Countries
India, No official status
  
Nigeria
  
National Language
India
  
Nigeria
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Africa
  
Minority Language
Fiji, Guyana, Jamaica, Mauritius, Nepal, Pakistan, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
  
Equatorial Guinea
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture
  
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 Igbo, there is complicated system of high and low tones indicating differences in meaning and grammatical relationships.
- Igbo has inexhaustible and rich linguistic features like idioms, proverbs, aphorisms, anecdotes etc.
  
Similar To
Maithili and Magahi
  
Not Available
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
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Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Devanagari
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
प्रणाम (prannam)
  
kedụ
  
Thank You
धन्वाद (dhanvaad)
  
dalụ
  
How Are You?
का हाल बा? (kaa haal ba?)
  
kedụ ka ịmere
  
Good Night
राम राम (raam raam)
  
ka chi fo
  
Good Evening
राम राम (raam raam)
  
mgbede ọma
  
Good Afternoon
राम राम (raam raam)
  
ehihie ọma
  
Good Morning
राम राम (raam raam)
  
ụtụtụ ọma
  
Please
मेहरबानी करके (meharbani karke)
  
Biko
  
Sorry
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
  
Ndo
  
Bye
प्रणाम (prannam)
  
Not Available
  
I Love You
हम तोहसे प्यार करेनी (hum tohse pyaar kareni)
  
a hụrụ m gị n'anya
  
Excuse Me
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
  
ngọpụ
  
Dialect 1
Caribbean Hindustani
  
Enuani
  
Where They Speak
Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
  
Nigeria
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Fiji Hindi
  
Ngwa
  
Where They Speak
Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Nigeria
  
How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00
  
22
Dialect 3
Tharu Bhojpuri
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
40.00 million
  
31
25.00 million
  
40
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
40.00 million
  
24
25.00 million
  
32
Native Name
भोजपुरी (bʰojpurī)
  
igbo
  
Alternative Names
Bajpuri, Bhojapuri, Bhozpuri, Bihari, Deswali, Khotla, Piscimas
  
Ibo
  
French Name
bhojpuri
  
igbo
  
German Name
Bhojpuri
  
Ibo-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
/boʊdʒˈpʊəri/
  
[iɡ͡boː]
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Igbo people
  
Origin
19th Century
  
30th Century BC
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Niger-Congo Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Kwa
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Bhojpuri
  
Standard Igbo
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
No data Available
  
ig
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
bho
  
ibo
  
ISO 639 2/B
bho
  
ibo
  
ISO 639 3
bho
  
ibo
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
bhoj1246
  
nucl1417
  
Linguasphere
59-AAF-sa
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Agglutinative
  
Bhojpuri and Igbo 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 Igbo greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Bhojpuri and Igbo language. Bhojpuri word for "Hello" is प्रणाम (prannam) or Igbo word for "Thank You" is dalụ. Find more of such common Bhojpuri Greetings and Igbo Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Bhojpuri vs Igbo Difficulty
The Bhojpuri vs Igbo difficulty level basically depends on the number of Bhojpuri Alphabets and Igbo 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 Igbo are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Bhojpuri and Igbo, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Bhojpuri is 44 weeks while to learn Igbo time required is 52 weeks.