Countries
India, No official status
  
Japan
  
National Language
India
  
Japan
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia, Pacific
  
Minority Language
Fiji, Guyana, Jamaica, Mauritius, Nepal, Pakistan, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
  
Palau
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education
  
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 Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
- There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
  
Similar To
Maithili and Magahi
  
Korean Language
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Bhojpuri-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Japanese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Devanagari
  
Kana
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
प्रणाम (prannam)
  
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)
  
Thank You
धन्वाद (dhanvaad)
  
ありがとう (Arigatō)
  
How Are You?
का हाल बा? (kaa haal ba?)
  
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)
  
Good Night
राम राम (raam raam)
  
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)
  
Good Evening
राम राम (raam raam)
  
こんばんは (Konbanwa)
  
Good Afternoon
राम राम (raam raam)
  
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)
  
Good Morning
राम राम (raam raam)
  
おはよう (Ohayō)
  
Please
मेहरबानी करके (meharbani karke)
  
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)
  
Sorry
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
  
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)
  
Bye
प्रणाम (prannam)
  
さようなら (Sayōnara)
  
I Love You
हम तोहसे प्यार करेनी (hum tohse pyaar kareni)
  
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)
  
Excuse Me
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
  
すみません (Sumimasen)
  
Dialect 1
Caribbean Hindustani
  
Sanuki
  
Where They Speak
Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
  
Kagawa
  
How Many People Speak
1,000,000.00
  
28
Dialect 2
Fiji Hindi
  
Hakata
  
Where They Speak
Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Fukuoka
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Tharu Bhojpuri
  
Kansai
  
Where They Speak
India
  
kansai
  
How Many People Speak?
40.00 million
  
31
128.00 million
  
14
Native Speakers
40.00 million
  
24
128.00 million
  
9
Native Name
भोजपुरी (bʰojpurī)
  
日本語
  
Alternative Names
Bajpuri, Bhojapuri, Bhozpuri, Bihari, Deswali, Khotla, Piscimas
  
Not Available
  
French Name
bhojpuri
  
japonais
  
German Name
Bhojpuri
  
Japanisch
  
Pronunciation
/boʊdʒˈpʊəri/
  
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Japanese (Yamato)
  
Origin
19th Century
  
1185
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Japonic Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese
  
Standard Forms
Bhojpuri
  
Japanese
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Signed Japanese
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
No data Available
  
ja
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
bho
  
jpn
  
ISO 639 2/B
bho
  
jpn
  
ISO 639 3
bho
  
jpn
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
bhoj1246
  
nucl1643
  
Linguasphere
59-AAF-sa
  
45-CAA-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Agglutinative, Synthetic