Countries
West Java
India, No official status
Total No. Of Countries
10
0
46
👆🏻
National Language
Indonesia
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
-
-
Interesting Facts
- The Sundanese language is second most widely spoken regional language in Indonesia.
- Bhojpuri was anciently written in Kaithi scripts.
- In Mughal Era, Kaithi script was used in administrative purposes for writing in Bhojpuri language.
Similar To
Madurese and Malay Languages
Maithili and Magahi
Derived From
-
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3343
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
511
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1634
9
60
👆🏻
Scripts
Latin, Sundanese
Devanagari
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
64
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
40 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Halo
प्रणाम (prannam)
Thank You
Nuhun
धन्वाद (dhanvaad)
How Are You?
Kumaha kabarna?
का हाल बा? (kaa haal ba?)
Good Night
Wilujeng kulem
राम राम (raam raam)
Good Evening
Wilujeng wengi
राम राम (raam raam)
Good Afternoon
Wilujeng siang
राम राम (raam raam)
Good Morning
Wilujeng énjing
राम राम (raam raam)
Please
Mangga
मेहरबानी करके (meharbani karke)
Sorry
Hapunten
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
Bye
Wilujeng angkat
प्रणाम (prannam)
I Love You
Abdi bogoh ka anjeun
हम तोहसे प्यार करेनी (hum tohse pyaar kareni)
Excuse Me
Punten
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
Dialect 1
Western dialect
Caribbean Hindustani
Where They Speak
Banten
Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
How Many People Speak
40,000,000.0016,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Northern dialect
Fiji Hindi
Where They Speak
Bogor
Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States of America
How Many People Speak
40,000,000.00380,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Priangan dialect
Tharu Bhojpuri
Where They Speak
Bandung
India
How Many People Speak
40,000,000.0038,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
613
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
39.00 million40.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.57 %0.43 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
38.00 million40.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
39.00 million38.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Basa Sunda
भोजपुरी (bʰojpurī)
Alternative Names
Priangan, Sunda
Bajpuri, Bhojapuri, Bhozpuri, Bihari, Deswali, Khotla, Piscimas
French Name
soundanais
bhojpuri
German Name
Sundanesisch
Bhojpuri
Pronunciation
[sʊnˈdæniːs]
/boʊdʒˈpʊəri/
Ethnicity
Sundanese, Bantenese, Cirebonese, Badui
Bhojpuri speakers
Origin
5th century AD
19th Century
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indonesian
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Sundanese
Bhojpuri
Language Position
4237
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Sundanese Sign Language
Bhojpuri Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
su
No data Available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
sun
bho
ISO 639 2/B
sun
bho
ISO 639 3
sun
bho
ISO 639 6
sun
bho
Glottocode
sund1251
bhoj1246
Linguasphere
No data available
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Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
-