Countries
India, No official status
South Africa
National Language
India
South Africa
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Namibia, South Africa
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
Fiji, Guyana, Jamaica, Mauritius, Nepal, Pakistan, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Regulated By
Not Available
Die Taalkommissie, 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.
- Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
- Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
Similar To
Maithili and Magahi
Dutch Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Dutch Language
Alphabets in
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Afrikaans-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
प्रणाम (prannam)
hallo
Thank You
धन्वाद (dhanvaad)
Dankie
How Are You?
का हाल बा? (kaa haal ba?)
Hoe gaan dit
Good Night
राम राम (raam raam)
goeie nag
Good Evening
राम राम (raam raam)
Goeienaand
Good Afternoon
राम राम (raam raam)
Goeie middag
Good Morning
राम राम (raam raam)
goeie more
Please
मेहरबानी करके (meharbani karke)
asseblief
Sorry
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
jammer
Bye
प्रणाम (prannam)
Not Available
I Love You
हम तोहसे प्यार करेनी (hum tohse pyaar kareni)
Ek het jou lief
Excuse Me
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
Verskoon my
Dialect 1
Caribbean Hindustani
Kaapse Afrikaans
Where They Speak
Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
Not Available
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Fiji Hindi
Oranjeriverafrikaans
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
Baster Afrikaans
Where They Speak
India
Namibia
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
भोजपुरी (bʰojpurī)
Afrikaans
Alternative Names
Bajpuri, Bhojapuri, Bhozpuri, Bihari, Deswali, Khotla, Piscimas
Cape Dutch
French Name
bhojpuri
afrikaans
German Name
Bhojpuri
Afrikaans
Pronunciation
/boʊdʒˈpʊəri/
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
Ethnicity
Not Available
Afrikaners
Origin
19th Century
17th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Germanic
Branch
Not Available
Western
Early Forms
No early forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
Standard Forms
Bhojpuri
Standard Afrikaans
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data Available
af
ISO 639 6
Not Available
afrs
Glottocode
bhoj1246
afri1274
Linguasphere
59-AAF-sa
52-ACB-ba
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Analytic
Bhojpuri and Afrikaans Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Bhojpuri and Afrikaans greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Bhojpuri and Afrikaans language. Bhojpuri word for "Hello" is प्रणाम (prannam) or Afrikaans word for "Thank You" is Dankie. Find more of such common Bhojpuri Greetings and Afrikaans Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Bhojpuri vs Afrikaans Difficulty
The Bhojpuri vs Afrikaans difficulty level basically depends on the number of Bhojpuri Alphabets and Afrikaans Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Bhojpuri and Afrikaans are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Bhojpuri and Afrikaans, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Bhojpuri is 44 weeks while to learn Afrikaans time required is 24 weeks.