Countries
India, No official status
Hong Kong, Macau
National Language
India
China, Guangdong
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Fiji, Guyana, Jamaica, Mauritius, Nepal, Pakistan, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
Hawaii
Regulated By
Not Available
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division
Interesting Facts
- Bhojpuri was anciently written in Kaithi scripts.
- In Mughal Era, Kaithi script was used in administrative purposes for writing in Bhojpuri language.
- Cantonese have lot of slangs, many of them include words that do not make sense at all and some also have English in them.
- Even though Cantonese and Mandarin are dialects of Chinese, Cantonese has 8 tones instead of Mandarin's 4.
Similar To
Maithili and Magahi
Chinese Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Devanagari
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Hello
प्रणाम (prannam)
您好
Thank You
धन्वाद (dhanvaad)
谢谢
How Are You?
का हाल बा? (kaa haal ba?)
你好吗？
Good Night
राम राम (raam raam)
晚安
Good Evening
राम राम (raam raam)
晚上好
Good Afternoon
राम राम (raam raam)
下午好
Good Morning
राम राम (raam raam)
早上好
Please
मेहरबानी करके (meharbani karke)
请
Sorry
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
遗憾
I Love You
हम तोहसे प्यार करेनी (hum tohse pyaar kareni)
我爱你
Excuse Me
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
原谅我
Dialect 1
Caribbean Hindustani
Guangzhou
Where They Speak
Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
outside mainland China
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Fiji Hindi
Xiguan
Where They Speak
Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States of America
Hong Kong
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Tharu Bhojpuri
Hong Kong
Where They Speak
India
Hong Kong
Native Name
भोजपुरी (bʰojpurī)
Kwang Tung Wa
Alternative Names
Bajpuri, Bhojapuri, Bhozpuri, Bihari, Deswali, Khotla, Piscimas
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese
French Name
bhojpuri
Not Available
German Name
Bhojpuri
Not Available
Pronunciation
/boʊdʒˈpʊəri/
Not Available
Ethnicity
Not Available
Not Available
Origin
19th Century
17th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Not Available
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Bhojpuri
Standard Cantonese
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Not Available
ISO 639 1
No data Available
No data available
ISO 639 2/T
bho
Not Available
ISO 639 2/B
bho
Not Available
ISO 639 3
bho
No data available
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
bhoj1246
cant1236
Linguasphere
59-AAF-sa
No data available
Language Type
Living
Not Available
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Not Available
All Bhojpuri and Cantonese 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 Cantonese dialects. Various dialects of Bhojpuri and Cantonese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Bhojpuri are spoken in different Bhojpuri Speaking Countries whereas Cantonese Dialects are spoken in different Cantonese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Bhojpuri vs Cantonese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Bhojpuri dialects include: Caribbean Hindustani, Fiji Hindi. Cantonese dialects include: Guangzhou , Xiguan. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Bhojpuri and Cantonese Speaking population
Bhojpuri and Cantonese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Bhojpuri and Cantonese languages can be compared. The total count of Bhojpuri and Cantonese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Bhojpuri language is 0.43 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Cantonese language is 16.00 %. 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 Cantonese on Bhojpuri vs Cantonese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Bhojpuri and Cantonese Language Codes
Bhojpuri and Cantonese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Bhojpuri and Cantonese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.