Countries
India, No official status
  
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan
  
National Language
India
  
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Fiji, Guyana, Jamaica, Mauritius, Nepal, Pakistan, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
  
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan
  
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 Iran, Parsi language is known as Farsi, while in Afghanistan Persian language is known as Dari.
- Persian language has borrowed many loanwords from the Arabic language.
  
Similar To
Maithili and Magahi
  
Pashto and Balochi Languages
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Arabic Language
  
Alphabets in
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Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Devanagari
  
Arabic
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
प्रणाम (prannam)
  
سلام
  
Thank You
धन्वाद (dhanvaad)
  
متشکرم
  
How Are You?
का हाल बा? (kaa haal ba?)
  
چطور هستید?
  
Good Night
राम राम (raam raam)
  
شب بخیر
  
Good Evening
राम राम (raam raam)
  
عصر بخیر
  
Good Afternoon
राम राम (raam raam)
  
بعد از ظهر بخیر
  
Good Morning
राम राम (raam raam)
  
صبح به خیر
  
Please
मेहरबानी करके (meharbani karke)
  
لطفا
  
Sorry
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
  
متاسف
  
Bye
प्रणाम (prannam)
  
خدا حافظ
  
I Love You
हम तोहसे प्यार करेनी (hum tohse pyaar kareni)
  
من شما را دوست دارم
  
Excuse Me
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
  
ببخشيد!
  
Dialect 1
Caribbean Hindustani
  
Western Persian
  
Where They Speak
Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
  
Iran, Iraq
  
How Many People Speak
47,000,000.00
  
7
Dialect 2
Fiji Hindi
  
Dari Persian
  
Where They Speak
Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Afganistan
  
How Many People Speak
12,500,000.00
  
7
Dialect 3
Tharu Bhojpuri
  
Tajik Persian
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
7,900,000.00
  
6
How Many People Speak?
40.00 million
  
31
65.00 million
  
26
Native Speakers
40.00 million
  
24
65.00 million
  
17
Native Name
भोजपुरी (bʰojpurī)
  
فارسی
  
Alternative Names
Bajpuri, Bhojapuri, Bhozpuri, Bihari, Deswali, Khotla, Piscimas
  
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian
  
French Name
bhojpuri
  
persan
  
German Name
Bhojpuri
  
Persisch
  
Pronunciation
/boʊdʒˈpʊəri/
  
[fɒːɾˈsiː]
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Persian people
  
Origin
19th Century
  
1500 BC
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Iranian
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Old Persian and Middle Persian
  
Standard Forms
Bhojpuri
  
Persian
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Persian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
No data Available
  
fa
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
bho
  
fas
  
ISO 639 2/B
bho
  
per
  
ISO 639 3
bho
  
pes
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
bhoj1246
  
fars1254
  
Linguasphere
59-AAF-sa
  
58-AAC-c
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Synthetic