Countries
India, No official status
South Africa
Total No. Of Countries
01
0
46
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National Language
India
South Africa
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
Fiji, Guyana, Jamaica, Mauritius, Nepal, Pakistan, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
-
Pan South African Language Board
Interesting Facts
- Bhojpuri was anciently written in Kaithi scripts.
- In Mughal Era, Kaithi script was used in administrative purposes for writing in Bhojpuri language.
- The meaning of word "Zulu" means "Sky"and Zulu was the name of the ancestor who founded the Zulu royal line in about 1670.
- Zulu language has many loanwords borrowed from Afrikaans and English Languages.
Similar To
Maithili and Magahi
Xhosa Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4357
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
117
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3450
9
60
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Scripts
Devanagari
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, 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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Hello
प्रणाम (prannam)
Sawubona
Thank You
धन्वाद (dhanvaad)
Ngiyabonga
How Are You?
का हाल बा? (kaa haal ba?)
unjani
Good Night
राम राम (raam raam)
okuhle ebusuku
Good Evening
राम राम (raam raam)
okuhle kusihlwa
Good Afternoon
राम राम (raam raam)
okuhle ntambama
Good Morning
राम राम (raam raam)
okuhle ekuseni
Please
मेहरबानी करके (meharbani karke)
Ngiyacela
Sorry
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
Ngiyaxolisa
Bye
प्रणाम (prannam)
bye
I Love You
हम तोहसे प्यार करेनी (hum tohse pyaar kareni)
Ngiyakuthanda wena
Excuse Me
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
Uxolo
Dialect 1
Caribbean Hindustani
Qwabe
Where They Speak
Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
Gabon, South Africa
How Many People Speak
16,000.0028,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Fiji Hindi
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu
Where They Speak
Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States of America
Georgia, South Africa
How Many People Speak
380,000.0028,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Tharu Bhojpuri
Ndebele
Where They Speak
India
Zimbabwe
How Many People Speak
38,000,000.0028,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
134
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
40.00 million30.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.43 %0.16 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
40.00 million12.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
38.00 million16.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
भोजपुरी (bʰojpurī)
isiZulu
Alternative Names
Bajpuri, Bhojapuri, Bhozpuri, Bihari, Deswali, Khotla, Piscimas
Isizulu, Zunda
French Name
bhojpuri
zoulou
German Name
Bhojpuri
Zulu-Sprache
Pronunciation
/boʊdʒˈpʊəri/
[zuːlu]
Ethnicity
Bhojpuri speakers
Zulu people
Origin
19th Century
19
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
-
Benue-Congo
Branch
-
Beatu
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
urban Zulu
Standard Forms
Bhojpuri
Deep Zulu
Language Position
3787
1
120
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Signed Forms
Bhojpuri Sign Language
Zulu Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data Available
zu
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
bho
zul
ISO 639 2/B
bho
zul
ISO 639 3
bho
zul
ISO 639 6
bho
zul
Glottocode
bhoj1246
zulu1248
Linguasphere
59-AAF-sa
99-AUT-fg
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
-
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