Countries
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore
India, No official status
Total No. Of Countries
30
0
46
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National Language
Malaysia
India
Second Language
Indonesia
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Thailand
Fiji, Guyana, Jamaica, Mauritius, Nepal, Pakistan, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
Regulated By
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka
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Interesting Facts
- One of the most politically powerful language historically is Malaysian Language.
- Malaysian earliest known inscriptions were found in South of Sumatra way back in 683-6 AD.
- Bhojpuri was anciently written in Kaithi scripts.
- In Mughal Era, Kaithi script was used in administrative purposes for writing in Bhojpuri language.
Similar To
Indonesian Language
Maithili and Magahi
Derived From
Tamil Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2643
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
611
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2434
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Devanagari
Writing Direction
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Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
64
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Hai
प्रणाम (prannam)
Thank You
terima kasih
धन्वाद (dhanvaad)
How Are You?
Apa khabar?
का हाल बा? (kaa haal ba?)
Good Night
Selamat Malam
राम राम (raam raam)
Good Evening
Selamat Petang
राम राम (raam raam)
Good Afternoon
Selamat tengah hari
राम राम (raam raam)
Good Morning
Selamat pagi
राम राम (raam raam)
Please
sila
मेहरबानी करके (meharbani karke)
Sorry
maaf
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
Bye
Selamat tinggal
प्रणाम (prannam)
I Love You
Saya sayang kamu
हम तोहसे प्यार करेनी (hum tohse pyaar kareni)
Excuse Me
Maafkan saya
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
Dialect 1
Bengkulu
Caribbean Hindustani
Where They Speak
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra
Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
How Many People Speak
1,600,000.0016,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Pekal
Fiji Hindi
Where They Speak
Indonesia
Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States of America
How Many People Speak
30,000.00380,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Musi
Tharu Bhojpuri
Where They Speak
Indonesia
India
How Many People Speak
3,100,000.0038,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
2413
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
175.00 million40.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
1.16 %0.43 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
77.00 million40.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
98.00 million38.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Bahasa melayu
भोजपुरी (bʰojpurī)
Alternative Names
Bahasa Malaysia
Bajpuri, Bhojapuri, Bhozpuri, Bihari, Deswali, Khotla, Piscimas
French Name
malais
bhojpuri
German Name
Malaiisch
Bhojpuri
Pronunciation
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]
/boʊdʒˈpʊəri/
Ethnicity
Malaysian people
Bhojpuri speakers
Origin
c. 683 AD
19th Century
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,
No early forms
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Malay
Bhojpuri
Language Position
5437
1
120
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Signed Forms
Malaysian Sign Language
Bhojpuri Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ms
No data Available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
msa
bho
ISO 639 2/B
may
bho
ISO 639 3
zsm
bho
ISO 639 6
may
bho
Glottocode
stan1306
bhoj1246
Linguasphere
No data available
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Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
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