Countries
India
India, No official status
Total No. Of Countries
10
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
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Fiji, Guyana, Jamaica, Mauritius, Nepal, Pakistan, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
Regulated By
Govenment of Goa
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Interesting Facts
- Fr. Thomas Stevan wrote the first book in Konkani in 1651.
- Sahitya Academy recognized konkani as a language in year 1976.
- Bhojpuri was anciently written in Kaithi scripts.
- In Mughal Era, Kaithi script was used in administrative purposes for writing in Bhojpuri language.
Similar To
Marathi
Maithili and Magahi
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5243
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
1611
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3634
9
60
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Scripts
Devanagari
Devanagari
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
34
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
4 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Namaskar
प्रणाम (prannam)
Thank You
Dev Borem Korum
धन्वाद (dhanvaad)
How Are You?
kaso assa?
का हाल बा? (kaa haal ba?)
Good Night
Rati Boren Zavonn
राम राम (raam raam)
Good Evening
Sanj Borem Zavonn
राम राम (raam raam)
Good Afternoon
संध्याकाळ शुभेच्छा
राम राम (raam raam)
Good Morning
Dis Borem Zavonn
राम राम (raam raam)
Please
Chike
मेहरबानी करके (meharbani karke)
Sorry
Maf kor
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
Bye
Adeus
प्रणाम (prannam)
I Love You
hav tujo mog korta.
हम तोहसे प्यार करेनी (hum tohse pyaar kareni)
Excuse Me
upkar korxi
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
Dialect 1
Antruz
Caribbean Hindustani
Where They Speak
Goa
Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
How Many People Speak
2,500,000.0016,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Not present
Fiji Hindi
Where They Speak
-
Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States of America
How Many People Speak
2,700,000.00380,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Not present
Tharu Bhojpuri
Where They Speak
-
India
How Many People Speak
7.0038,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
113
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
7.40 million40.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.11 %0.43 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
7.40 million40.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
8.00 million38.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Kōṅkaṇī
भोजपुरी (bʰojpurī)
Alternative Names
Konkan standard, Bankoti, Kunabi, North Konkan, Central Konkan, Concorinum, Cugani, Konkanese
Bajpuri, Bhojapuri, Bhozpuri, Bihari, Deswali, Khotla, Piscimas
French Name
konkani
bhojpuri
German Name
Konkani
Bhojpuri
Pronunciation
kõkɳi
/boʊdʒˈpʊəri/
Ethnicity
Konkanis
Bhojpuri speakers
Origin
1209 A.D.
19th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Kokani
Bhojpuri
Language Position
2337
1
120
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Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Bhojpuri Sign Language
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
No data Available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
kok
bho
ISO 639 2/B
kok
bho
ISO 639 3
kok
bho
ISO 639 6
kok
bho
Glottocode
goan1235
bhoj1246
Linguasphere
No data available
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Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
-