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Bhojpuri and Khasi


Khasi and Bhojpuri


Countries

Countries
India, No official status   
Meghalaya   

Total No. Of Countries
0   
15
1   
14

National Language
India   
Bangladesh, India   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not Available   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
Fiji, Guyana, Jamaica, Mauritius, Nepal, Pakistan, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago   
Not Available   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • Bhojpuri was anciently written in Kaithi scripts.
  • In Mughal Era, Kaithi script was used in administrative purposes for writing in Bhojpuri language.
  
  • Khasi language contain a large number of loanwords from Bengali and Hindi Languages.
  • There is significant dialectal variation in khasi language, since several dialects have only partial mutual intelligibility.
  

Similar To
Maithili and Magahi   
Not Available   

Derived From
Sanskrit Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Bhojpuri-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Khasi-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
43   
23
23   
5

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
11   
8
6   
3

How Many Consonants
34   
24
14   
4

Scripts
Devanagari   
Bengali, Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
Not Available   

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
Not Available   

Greetings

Hello
प्रणाम (prannam)   
Kumno   

Thank You
धन्वाद (dhanvaad)   
Khublei   

How Are You?
का हाल बा? (kaa haal ba?)   
Kumno phi long?   

Good Night
राम राम (raam raam)   
thia sukh   

Good Evening
राम राम (raam raam)   
babha janmiet   

Good Afternoon
राम राम (raam raam)   
babha noph-phai-sngi   

Good Morning
राम राम (raam raam)   
khublei   

Please
मेहरबानी करके (meharbani karke)   
Sngewbha   

Sorry
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)   
Map   

Bye
प्रणाम (prannam)   
khublei   

I Love You
हम तोहसे प्यार करेनी (hum tohse pyaar kareni)   
ieit ieit   

Excuse Me
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)   
map a nga   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Caribbean Hindustani   
Bhoi   

Where They Speak
Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago   
Not Available   

How Many People Speak
16,000.00   
99+
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Fiji Hindi   
Nonglung   

Where They Speak
Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States of America   
Not Available   

How Many People Speak
380,000.00   
31
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Tharu Bhojpuri   
Cherrapunji   

Where They Speak
India   
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
13   
13
5   
5

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
40.00 million   
31
0.84 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.43 %   
31
Not Available   

Native Speakers
40.00 million   
24
0.84 million   
99+

Native Name
भोजपुरी (bʰojpurī)   
Not Available   

Alternative Names
Bajpuri, Bhojapuri, Bhozpuri, Bihari, Deswali, Khotla, Piscimas   
Kahasi, Kassi, Khasa, Khashi, Khasiyas, Khuchia   

French Name
bhojpuri   
khasi   

German Name
Bhojpuri   
Khasi-Sprache   

Pronunciation
/boʊdʒˈpʊəri/   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Khasi people   

History

Origin
19th Century   
Not Available   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Austroasiatic Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No Early Forms   

Standard Forms
Bhojpuri   
Khasi   

Language Position
37   
29
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
No data Available   
No data available   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
bho   
kha   

ISO 639 2/B
bho   
kha   

ISO 639 3
bho   
kha   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
bhoj1246   
khas1269   

Linguasphere
59-AAF-sa   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

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All Bhojpuri and Khasi Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Bhojpuri and Khasi dialects. Various dialects of Bhojpuri and Khasi language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Bhojpuri are spoken in different Bhojpuri Speaking Countries whereas Khasi Dialects are spoken in different Khasi speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Bhojpuri vs Khasi Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Bhojpuri dialects include: Caribbean Hindustani, Fiji Hindi. Khasi dialects include: Bhoi , Nonglung. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Bhojpuri and Khasi Speaking population

Bhojpuri and Khasi speaking population is one of the factors based on which Bhojpuri and Khasi languages can be compared. The total count of Bhojpuri and Khasi Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Bhojpuri language is 0.43 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Khasi language is Not Available. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Bhojpuri and Khasi on Bhojpuri vs Khasi where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Bhojpuri and Khasi Language Codes

Bhojpuri and Khasi language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Bhojpuri and Khasi Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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