Countries
India, No official status
  
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia
  
National Language
India
  
Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Fiji, Guyana, Jamaica, Mauritius, Nepal, Pakistan, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
  
Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Slovakia
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Board for Standardization of the Serbian Language
  
Interesting Facts
- Bhojpuri was anciently written in Kaithi scripts.
- In Mughal Era, Kaithi script was used in administrative purposes for writing in Bhojpuri language.
  
- Serbian language was derived from the Old Church Salvic, as the language was commonly spoken by most of Slavic people in the 9th Century.
- Serbian language is based on Stokavian dialect.
  
Similar To
Maithili and Magahi
  
Bosnian and Croatian Languages
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Bhojpuri-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Serbian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Devanagari
  
Cyrillic, Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
प्रणाम (prannam)
  
Здраво (Zdravo)
  
Thank You
धन्वाद (dhanvaad)
  
Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo)
  
How Are You?
का हाल बा? (kaa haal ba?)
  
Како си? (Kako si?)
  
Good Night
राम राम (raam raam)
  
Лаку ноћ (Laku noć)
  
Good Evening
राम राम (raam raam)
  
Добро вече (Dobro veče)
  
Good Afternoon
राम राम (raam raam)
  
Добар дан (Dobar dan)
  
Good Morning
राम राम (raam raam)
  
Добро јутро (Dobro jutro)
  
Please
मेहरबानी करके (meharbani karke)
  
Молим (Molim)
  
Sorry
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
  
Жао ми је (Žao mi je)
  
Bye
प्रणाम (prannam)
  
Довиђења (Doviđenja)
  
I Love You
हम तोहसे प्यार करेनी (hum tohse pyaar kareni)
  
Волим те (Volim te)
  
Excuse Me
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
  
Извините (Izvinite)
  
Dialect 1
Caribbean Hindustani
  
Prizren-Timok
  
Where They Speak
Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
  
Southeastern Serbia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Fiji Hindi
  
Smederevo–Vršac
  
Where They Speak
Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Serbia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Tharu Bhojpuri
  
Torlakian
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Bulgaria, France, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
1,500,000.00
  
17
How Many People Speak?
40.00 million
  
31
8.70 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
40.00 million
  
24
8.70 million
  
99+
Native Name
भोजपुरी (bʰojpurī)
  
српски (srpski) српски језик (srpski jezik)
  
Alternative Names
Bajpuri, Bhojapuri, Bhozpuri, Bihari, Deswali, Khotla, Piscimas
  
Montenegrin
  
French Name
bhojpuri
  
serbe
  
German Name
Bhojpuri
  
Serbisch
  
Pronunciation
/boʊdʒˈpʊəri/
  
[sr̩̂pskiː]
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Serbs
  
Origin
19th Century
  
11th Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Bhojpuri
  
Standard Serbian
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
No data Available
  
sr
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
bho
  
srp
  
ISO 639 2/B
bho
  
srp
  
ISO 639 3
bho
  
srp
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
bhoj1246
  
serb1264
  
Linguasphere
59-AAF-sa
  
53-AAA-g
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available