Countries
Countries
India, No official status
Afganistan
Total No. Of Countries
01
0
46
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National Language
India
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
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
Pakistan
Regulated By
-
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
Interesting Facts
- Bhojpuri was anciently written in Kaithi scripts.
- In Mughal Era, Kaithi script was used in administrative purposes for writing in Bhojpuri language.
- Pashto language is originated in the regions of Paktika and Paktia areas of Afghanistan.
- The first Pashto poem was written in the 7th century.
Similar To
Maithili and Magahi
Persian and Balochi Languages
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
-
Alphabets
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4344
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
117
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3429
9
60
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Scripts
Devanagari
Arabic
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
43
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Greetings
Hello
प्रणाम (prannam)
(salaam) سلام
Thank You
धन्वाद (dhanvaad)
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
How Are You?
का हाल बा? (kaa haal ba?)
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
Good Night
राम राम (raam raam)
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
Good Evening
राम राम (raam raam)
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
Good Afternoon
राम राम (raam raam)
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
Good Morning
राम राम (raam raam)
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
Please
मेहरबानी करके (meharbani karke)
(lotfan) لطفا
Sorry
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
Bye
प्रणाम (prannam)
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
I Love You
हम तोहसे प्यार करेनी (hum tohse pyaar kareni)
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
Excuse Me
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
Dialects
Dialect 1
Caribbean Hindustani
Central Pashto
Where They Speak
Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
16,000.006,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Fiji Hindi
Northern Pashto
Where They Speak
Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States of America
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
380,000.0021,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Tharu Bhojpuri
Wanetsi
Where They Speak
India
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
38,000,000.0095,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
1321
0
188
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How Many People Speak
How Many People Speak?
40.00 million60.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.43 %0.58 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
40.00 million60.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
38.00 million50.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
भोजपुरी (bʰojpurī)
(paṧto) پښتو
Alternative Names
Bajpuri, Bhojapuri, Bhozpuri, Bihari, Deswali, Khotla, Piscimas
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
French Name
bhojpuri
pachto
German Name
Bhojpuri
Paschtu
Pronunciation
/boʊdʒˈpʊəri/
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
Ethnicity
Bhojpuri speakers
Pashtun
History
Origin
19th Century
1651
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
Indo-Iranian
Branch
-
Iranian
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Bhojpuri
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Language Position
3782
1
120
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Signed Forms
Bhojpuri Sign Language
Pashto Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
Code
ISO 639 1
No data Available
ps
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
bho
pus
ISO 639 2/B
bho
pus
ISO 639 3
bho
pus
ISO 639 6
bho
pus
Glottocode
bhoj1246
pash1269
Linguasphere
59-AAF-sa
58-ABD-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
-
Fusional