Countries
India, No official status
India, Nepal
National Language
India
Nepal
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Republic of Brazil
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Fiji, Guyana, Jamaica, Mauritius, Nepal, Pakistan, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
People's Republic of China
Regulated By
Not Available
Language Academy of Nepal
Interesting Facts
- Bhojpuri was anciently written in Kaithi scripts.
- In Mughal Era, Kaithi script was used in administrative purposes for writing in Bhojpuri language.
- Before the term "Nepali" was coined, historically the language was first called the Khas language, Gorkhali or Gukhali.
- Nepali has borrowed many loanwords from neighboring Tibeto-Burmese languages.
Similar To
Maithili and Magahi
Hindi
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Devanagari
Devanagari
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
प्रणाम (prannam)
नमस्ते (namaste)
Thank You
धन्वाद (dhanvaad)
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)
How Are You?
का हाल बा? (kaa haal ba?)
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)
Good Night
राम राम (raam raam)
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)
Good Evening
राम राम (raam raam)
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)
Good Afternoon
राम राम (raam raam)
Good afternoon
Good Morning
राम राम (raam raam)
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)
Please
मेहरबानी करके (meharbani karke)
कृपया
Sorry
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
Bye
प्रणाम (prannam)
नमस्ते (namaste)
I Love You
हम तोहसे प्यार करेनी (hum tohse pyaar kareni)
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)
Excuse Me
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
Dialect 1
Caribbean Hindustani
Doteli
Where They Speak
Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
Nepal
Dialect 2
Fiji Hindi
Bajhangi
Where They Speak
Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States of America
India, Nepal
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Tharu Bhojpuri
Baitadeli
Where They Speak
India
Nepal
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
भोजपुरी (bʰojpurī)
नेपाली (nēpālī)
Alternative Names
Bajpuri, Bhojapuri, Bhozpuri, Bihari, Deswali, Khotla, Piscimas
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate
French Name
bhojpuri
népalais
German Name
Bhojpuri
Nepali
Pronunciation
/boʊdʒˈpʊəri/
Not Available
Ethnicity
Not Available
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu
Origin
19th Century
19 BC
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Not Available
Indic
Early Forms
No early forms
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha
Standard Forms
Bhojpuri
Nepali
Signed Forms
Not Available
Signed Nepali
Scope
Individual
Individual, Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
No data Available
ne
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
bhoj1246
nepa1254
Linguasphere
59-AAF-sa
12
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Agglutinative
All Bhojpuri and Nepali 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 Nepali dialects. Various dialects of Bhojpuri and Nepali language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Bhojpuri are spoken in different Bhojpuri Speaking Countries whereas Nepali Dialects are spoken in different Nepali speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Bhojpuri vs Nepali Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Bhojpuri dialects include: Caribbean Hindustani, Fiji Hindi. Nepali dialects include: Doteli , Bajhangi. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Bhojpuri and Nepali Speaking population
Bhojpuri and Nepali speaking population is one of the factors based on which Bhojpuri and Nepali languages can be compared. The total count of Bhojpuri and Nepali Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Bhojpuri language is 0.43 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Nepali language is 0.25 %. 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 Nepali on Bhojpuri vs Nepali where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Bhojpuri and Nepali Language Codes
Bhojpuri and Nepali language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Bhojpuri and Nepali Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.