Countries
India, No official status
Ethiopia, Kenya
Total No. Of Countries
02
0
46
👆🏻
National Language
India
Ethiopia
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
Somalia
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.
- Oromo language is the third most spoken language in Africa.
- Oromo is most spoken language in Cushitic Family.
Similar To
Maithili and Magahi
Somali Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4334
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
1110
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
3424
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 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
प्रणाम (prannam)
akkam
Thank You
धन्वाद (dhanvaad)
Galatoomi
How Are You?
का हाल बा? (kaa haal ba?)
Attam jirta/jirtu?
Good Night
राम राम (raam raam)
Nagayattii buli
Good Evening
राम राम (raam raam)
Akkam waarite
Good Afternoon
राम राम (raam raam)
Attam oolte / ooltan
Good Morning
राम राम (raam raam)
Attam bulte/bultan
Please
मेहरबानी करके (meharbani karke)
Maaloo
Sorry
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
naa dhiisi
Bye
प्रणाम (prannam)
Nagayattii!
I Love You
हम तोहसे प्यार करेनी (hum tohse pyaar kareni)
Sin jaaladha
Excuse Me
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
Maaloo na dabarsi
Dialect 1
Caribbean Hindustani
Borana
Where They Speak
Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
Ethiopia, Kenya
How Many People Speak
16,000.004,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Fiji Hindi
Orma
Where They Speak
Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States of America
Kenya
How Many People Speak
380,000.0066,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Tharu Bhojpuri
Wata
Where They Speak
India
Kenya
How Many People Speak
38,000,000.0013,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
1317
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
40.00 million25.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.43 %0.36 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
40.00 million24.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
38.00 million35.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
भोजपुरी (bʰojpurī)
Afaan Oromo
Alternative Names
Bajpuri, Bhojapuri, Bhozpuri, Bihari, Deswali, Khotla, Piscimas
Afaan Oromoo
French Name
bhojpuri
galla
German Name
Bhojpuri
Galla-Sprache
Pronunciation
/boʊdʒˈpʊəri/
[ɔrɔmɔ]
Ethnicity
Bhojpuri speakers
Oromos
Origin
19th Century
16
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
-
Cushitic
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Bhojpuri
Afaan Oromo
Language Position
3791
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Bhojpuri Sign Language
Oromo Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
No data Available
om
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
bho
orm
ISO 639 2/B
bho
orm
ISO 639 3
bho
orm
ISO 639 6
bho
orm
Glottocode
bhoj1246
nucl1736
Linguasphere
59-AAF-sa
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
-