Countries
India, No official status
India, Pakistan
Total No. Of Countries
02
0
46
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National Language
India
India, Pakistan
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Pakistan
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Fiji, Guyana, Jamaica, Mauritius, Nepal, Pakistan, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America
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.
- Punjabi is 2nd most spoken in United Kingdom and 4th most spoken in Canada.
- Punjabi is tonal language, by using various tones Punjabi speakers are able to differentiate between words.
Similar To
Maithili and Magahi
Hindi Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4353
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
119
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3441
9
60
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Scripts
Devanagari
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
44
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks6 weeks
3
88
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Hello
प्रणाम (prannam)
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)
Thank You
धन्वाद (dhanvaad)
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)
How Are You?
का हाल बा? (kaa haal ba?)
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)
Good Night
राम राम (raam raam)
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)
Good Evening
राम राम (raam raam)
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
Good Afternoon
राम राम (raam raam)
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)
Good Morning
राम राम (raam raam)
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
Please
मेहरबानी करके (meharbani karke)
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)
Sorry
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)
Bye
प्रणाम (prannam)
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)
I Love You
हम तोहसे प्यार करेनी (hum tohse pyaar kareni)
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)
Excuse Me
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)
Dialect 1
Caribbean Hindustani
Pothohari
Where They Speak
Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
Pakistan
How Many People Speak
16,000.002,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Fiji Hindi
Saraiki
Where They Speak
Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States of America
Afganistan, India, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
380,000.0020,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Tharu Bhojpuri
Doabi
Where They Speak
India
Pakistan, Punjab, India
How Many People Speak
38,000,000.00130,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
1330
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
40.00 million154.30 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.43 %1.44 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
40.00 million100.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
38.00 million54.30 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
भोजपुरी (bʰojpurī)
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی
Alternative Names
Bajpuri, Bhojapuri, Bhozpuri, Bihari, Deswali, Khotla, Piscimas
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi
French Name
bhojpuri
pendjabi
German Name
Bhojpuri
Pandschabi-Sprache
Pronunciation
/boʊdʒˈpʊəri/
Not Availble
Ethnicity
Bhojpuri speakers
Punjabis
Origin
19th Century
1000 AD
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
Indo-Iranian
Branch
-
Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi
Standard Forms
Bhojpuri
Modern Punjabi
Language Position
3723
1
120
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Signed Forms
Bhojpuri Sign Language
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Scope
Individual
-
ISO 639 1
No data Available
pa
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
bho
pan
ISO 639 2/B
bho
pan
ISO 639 3
bho
pan
ISO 639 6
bho
panj
Glottocode
bhoj1246
panj1256
Linguasphere
59-AAF-sa
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
-
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
-
Fusional