Countries
India, No official status
  
India, Pakistan
  
National Language
India
  
Pakistan
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Pakistan
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia, Oceania
  
Minority Language
Fiji, Guyana, Jamaica, Mauritius, Nepal, Pakistan, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
  
India
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language, India, National Language Authority, Pakistan
  
Interesting Facts
- Bhojpuri was anciently written in Kaithi scripts.
- In Mughal Era, Kaithi script was used in administrative purposes for writing in Bhojpuri language.
  
- Urdu is a language of beauty and grace, that adds meaning to prose and charm to poetry.
- Different languages such as Arabic, Persian and Turkish gave birth and richness to Urdu.
  
Similar To
Maithili and Magahi
  
Arabic and Hindi Languages
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Ghaznavid Persian Language
  
Alphabets in
Bhojpuri-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Urdu-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Devanagari
  
Arabic
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
प्रणाम (prannam)
  
خوش آمديد
  
Thank You
धन्वाद (dhanvaad)
  
آپ کا شکریہ
  
How Are You?
का हाल बा? (kaa haal ba?)
  
آپ کیسے ہیں؟
  
Good Night
राम राम (raam raam)
  
گڈ نائٹ
  
Good Evening
राम राम (raam raam)
  
سلام علیکم
  
Good Afternoon
राम राम (raam raam)
  
گڈ آفٹر نون
  
Good Morning
राम राम (raam raam)
  
گڈ مارننگ
  
Please
मेहरबानी करके (meharbani karke)
  
براہ مہربانی
  
Sorry
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
  
معاف کرنا
  
Bye
प्रणाम (prannam)
  
الوداع
  
I Love You
हम तोहसे प्यार करेनी (hum tohse pyaar kareni)
  
مجھے تم سے محبت
  
Excuse Me
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
  
معاف کیجئے گا
  
Dialect 1
Caribbean Hindustani
  
Dakhini
  
Where They Speak
Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
  
India
  
How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00
  
12
Dialect 2
Fiji Hindi
  
Hyderabadi Urdu
  
Where They Speak
Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
India
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Tharu Bhojpuri
  
Rekhta
  
Where They Speak
India
  
South Asia
  
How Many People Speak?
40.00 million
  
31
104.00 million
  
15
Native Speakers
40.00 million
  
24
61.00 million
  
19
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
43.00 million
  
14
Native Name
भोजपुरी (bʰojpurī)
  
اُردُو
  
Alternative Names
Bajpuri, Bhojapuri, Bhozpuri, Bihari, Deswali, Khotla, Piscimas
  
Bihari
  
French Name
bhojpuri
  
ourdou
  
German Name
Bhojpuri
  
Urdu
  
Pronunciation
/boʊdʒˈpʊəri/
  
[ˈʊrd̪u]
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Origin
19th Century
  
12th Century CE
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Bhojpuri
  
Modern Standard Urdu
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Signed Urdu
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
No data Available
  
ur
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
bho
  
urd
  
ISO 639 2/B
bho
  
urd
  
ISO 639 3
bho
  
urd
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
bhoj1246
  
urdu1245
  
Linguasphere
59-AAF-sa
  
59-AAF-q
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional
  
Bhojpuri and Urdu Speaking population
Bhojpuri and Urdu speaking population is one of the factors based on which Bhojpuri and Urdu languages can be compared. The total count of Bhojpuri and Urdu Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Bhojpuri language is 0.43 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Urdu language is 0.99 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Bhojpuri and Urdu on Bhojpuri vs Urdu where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Bhojpuri and Urdu Language Codes
Bhojpuri and Urdu language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Bhojpuri and Urdu Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.