Countries
India, No official status
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra
Total No. Of Countries
04
0
46
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National Language
India
India
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Andra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Fiji, Guyana, Jamaica, Mauritius, Nepal, Pakistan, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
Israel, Mauritius
Regulated By
-
Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad
Interesting Facts
- Bhojpuri was anciently written in Kaithi scripts.
- In Mughal Era, Kaithi script was used in administrative purposes for writing in Bhojpuri language.
- Marathi ranks 4th in India based on the number of native speakers.
- Marathi language has borrowed plenty of loanwords from Urdu, Persian, Arabic and Sanskrit.
Similar To
Maithili and Magahi
Konkani Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4352
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
1116
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3436
9
60
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Scripts
Devanagari
Devanagari
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
43
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks4 weeks
3
88
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Hello
प्रणाम (prannam)
हॅलो (Hĕlō)
Thank You
धन्वाद (dhanvaad)
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
How Are You?
का हाल बा? (kaa haal ba?)
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)
Good Night
राम राम (raam raam)
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)
Good Evening
राम राम (raam raam)
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)
Good Afternoon
राम राम (raam raam)
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)
Good Morning
राम राम (raam raam)
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)
Please
मेहरबानी करके (meharbani karke)
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
Sorry
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)
Bye
प्रणाम (prannam)
बाय (Bāya)
I Love You
हम तोहसे प्यार करेनी (hum tohse pyaar kareni)
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)
Excuse Me
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)
Dialect 1
Caribbean Hindustani
Maharashtrian Konkani
Where They Speak
Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
Kokan
How Many People Speak
16,000.002,400,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Fiji Hindi
Varhadi
Where They Speak
Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States of America
Vidarbha
How Many People Speak
380,000.007,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Tharu Bhojpuri
Khandeshi
Where They Speak
India
Khandesh
How Many People Speak
38,000,000.001,900,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
1342
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
40.00 million71.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.43 %1.10 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
40.00 million68.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
38.00 million3.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
भोजपुरी (bʰojpurī)
मराठी (marāṭhī)
Alternative Names
Bajpuri, Bhojapuri, Bhozpuri, Bihari, Deswali, Khotla, Piscimas
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu
French Name
bhojpuri
marathe
German Name
Bhojpuri
Marathi
Pronunciation
/boʊdʒˈpʊəri/
[məˈɾaʈʰi]
Ethnicity
Bhojpuri speakers
Marathi people
Origin
19th Century
10th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
Indo-Iranian
Branch
-
Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Maharashtri Prakrit
Standard Forms
Bhojpuri
Marathi
Language Position
3717
1
120
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Signed Forms
Bhojpuri Sign Language
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data Available
mr
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
bho
mar
ISO 639 2/B
bho
mar
ISO 639 3
bho
mar
ISO 639 6
bho
mar
Glottocode
bhoj1246
mara1378
Linguasphere
59-AAF-sa
omr
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
-
-