Countries
India, No official status
  
India
  
National Language
India
  
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
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.
  
- Santali language was an oral language till nineteenth century.
- Before the invention of Santali alphabets, Santali was written with the Bengali or Odia alphabets.
  
Similar To
Maithili and Magahi
  
Munda Language
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Bhojpuri-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Santali-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Devanagari
  
Bengali, Devanagari, Latin, Ol Chiki, Oriya
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
प्रणाम (prannam)
  
Henda ho
  
Thank You
धन्वाद (dhanvaad)
  
Adi Johar
  
How Are You?
का हाल बा? (kaa haal ba?)
  
Cet’leka menama?
  
Good Night
राम राम (raam raam)
  
Boge Ninda
  
Good Evening
राम राम (raam raam)
  
Boge Ayup’
  
Good Afternoon
राम राम (raam raam)
  
Not Available
  
Good Morning
राम राम (raam raam)
  
Boge Setak’
  
Please
मेहरबानी करके (meharbani karke)
  
Not Available
  
Sorry
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
  
Not Available
  
Bye
प्रणाम (prannam)
  
Not Available
  
I Love You
हम तोहसे प्यार करेनी (hum tohse pyaar kareni)
  
Not Available
  
Excuse Me
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
  
Not Available
  
Dialect 1
Caribbean Hindustani
  
Mahali
  
Where They Speak
Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
  
India
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Fiji Hindi
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Tharu Bhojpuri
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
40.00 million
  
31
6.30 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
40.00 million
  
24
6.30 million
  
99+
Native Name
भोजपुरी (bʰojpurī)
  
संथाली (sãtʰālī)
  
Alternative Names
Bajpuri, Bhojapuri, Bhozpuri, Bihari, Deswali, Khotla, Piscimas
  
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal
  
French Name
bhojpuri
  
santal
  
German Name
Bhojpuri
  
Santali
  
Pronunciation
/boʊdʒˈpʊəri/
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Santal and Teraibasi Santali
  
Origin
19th Century
  
20th century
  
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
  
Santali
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
No data Available
  
No data available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
bho
  
sat
  
ISO 639 2/B
bho
  
sat
  
ISO 639 3
bho
  
sat
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
bhoj1246
  
sant1410
  
Linguasphere
59-AAF-sa
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available