Countries
India, No official status
  
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
  
National Language
India
  
China, Taiwan
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Republic of Brazil
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Fiji, Guyana, Jamaica, Mauritius, Nepal, Pakistan, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
  
Indonesia, Malaysia
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council
  
Interesting Facts
- Bhojpuri was anciently written in Kaithi scripts.
- In Mughal Era, Kaithi script was used in administrative purposes for writing in Bhojpuri language.
  
- Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
- In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
  
Similar To
Maithili and Magahi
  
Not Available
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
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Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Devanagari
  
Chinese Characters and derivatives
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
प्रणाम (prannam)
  
您好 (Nín hǎo)
  
Thank You
धन्वाद (dhanvaad)
  
谢谢 (Xièxiè)
  
How Are You?
का हाल बा? (kaa haal ba?)
  
你好吗? (Nǐ hǎo ma?)
  
Good Night
राम राम (raam raam)
  
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)
  
Good Evening
राम राम (raam raam)
  
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)
  
Good Afternoon
राम राम (raam raam)
  
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)
  
Good Morning
राम राम (raam raam)
  
早安 (Zǎo ān)
  
Please
मेहरबानी करके (meharbani karke)
  
请 (Qǐng)
  
Sorry
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
  
遗憾 (Yíhàn)
  
Bye
प्रणाम (prannam)
  
再见 (Zàijiàn)
  
I Love You
हम तोहसे प्यार करेनी (hum tohse pyaar kareni)
  
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)
  
Excuse Me
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
  
劳驾 (Láojià)
  
Dialect 1
Caribbean Hindustani
  
Mandarin
  
Where They Speak
Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
  
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan
  
How Many People Speak
960,000,000.00
  
1
Dialect 2
Fiji Hindi
  
Wu
  
Where They Speak
Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
China, United States of America
  
How Many People Speak
80,000,000.00
  
1
Dialect 3
Tharu Bhojpuri
  
Yue
  
Where They Speak
India
  
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
60,000,000.00
  
2
How Many People Speak?
40.00 million
  
31
1,051.00 million
  
2
Native Speakers
40.00 million
  
24
873.00 million
  
1
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
178.00 million
  
3
Native Name
भोजपुरी (bʰojpurī)
  
中文 (zhōngwén)
  
Alternative Names
Bajpuri, Bhojapuri, Bhozpuri, Bihari, Deswali, Khotla, Piscimas
  
Not Available
  
French Name
bhojpuri
  
chinois
  
German Name
Bhojpuri
  
Chinesisch
  
Pronunciation
/boʊdʒˈpʊəri/
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Han
  
Origin
19th Century
  
1250 BC
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Sino-Tibetan Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Bhojpuri
  
Standard Chinese
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
No data Available
  
zh
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
bho
  
zho
  
ISO 639 2/B
bho
  
chi
  
ISO 639 3
bho
  
zho
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
bhoj1246
  
sini1245
  
Linguasphere
59-AAF-sa
  
79-AAA
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Analytic, Isolating