Countries
Fiji, India
India, No official status
Total No. Of Countries
20
0
46
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National Language
India
India
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Oceania
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Fiji, Guyana, Jamaica, Mauritius, Nepal, Pakistan, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
Regulated By
Central Hindi Directorate
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Interesting Facts
- In Hindi language, nouns are followed by post positions.
- In Hindi, there are many familiar words in English which are in Hindi or of Hindi origin.
- Bhojpuri was anciently written in Kaithi scripts.
- In Mughal Era, Kaithi script was used in administrative purposes for writing in Bhojpuri language.
Similar To
Urdu
Maithili and Magahi
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4443
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
1111
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3334
9
60
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Scripts
Devanagari
Devanagari
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 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
नमस्ते (Namastē)
प्रणाम (prannam)
Thank You
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
धन्वाद (dhanvaad)
How Are You?
तुम कैसे हो? (Tuma kaisē hō?)
का हाल बा? (kaa haal ba?)
Good Night
शुभरात्रि (Śubharātri)
राम राम (raam raam)
Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (shubh sandhya)
राम राम (raam raam)
Good Afternoon
दोपहर के बाद नमस्कार (dopahar ke bad namaskar)
राम राम (raam raam)
Good Morning
सुप्रभात (Suprabhāta)
राम राम (raam raam)
Please
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
मेहरबानी करके (meharbani karke)
Sorry
खेद (Khēda)
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
Bye
अलविदा (Alavidā)
प्रणाम (prannam)
I Love You
मैं आपसे प्यार करता (Maiṁ āpasē pyāra karatā)
हम तोहसे प्यार करेनी (hum tohse pyaar kareni)
Excuse Me
मुझे माफ करें (Mujhē māpha karēṁ)
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
Dialect 1
Khariboli
Caribbean Hindustani
Where They Speak
Delhi, Haryana, Western Uttar Pradesh
Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
How Many People Speak
240,000,000.0016,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Marwari
Fiji Hindi
Where They Speak
Gujarat, Haryana, Rajasthan, Sindh
Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States of America
How Many People Speak
22,000,000.00380,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Bundeli
Tharu Bhojpuri
Where They Speak
Bundelkhand
India
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.0038,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
2113
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
380.00 million40.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
4.70 %0.43 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
260.00 million40.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
120.00 million38.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
हिन्दी
भोजपुरी (bʰojpurī)
Alternative Names
Khadi Boli, Khari Boli
Bajpuri, Bhojapuri, Bhozpuri, Bihari, Deswali, Khotla, Piscimas
French Name
hindi
bhojpuri
German Name
Hindi
Bhojpuri
Pronunciation
[ˈmaːnək ˈɦin̪d̪iː]
/boʊdʒˈpʊəri/
Ethnicity
Hindustani people
Bhojpuri speakers
Origin
7th Century
19th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
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Branch
Indic
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Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Hindi
Bhojpuri
Language Position
537
1
120
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Signed Forms
Indian Signing System
Bhojpuri Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
hi
No data Available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
hin
bho
ISO 639 2/B
hin
bho
ISO 639 3
hin
bho
ISO 639 6
hins
bho
Glottocode
hind1269
bhoj1246
Linguasphere
59-AAF-qf
59-AAF-sa
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
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