Countries
India, Pakistan
India, No official status
Total No. Of Countries
20
0
46
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National Language
Pakistan
India
Second Language
Pakistan
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Oceania
Asia
Minority Language
India
Fiji, Guyana, Jamaica, Mauritius, Nepal, Pakistan, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
Regulated By
National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language, India, National Language Authority, Pakistan
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Interesting Facts
- Urdu is a language of beauty and grace, that adds meaning to prose and charm to poetry.
- Different languages such as Arabic, Persian and Turkish gave birth and richness to Urdu.
- Bhojpuri was anciently written in Kaithi scripts.
- In Mughal Era, Kaithi script was used in administrative purposes for writing in Bhojpuri language.
Similar To
Arabic and Hindi Languages
Maithili and Magahi
Derived From
Ghaznavid Persian Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5243
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
1011
0
32
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How Many Consonants
4034
9
60
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Scripts
Arabic
Devanagari
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, 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
خوش آمديد
प्रणाम (prannam)
Thank You
آپ کا شکریہ
धन्वाद (dhanvaad)
How Are You?
آپ کیسے ہیں؟
का हाल बा? (kaa haal ba?)
Good Night
گڈ نائٹ
राम राम (raam raam)
Good Evening
سلام علیکم
राम राम (raam raam)
Good Afternoon
گڈ آفٹر نون
राम राम (raam raam)
Good Morning
گڈ مارننگ
राम राम (raam raam)
Please
براہ مہربانی
मेहरबानी करके (meharbani karke)
Sorry
معاف کرنا
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
Bye
الوداع
प्रणाम (prannam)
I Love You
مجھے تم سے محبت
हम तोहसे प्यार करेनी (hum tohse pyaar kareni)
Excuse Me
معاف کیجئے گا
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
Dialect 1
Dakhini
Caribbean Hindustani
Where They Speak
India
Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
How Many People Speak
11,000,000.0016,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Hyderabadi Urdu
Fiji Hindi
Where They Speak
India
Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States of America
How Many People Speak
69,000,000.00380,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Rekhta
Tharu Bhojpuri
Where They Speak
South Asia
India
How Many People Speak
69,000,000.0038,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
313
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
104.00 million40.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.99 %0.43 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
61.00 million40.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
43.00 million38.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
اُردُو
भोजपुरी (bʰojpurī)
Alternative Names
Bihari
Bajpuri, Bhojapuri, Bhozpuri, Bihari, Deswali, Khotla, Piscimas
French Name
ourdou
bhojpuri
German Name
Urdu
Bhojpuri
Pronunciation
[ˈʊrd̪u]
/boʊdʒˈpʊəri/
Ethnicity
Urdu-speaking people
Bhojpuri speakers
Origin
12th Century CE
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
Modern Standard Urdu
Bhojpuri
Language Position
2037
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Urdu
Bhojpuri Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ur
No data Available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
urd
bho
ISO 639 2/B
urd
bho
ISO 639 3
urd
bho
ISO 639 6
urd
bho
Glottocode
urdu1245
bhoj1246
Linguasphere
59-AAF-q
59-AAF-sa
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
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