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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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