Countries
India, No official status
  
Philippines
  
National Language
India
  
Philippines
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Filipinos
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia, Australia
  
Minority Language
Fiji, Guyana, Jamaica, Mauritius, Nepal, Pakistan, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
  
Australia, Canada, Guam, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Singapore, United Kingdom
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, National Languages Committee
  
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 1593, "Doctrina Christiana" was first book written in two versions of Tagalog.
- The name "Tagalog" means "native to" and "river". "Tagalog"is derived from taga ilog, which means "inhabitants of the river".
  
Similar To
Maithili and Magahi
  
Filipino, Cebuano and Spanish Languages
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Bhojpuri-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Tagalog-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Devanagari
  
Baybayin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
प्रणाम (prannam)
  
Kamusta
  
Thank You
धन्वाद (dhanvaad)
  
Salamat po
  
How Are You?
का हाल बा? (kaa haal ba?)
  
Kamusta ka na?
  
Good Night
राम राम (raam raam)
  
Magandang gabi
  
Good Evening
राम राम (raam raam)
  
Magandang gabi po
  
Good Afternoon
राम राम (raam raam)
  
Magandang hapon po
  
Good Morning
राम राम (raam raam)
  
Magandang umaga po
  
Please
मेहरबानी करके (meharbani karke)
  
pakiusap
  
Sorry
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
  
pinagsisisihan
  
Bye
प्रणाम (prannam)
  
Paálam
  
I Love You
हम तोहसे प्यार करेनी (hum tohse pyaar kareni)
  
Iniibig kita
  
Excuse Me
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
  
Ipagpaumanhin ninyo ako
  
Dialect 1
Caribbean Hindustani
  
Batangas Tagalog
  
Where They Speak
Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
  
Batangas, Gabon
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Fiji Hindi
  
Bisalog
  
Where They Speak
Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Philippines
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Tharu Bhojpuri
  
Filipino
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Philippines
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
40.00 million
  
31
73.00 million
  
24
Native Speakers
40.00 million
  
24
28.00 million
  
29
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
45.00 million
  
13
Native Name
भोजपुरी (bʰojpurī)
  
Tagalog
  
Alternative Names
Bajpuri, Bhojapuri, Bhozpuri, Bihari, Deswali, Khotla, Piscimas
  
Filipino, Pilipino
  
French Name
bhojpuri
  
tagalog
  
German Name
Bhojpuri
  
Tagalog
  
Pronunciation
/boʊdʒˈpʊəri/
  
[tɐˈɡaːloɡ]
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Tagalog people
  
Origin
19th Century
  
1593
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Austronesian Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Indonesian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Proto-Philippine, Old Tagalog, Classical Tagalog, Tagalog
  
Standard Forms
Bhojpuri
  
Filipino
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
No data Available
  
t1
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
bho
  
tgl
  
ISO 639 2/B
bho
  
tgl
  
ISO 639 3
bho
  
tg1
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
bhoj1246
  
taga1269
  
Linguasphere
59-AAF-sa
  
31-CKA
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Object-Verb-Subject, Subject-Verb-Object, Verb-Object-Subject, Verb-Subject-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available