Countries
India, No official status
  
India, Pakistan
  
National Language
India
  
India, Pakistan
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Pakistan
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Fiji, Guyana, Jamaica, Mauritius, Nepal, Pakistan, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
  
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
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.
  
- Punjabi is 2nd most spoken in United Kingdom and 4th most spoken in Canada.
- Punjabi is tonal language, by using various tones Punjabi speakers are able to differentiate between words.
  
Similar To
Maithili and Magahi
  
Hindi Language
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
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Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Devanagari
  
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
प्रणाम (prannam)
  
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)
  
Thank You
धन्वाद (dhanvaad)
  
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)
  
How Are You?
का हाल बा? (kaa haal ba?)
  
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)
  
Good Night
राम राम (raam raam)
  
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)
  
Good Evening
राम राम (raam raam)
  
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
  
Good Afternoon
राम राम (raam raam)
  
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)
  
Good Morning
राम राम (raam raam)
  
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
  
Please
मेहरबानी करके (meharbani karke)
  
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)
  
Sorry
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
  
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)
  
Bye
प्रणाम (prannam)
  
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)
  
I Love You
हम तोहसे प्यार करेनी (hum tohse pyaar kareni)
  
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)
  
Excuse Me
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
  
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)
  
Dialect 1
Caribbean Hindustani
  
Pothohari
  
Where They Speak
Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
  
Pakistan
  
How Many People Speak
2,500,000.00
  
22
Dialect 2
Fiji Hindi
  
Saraiki
  
Where They Speak
Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Afganistan, India, Pakistan
  
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00
  
5
Dialect 3
Tharu Bhojpuri
  
Doabi
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Pakistan, Punjab, India
  
How Many People Speak?
40.00 million
  
31
154.30 million
  
12
Native Speakers
40.00 million
  
24
100.00 million
  
11
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
54.30 million
  
12
Native Name
भोजपुरी (bʰojpurī)
  
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی
  
Alternative Names
Bajpuri, Bhojapuri, Bhozpuri, Bihari, Deswali, Khotla, Piscimas
  
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi
  
French Name
bhojpuri
  
pendjabi
  
German Name
Bhojpuri
  
Pandschabi-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
/boʊdʒˈpʊəri/
  
Not Availble
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Punjabis
  
Origin
19th Century
  
1000 AD
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi
  
Standard Forms
Bhojpuri
  
Modern Punjabi
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 1
No data Available
  
pa
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
bho
  
pan
  
ISO 639 2/B
bho
  
pan
  
ISO 639 3
bho
  
pan
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
bhoj1246
  
panj1256
  
Linguasphere
59-AAF-sa
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Not Available
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional