese
Origin
19th Century
8th Century AD
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
-
Indonesian
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Bhojpuri
Madurese
Language Position
3769
1
120
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Signed Forms
Bhojpuri Sign Language
Madurese Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data Available
No data Available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
bho
mad
ISO 639 2/B
bho
mad
ISO 639 3
bho
mad
ISO 639 6
bho
-
Glottocode
bhoj1246
madu1247
Linguasphere
59-AAF-sa
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
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