Countries
India, No official status
  
Myanmar
  
National Language
India
  
Myanmar
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Bangladesh, Burma
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Fiji, Guyana, Jamaica, Mauritius, Nepal, Pakistan, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
  
Mon
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Myanmar Language Commission
  
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 naming of people in Burmese is strange. There is no last name, often name is rhymed such as Ming Ming, Mo Mo or Jo Jo.
- It appears as odd language to many people because it has peculiar pitch register, tonal form as language.
  
Similar To
Maithili and Magahi
  
Thai Language
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Pali Language
  
Alphabets in
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Burmese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Devanagari
  
Tangut
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
प्रणाम (prannam)
  
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)
  
Thank You
धन्वाद (dhanvaad)
  
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)
  
How Are You?
का हाल बा? (kaa haal ba?)
  
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)
  
Good Night
राम राम (raam raam)
  
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)
  
Good Evening
राम राम (raam raam)
  
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)
  
Good Afternoon
राम राम (raam raam)
  
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)
  
Good Morning
राम राम (raam raam)
  
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)
  
Please
मेहरबानी करके (meharbani karke)
  
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)
  
Sorry
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
  
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)
  
Bye
प्रणाम (prannam)
  
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)
  
I Love You
हम तोहसे प्यार करेनी (hum tohse pyaar kareni)
  
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)
  
Excuse Me
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
  
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)
  
Dialect 1
Caribbean Hindustani
  
Arakanese
  
Where They Speak
Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
  
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar
  
How Many People Speak
2,000,000.00
  
24
Dialect 2
Fiji Hindi
  
Tavoyan
  
Where They Speak
Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Myanmar
  
Dialect 3
Tharu Bhojpuri
  
Intha
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Burma
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
40.00 million
  
31
43.00 million
  
30
Native Speakers
40.00 million
  
24
33.00 million
  
28
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
10.00 million
  
23
Native Name
भोजपुरी (bʰojpurī)
  
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)
  
Alternative Names
Bajpuri, Bhojapuri, Bhozpuri, Bihari, Deswali, Khotla, Piscimas
  
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa
  
French Name
bhojpuri
  
birman
  
German Name
Bhojpuri
  
Birmanisch
  
Pronunciation
/boʊdʒˈpʊəri/
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Bamar people
  
Origin
19th Century
  
1113 AD
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Sino-Tibetan Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Tibeto-Burman
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese
  
Standard Forms
Bhojpuri
  
Modern Burmese
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Burmese sign language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
No data Available
  
my
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
bho
  
mya
  
ISO 639 2/B
bho
  
bur
  
ISO 639 3
bho
  
mya
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
bhoj1246
  
sout3159
  
Linguasphere
59-AAF-sa
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Analytic, Isolating