Countries
India, No official status
  
India
  
National Language
India
  
India
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Fiji, Guyana, Jamaica, Mauritius, Nepal, Pakistan, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Govenment of Goa
  
Interesting Facts
- Bhojpuri was anciently written in Kaithi scripts.
- In Mughal Era, Kaithi script was used in administrative purposes for writing in Bhojpuri language.
  
- Fr. Thomas Stevan wrote the first book in Konkani in 1651.
- Sahitya Academy recognized konkani as a language in year 1976.
  
Similar To
Maithili and Magahi
  
Marathi
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Bhojpuri-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Kokani-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Devanagari
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
प्रणाम (prannam)
  
Namaskar
  
Thank You
धन्वाद (dhanvaad)
  
Dev Borem Korum
  
How Are You?
का हाल बा? (kaa haal ba?)
  
kaso assa?
  
Good Night
राम राम (raam raam)
  
Rati Boren Zavonn
  
Good Evening
राम राम (raam raam)
  
Sanj Borem Zavonn
  
Good Afternoon
राम राम (raam raam)
  
Not Available
  
Good Morning
राम राम (raam raam)
  
Dis Borem Zavonn
  
Please
मेहरबानी करके (meharbani karke)
  
Chike
  
Sorry
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
  
Maf kor
  
Bye
प्रणाम (prannam)
  
Adeus
  
I Love You
हम तोहसे प्यार करेनी (hum tohse pyaar kareni)
  
hav tujo mog korta.
  
Excuse Me
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
  
upkar korxi
  
Dialect 1
Caribbean Hindustani
  
Antruz
  
Where They Speak
Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
  
Goa
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Fiji Hindi
  
Not present
  
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
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
40.00 million
  
31
7.40 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
40.00 million
  
24
7.40 million
  
99+
Native Name
भोजपुरी (bʰojpurī)
  
Kōṅkaṇī
  
Alternative Names
Bajpuri, Bhojapuri, Bhozpuri, Bihari, Deswali, Khotla, Piscimas
  
Konkan standard, Bankoti, Kunabi, North Konkan, Central Konkan, Concorinum, Cugani, Konkanese
  
French Name
bhojpuri
  
konkani
  
German Name
Bhojpuri
  
Konkani
  
Pronunciation
/boʊdʒˈpʊəri/
  
kõkɳi
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Konkanis
  
Origin
19th Century
  
1209 A.D.
  
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
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Bhojpuri
  
Kokani
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual, Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
No data Available
  
No data available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
bho
  
kok
  
ISO 639 2/B
bho
  
kok
  
ISO 639 3
bho
  
kok
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
bhoj1246
  
goan1235
  
Linguasphere
59-AAF-sa
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Bhojpuri and Konkani 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 Konkani greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Bhojpuri and Konkani language. Bhojpuri word for "Hello" is प्रणाम (prannam) or Konkani word for "Thank You" is Dev Borem Korum. Find more of such common Bhojpuri Greetings and Konkani Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Bhojpuri vs Konkani Difficulty
The Bhojpuri vs Konkani difficulty level basically depends on the number of Bhojpuri Alphabets and Konkani 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 Konkani are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Bhojpuri and Konkani, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Bhojpuri is 44 weeks while to learn Konkani time required is 4 weeks.