Countries
India, No official status
  
India
  
National Language
India
  
India
  
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
  
Great Britain, Kenya, Malawi, Oman, Pakistan, Tanzania, Uganda, United States of America, Zambia
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
NA
  
Interesting Facts
- Bhojpuri was anciently written in Kaithi scripts.
- In Mughal Era, Kaithi script was used in administrative purposes for writing in Bhojpuri language.
  
- Gujarati was the first language of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi("Father of the Nation of India") and Vallabhbhai Patel ("Iron Man of India").
- Most of the words in Gujarati language are adopted from Sanskrit.
  
Similar To
Maithili and Magahi
  
Bengali Language
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Bhojpuri-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Gujarati-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Devanagari
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Hello
प्रणाम (prannam)
  
નમસ્તે (namaste)
  
Thank You
धन्वाद (dhanvaad)
  
ધન્યવાદ (dhanvaad)
  
How Are You?
का हाल बा? (kaa haal ba?)
  
કેમ છો (kem cho?)
  
Good Night
राम राम (raam raam)
  
શુભ રાત્રે (shub rātrē)
  
Good Evening
राम राम (raam raam)
  
સાંજે સારી (sān̄jē sārī)
  
Good Afternoon
राम राम (raam raam)
  
સારા બપોરે (sārā bapōrē)
  
Good Morning
राम राम (raam raam)
  
સુ પ્રભાત (su prabhat)
  
Please
मेहरबानी करके (meharbani karke)
  
કૃપા કરીને(Kr̥pā karīnē)
  
Sorry
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
  
મન્ને મફ કરો (manne maaf karo)
  
Bye
प्रणाम (prannam)
  
બાય (Bāya)
  
I Love You
हम तोहसे प्यार करेनी (hum tohse pyaar kareni)
  
હું તને પ્રેમ કરુ છું (hūṃ tane prem karū chūṃ)
  
Excuse Me
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
  
માફ કરશો (Māpha karaśō)
  
Dialect 1
Caribbean Hindustani
  
Kathiyawadi
  
Where They Speak
Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
  
India, Mauritius, Oman, Pakistan, Singapore, South Africa, Tanzania, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Fiji Hindi
  
Kharwa
  
Where They Speak
Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
India, Mauritius, Pakistan, Singapore, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Tharu Bhojpuri
  
Not Available
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
40.00 million
  
31
60.00 million
  
27
Native Speakers
40.00 million
  
24
50.00 million
  
22
Native Name
भोजपुरी (bʰojpurī)
  
ગુજરાતી (gujarātī)
  
Alternative Names
Bajpuri, Bhojapuri, Bhozpuri, Bihari, Deswali, Khotla, Piscimas
  
Gujerathi, Gujerati, Gujrathi
  
French Name
bhojpuri
  
goudjrati
  
German Name
Bhojpuri
  
Gujarati-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
/boʊdʒˈpʊəri/
  
[ɡudʒəˈɾɑːt̪i]
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Gujaratis
  
Origin
19th Century
  
15
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Old Gujarati
  
Standard Forms
Bhojpuri
  
Modern Gujarati
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
No data Available
  
gu
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
bho
  
guj
  
ISO 639 2/B
bho
  
guj
  
ISO 639 3
bho
  
guj
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
bhoj1246
  
guja1252
  
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
  
Not Available