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Bhojpuri and Afrikaans


Afrikaans and Bhojpuri


Countries

Countries
India, No official status   
South Africa   

Total No. Of Countries
0   
15
1   
14

National Language
India   
South Africa   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Namibia, South Africa   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Africa   

Minority Language
Fiji, Guyana, Jamaica, Mauritius, Nepal, Pakistan, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago   
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee   

Interesting Facts
  • Bhojpuri was anciently written in Kaithi scripts.
  • In Mughal Era, Kaithi script was used in administrative purposes for writing in Bhojpuri language.
  
  • Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
  • Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
  

Similar To
Maithili and Magahi   
Dutch Language   

Derived From
Sanskrit Language   
Dutch Language   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Bhojpuri-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Afrikaans-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
43   
23
32   
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
11   
8
15   
12

How Many Consonants
34   
24
17   
7

Scripts
Devanagari   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
प्रणाम (prannam)   
hallo   

Thank You
धन्वाद (dhanvaad)   
Dankie   

How Are You?
का हाल बा? (kaa haal ba?)   
Hoe gaan dit   

Good Night
राम राम (raam raam)   
goeie nag   

Good Evening
राम राम (raam raam)   
Goeienaand   

Good Afternoon
राम राम (raam raam)   
Goeie middag   

Good Morning
राम राम (raam raam)   
goeie more   

Please
मेहरबानी करके (meharbani karke)   
asseblief   

Sorry
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)   
jammer   

Bye
प्रणाम (prannam)   
Not Available   

I Love You
हम तोहसे प्यार करेनी (hum tohse pyaar kareni)   
Ek het jou lief   

Excuse Me
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)   
Verskoon my   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Caribbean Hindustani   
Kaapse Afrikaans   

Where They Speak
Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago   
Not Available   

How Many People Speak
16,000.00   
99+
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Fiji Hindi   
Oranjeriverafrikaans   

Where They Speak
Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States of America   
Not Available   

How Many People Speak
380,000.00   
31
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Tharu Bhojpuri   
Baster Afrikaans   

Where They Speak
India   
Namibia   

Total No. Of Dialects
13   
13
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
40.00 million   
31
19.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.43 %   
31
Not Available   

Native Speakers
40.00 million   
24
7.10 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
10.30 million   
22

Native Name
भोजपुरी (bʰojpurī)   
Afrikaans   

Alternative Names
Bajpuri, Bhojapuri, Bhozpuri, Bihari, Deswali, Khotla, Piscimas   
Cape Dutch   

French Name
bhojpuri   
afrikaans   

German Name
Bhojpuri   
Afrikaans   

Pronunciation
/boʊdʒˈpʊəri/   
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Afrikaners   

History

Origin
19th Century   
17th Century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Germanic   

Branch
Not Available   
Western   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch   

Standard Forms
Bhojpuri   
Standard Afrikaans   

Language Position
37   
29
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
No data Available   
af   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
bho   
afr   

ISO 639 2/B
bho   
afr   

ISO 639 3
bho   
afr   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
afrs   

Glottocode
bhoj1246   
afri1274   

Linguasphere
59-AAF-sa   
52-ACB-ba   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Analytic   

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All Bhojpuri and Afrikaans Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Bhojpuri and Afrikaans dialects. Various dialects of Bhojpuri and Afrikaans language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Bhojpuri are spoken in different Bhojpuri Speaking Countries whereas Afrikaans Dialects are spoken in different Afrikaans speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Bhojpuri vs Afrikaans Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Bhojpuri dialects include: Caribbean Hindustani, Fiji Hindi. Afrikaans dialects include: Kaapse Afrikaans , Oranjeriverafrikaans. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Bhojpuri and Afrikaans Speaking population

Bhojpuri and Afrikaans speaking population is one of the factors based on which Bhojpuri and Afrikaans languages can be compared. The total count of Bhojpuri and Afrikaans Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Bhojpuri language is 0.43 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Afrikaans language is Not Available. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Bhojpuri and Afrikaans on Bhojpuri vs Afrikaans where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Bhojpuri and Afrikaans Language Codes

Bhojpuri and Afrikaans language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Bhojpuri and Afrikaans Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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