Countries
India, No official status
  
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
  
National Language
India
  
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
South Africa
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia, Europe, North America, South America
  
Minority Language
Fiji, Guyana, Jamaica, Mauritius, Nepal, Pakistan, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
  
France, Germany, Indonesia
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)
  
Interesting Facts
- Bhojpuri was anciently written in Kaithi scripts.
- In Mughal Era, Kaithi script was used in administrative purposes for writing in Bhojpuri language.
  
- Dutch language consist of extremely long words. The longest dutch word in the dictionary is 53 letters long.
- There exists 75% borrowed words in Dutch language, and a lot of those are French, English and Hebrew.
  
Similar To
Maithili and Magahi
  
German and English Languages
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Bhojpuri-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Dutch-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Devanagari
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
प्रणाम (prannam)
  
Hallo
  
Thank You
धन्वाद (dhanvaad)
  
dankjewel
  
How Are You?
का हाल बा? (kaa haal ba?)
  
hoe gaat het met je?
  
Good Night
राम राम (raam raam)
  
goede Nacht
  
Good Evening
राम राम (raam raam)
  
goedenavond
  
Good Afternoon
राम राम (raam raam)
  
goedemiddag
  
Good Morning
राम राम (raam raam)
  
goedemorgen
  
Please
मेहरबानी करके (meharbani karke)
  
alsjeblieft
  
Sorry
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
  
sorry
  
Bye
प्रणाम (prannam)
  
vaarwel
  
I Love You
हम तोहसे प्यार करेनी (hum tohse pyaar kareni)
  
Ik hou van jou
  
Excuse Me
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
  
pardon
  
Dialect 1
Caribbean Hindustani
  
Gronings
  
Where They Speak
Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
  
Netherlands
  
Dialect 2
Fiji Hindi
  
Low Saxon
  
Where They Speak
Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands
  
How Many People Speak
4,000,000.00
  
16
Dialect 3
Tharu Bhojpuri
  
Limburgian
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Belgium, Netherlands
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
1,300,000.00
  
18
How Many People Speak?
40.00 million
  
31
28.00 million
  
38
Native Speakers
40.00 million
  
24
22.00 million
  
35
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
6.00 million
  
25
Native Name
भोजपुरी (bʰojpurī)
  
Nederlands
  
Alternative Names
Bajpuri, Bhojapuri, Bhozpuri, Bihari, Deswali, Khotla, Piscimas
  
Hollands, Nederlands
  
French Name
bhojpuri
  
néerlandais; flamand
  
German Name
Bhojpuri
  
Niederländisch
  
Pronunciation
/boʊdʒˈpʊəri/
  
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Dutch people
  
Origin
19th Century
  
AD 450-500
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Germanic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Western
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch
  
Standard Forms
Bhojpuri
  
Standard Dutch
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
No data Available
  
nl
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
bho
  
nld
  
ISO 639 2/B
bho
  
dut
  
ISO 639 3
bho
  
nld
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
bhoj1246
  
mode1257
  
Linguasphere
59-AAF-sa
  
52-ACB-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Historical
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Synthetic