Countries
India, No official status
  
Fiji, 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, Oceania
  
Minority Language
Fiji, Guyana, Jamaica, Mauritius, Nepal, Pakistan, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Central Hindi Directorate
  
Interesting Facts
- Bhojpuri was anciently written in Kaithi scripts.
- In Mughal Era, Kaithi script was used in administrative purposes for writing in Bhojpuri language.
  
- In Hindi language, nouns are followed by post positions.
- In Hindi, there are many familiar words in English which are in Hindi or of Hindi origin.
  
Similar To
Maithili and Magahi
  
Urdu
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Bhojpuri-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Hindi.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Devanagari
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
प्रणाम (prannam)
  
नमस्ते (Namastē)
  
Thank You
धन्वाद (dhanvaad)
  
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
  
How Are You?
का हाल बा? (kaa haal ba?)
  
तुम कैसे हो? (Tuma kaisē hō?)
  
Good Night
राम राम (raam raam)
  
शुभरात्रि (Śubharātri)
  
Good Evening
राम राम (raam raam)
  
शुभ सन्ध्या (shubh sandhya)
  
Good Afternoon
राम राम (raam raam)
  
दोपहर के बाद नमस्कार (dopahar ke bad namaskar)
  
Good Morning
राम राम (raam raam)
  
सुप्रभात (Suprabhāta)
  
Please
मेहरबानी करके (meharbani karke)
  
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
  
Sorry
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
  
खेद (Khēda)
  
Bye
प्रणाम (prannam)
  
अलविदा (Alavidā)
  
I Love You
हम तोहसे प्यार करेनी (hum tohse pyaar kareni)
  
मैं आपसे प्यार करता (Maiṁ āpasē pyāra karatā)
  
Excuse Me
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
  
मुझे माफ करें (Mujhē māpha karēṁ)
  
Dialect 1
Caribbean Hindustani
  
Khariboli
  
Where They Speak
Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
  
Delhi, Haryana, Western Uttar Pradesh
  
How Many People Speak
240,000,000.00
  
2
Dialect 2
Fiji Hindi
  
Marwari
  
Where They Speak
Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Gujarat, Haryana, Rajasthan, Sindh
  
How Many People Speak
22,000,000.00
  
3
Dialect 3
Tharu Bhojpuri
  
Bundeli
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Bundelkhand
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
20,000,000.00
  
4
How Many People Speak?
40.00 million
  
31
380.00 million
  
5
Native Speakers
40.00 million
  
24
260.00 million
  
4
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
120.00 million
  
6
Native Name
भोजपुरी (bʰojpurī)
  
हिन्दी
  
Alternative Names
Bajpuri, Bhojapuri, Bhozpuri, Bihari, Deswali, Khotla, Piscimas
  
Khadi Boli, Khari Boli
  
French Name
bhojpuri
  
hindi
  
German Name
Bhojpuri
  
Hindi
  
Pronunciation
/boʊdʒˈpʊəri/
  
[ˈmaːnək ˈɦin̪d̪iː]
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Hindustani people
  
Origin
19th Century
  
7th Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Bhojpuri
  
Standard Hindi
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Indian Signing System
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
No data Available
  
hi
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
bho
  
hin
  
ISO 639 2/B
bho
  
hin
  
ISO 639 3
bho
  
hin
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
hins
  
Glottocode
bhoj1246
  
hind1269
  
Linguasphere
59-AAF-sa
  
59-AAF-qf
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional, Synthetic