Countries
India, No official status
  
Iraq, Kurdistan
  
National Language
India
  
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Middle East
  
Minority Language
Fiji, Guyana, Jamaica, Mauritius, Nepal, Pakistan, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
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.
  
- The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
- In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
  
Similar To
Maithili and Magahi
  
Farsi Language
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Bhojpuri-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Kurdish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Devanagari
  
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
प्रणाम (prannam)
  
Silaw
  
Thank You
धन्वाद (dhanvaad)
  
Sipas
  
How Are You?
का हाल बा? (kaa haal ba?)
  
Tu çawa yî?
  
Good Night
राम राम (raam raam)
  
Şev xweş
  
Good Evening
राम राम (raam raam)
  
Evare baş
  
Good Afternoon
राम राम (raam raam)
  
Nee-wa-rowt bash
  
Good Morning
राम राम (raam raam)
  
Bayanit bash
  
Please
मेहरबानी करके (meharbani karke)
  
Bê zehmet
  
Sorry
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
  
Bibûre
  
Bye
प्रणाम (prannam)
  
Be xêr çî
  
I Love You
हम तोहसे प्यार करेनी (hum tohse pyaar kareni)
  
Ez te hez dikem
  
Excuse Me
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
  
Bê zehmet
  
Dialect 1
Caribbean Hindustani
  
Northern Kurdish
  
Where They Speak
Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
  
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey
  
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00
  
10
Dialect 2
Fiji Hindi
  
Central Kurdish
  
Where They Speak
Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran
  
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00
  
14
Dialect 3
Tharu Bhojpuri
  
Southern Kurdish
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Eastern Iraq
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
3,000,000.00
  
12
How Many People Speak?
40.00 million
  
31
28.00 million
  
38
Native Speakers
40.00 million
  
24
21.00 million
  
36
Native Name
भोजपुरी (bʰojpurī)
  
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди
  
Alternative Names
Bajpuri, Bhojapuri, Bhozpuri, Bihari, Deswali, Khotla, Piscimas
  
Not Available
  
French Name
bhojpuri
  
kurde
  
German Name
Bhojpuri
  
Kurdisch
  
Pronunciation
/boʊdʒˈpʊəri/
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Kurds
  
Origin
19th Century
  
16th century CE
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Not Available
  
Standard Forms
Bhojpuri
  
Kurdish
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
No data Available
  
ku
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
bho
  
kur
  
ISO 639 2/B
bho
  
kur
  
ISO 639 3
bho
  
kur
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
bhoj1246
  
kurd1259
  
Linguasphere
59-AAF-sa
  
58-AAA-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available