Countries
India, No official status
  
Bulgaria, European Union
  
National Language
India
  
Bulgaria
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Africa, Europe
  
Minority Language
Fiji, Guyana, Jamaica, Mauritius, Nepal, Pakistan, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
  
Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Ukraine
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Institute for the Bulgarian language
  
Interesting Facts
- Bhojpuri was anciently written in Kaithi scripts.
- In Mughal Era, Kaithi script was used in administrative purposes for writing in Bhojpuri language.
  
- The only Slavic language which has lost all its grammatical cases is Bulgarian.
- The first Slavic language to be written was Bulgarian in 9th century.
  
Similar To
Maithili and Magahi
  
Macedonian language
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Bhojpuri-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Bulgarian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Devanagari
  
Cyrillic
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
प्रणाम (prannam)
  
Здравейте (Zdraveĭte)
  
Thank You
धन्वाद (dhanvaad)
  
Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti)
  
How Are You?
का हाल बा? (kaa haal ba?)
  
Как си? (Kak si?)
  
Good Night
राम राम (raam raam)
  
Лека нощ (Leka nošt)
  
Good Evening
राम राम (raam raam)
  
Добър вечер (Dobãr večer)
  
Good Afternoon
राम राम (raam raam)
  
Добър ден (Dobãr den)
  
Good Morning
राम राम (raam raam)
  
Добро утро (Dobro utro)
  
Please
मेहरबानी करके (meharbani karke)
  
Моля (Molja)
  
Sorry
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
  
Съжалявам (Sãžaljavam)
  
Bye
प्रणाम (prannam)
  
Довиждане (Doviždane)
  
I Love You
हम तोहसे प्यार करेनी (hum tohse pyaar kareni)
  
Обичам те (Običam te)
  
Excuse Me
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
  
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)
  
Dialect 1
Caribbean Hindustani
  
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo
  
Where They Speak
Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
  
Bulgaria
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Fiji Hindi
  
Panagyurishte
  
Where They Speak
Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Bulgaria
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Tharu Bhojpuri
  
Pirdop
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Bulgaria
  
How Many People Speak?
40.00 million
  
31
7.80 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
40.00 million
  
24
7.80 million
  
99+
Native Name
भोजपुरी (bʰojpurī)
  
български (bãlgarski)
  
Alternative Names
Bajpuri, Bhojapuri, Bhozpuri, Bihari, Deswali, Khotla, Piscimas
  
Balgarski
  
French Name
bhojpuri
  
bulgare
  
German Name
Bhojpuri
  
Bulgarisch
  
Pronunciation
/boʊdʒˈpʊəri/
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Origin
19th Century
  
9th Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Slavic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Southern
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Old Bulgarian, Middle Bulgarian, Modern Bulgarian
  
Standard Forms
Bhojpuri
  
Standard Bulgarian
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Bulgarian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
No data Available
  
bg
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
bho
  
bul
  
ISO 639 2/B
bho
  
bul
  
ISO 639 3
bho
  
bul
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
buls
  
Glottocode
bhoj1246
  
bulg1262
  
Linguasphere
59-AAF-sa
  
53-AAA-hb
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available