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English vs Bhojpuri


Countries

Countries
India, No official status   
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe   

Total No. Of Countries
0   
15
33   
2

National Language
India   
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America   

Minority Language
Fiji, Guyana, Jamaica, Mauritius, Nepal, Pakistan, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago   
South Africa   

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.
  
  • Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
  • English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
  

Similar To
Maithili and Magahi   
Not Available   

Derived From
Sanskrit Language   
Latin   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Bhojpuri-Alphabets.jpg#200   
English-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
43   
23
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
11   
8
5   
2

How Many Consonants
34   
24
21   
11

Scripts
Devanagari   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
7   
6

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
6 weeks   
3

Greetings

Hello
प्रणाम (prannam)   
Hello   

Thank You
धन्वाद (dhanvaad)   
Thank you   

How Are You?
का हाल बा? (kaa haal ba?)   
How are you?   

Good Night
राम राम (raam raam)   
Good Night   

Good Evening
राम राम (raam raam)   
Good Evening   

Good Afternoon
राम राम (raam raam)   
Good Afternoon   

Good Morning
राम राम (raam raam)   
Good Morning   

Please
मेहरबानी करके (meharbani karke)   
Please   

Sorry
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)   
Sorry   

Bye
प्रणाम (prannam)   
Bye   

I Love You
हम तोहसे प्यार करेनी (hum tohse pyaar kareni)   
I love you   

Excuse Me
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)   
Excuse Me   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Caribbean Hindustani   
American English   

Where They Speak
Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago   
United States of America   

How Many People Speak
16,000.00   
99+
225,000,000.00   
3

Dialect 2
Fiji Hindi   
Hiberno-English   

Where They Speak
Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States of America   
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom   

How Many People Speak
380,000.00   
31
4,500,000.00   
15

Dialect 3
Tharu Bhojpuri   
Welsh English   

Where They Speak
India   
United Kingdom   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
2,500,000.00   
14

Total No. Of Dialects
13   
13
188   
34

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
40.00 million   
31
1,200.00 million   
1

Speaking Population
0.43 %   
31
5.43 %   
4

Native Speakers
40.00 million   
24
400.00 million   
3

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
400.00 million   
1

Native Name
भोजपुरी (bʰojpurī)   
English   

Alternative Names
Bajpuri, Bhojapuri, Bhozpuri, Bihari, Deswali, Khotla, Piscimas   
Not Available   

French Name
bhojpuri   
anglais   

German Name
Bhojpuri   
Englisch   

Pronunciation
/boʊdʒˈpʊəri/   
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Not Available   

History

Origin
19th Century   
5th Century AD   

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   
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English   

Standard Forms
Bhojpuri   
Standard English   

Language Position
37   
29
3   
3

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed English   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
No data Available   
en   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
bho   
eng   

ISO 639 2/B
bho   
eng   

ISO 639 3
bho   
eng   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
engs   

Glottocode
bhoj1246   
stan1293   

Linguasphere
59-AAF-sa   
52-ABA   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic   

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Bhojpuri and English Language History

Comparison of Bhojpuri vs English language history gives us differences between origin of Bhojpuri and English language. History of Bhojpuri language states that this language originated in 19th Century whereas history of English language states that this language originated in 5th Century AD. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Bhojpuri and English Language History.

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Bhojpuri and English 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 English greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Bhojpuri and English language. Bhojpuri word for "Hello" is प्रणाम (prannam) or English word for "Thank You" is Thank you. Find more of such common Bhojpuri Greetings and English Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Bhojpuri vs English Difficulty

The Bhojpuri vs English difficulty level basically depends on the number of Bhojpuri Alphabets and English 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 English are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Bhojpuri and English, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Bhojpuri is 44 weeks while to learn English time required is 6 weeks.

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