Countries
India, No official status
  
India, Nepal
  
National Language
India
  
India, Nepal
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Nepal
  
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
  
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.
  
- Earlier, Maithili language was considered as the dialect of Hindi and Bengali, however in the year 2003 Maithili achieved an independent language status in India.
- Maithili has rich literature.
  
Similar To
Maithili and Magahi
  
Bhojpuri Language
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
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Maithili-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
How Many Consonants
Not Available
  
Scripts
Devanagari
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
प्रणाम (prannam)
  
pranam
  
Thank You
धन्वाद (dhanvaad)
  
dhanyabad
  
How Are You?
का हाल बा? (kaa haal ba?)
  
Aahan kehan chhi ?
  
Good Night
राम राम (raam raam)
  
Śubharātri
  
Good Evening
राम राम (raam raam)
  
shubh sandhya
  
Good Afternoon
राम राम (raam raam)
  
dopahar ke bad namaskar
  
Good Morning
राम राम (raam raam)
  
Suprabhaat
  
Please
मेहरबानी करके (meharbani karke)
  
kripaya
  
Sorry
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
  
maf karai
  
Bye
प्रणाम (prannam)
  
Alavidā
  
I Love You
हम तोहसे प्यार करेनी (hum tohse pyaar kareni)
  
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi
  
Excuse Me
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
  
kripaya
  
Dialect 1
Caribbean Hindustani
  
Tharuwat
  
Where They Speak
Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
  
Nepal
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Fiji Hindi
  
Madhubani
  
Where They Speak
Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
North India
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Tharu Bhojpuri
  
Khortha
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Deoghar, France
  
How Many People Speak?
40.00 million
  
31
32.00 million
  
35
Native Speakers
40.00 million
  
24
27.00 million
  
30
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
2.80 million
  
33
Native Name
भोजपुरी (bʰojpurī)
  
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)
  
Alternative Names
Bajpuri, Bhojapuri, Bhozpuri, Bihari, Deswali, Khotla, Piscimas
  
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia
  
French Name
bhojpuri
  
maithili
  
German Name
Bhojpuri
  
Maithili
  
Pronunciation
/boʊdʒˈpʊəri/
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Maithil
  
Origin
19th Century
  
14th century
  
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
  
Standard Maithili
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
No data Available
  
No data available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
bho
  
mai
  
ISO 639 2/B
bho
  
mai
  
ISO 639 3
bho
  
mai
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
bhoj1246
  
mait1250
  
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
  
Not Available
  
Bhojpuri and Maithili 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 Maithili greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Bhojpuri and Maithili language. Bhojpuri word for "Hello" is प्रणाम (prannam) or Maithili word for "Thank You" is dhanyabad. Find more of such common Bhojpuri Greetings and Maithili Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Bhojpuri vs Maithili Difficulty
The Bhojpuri vs Maithili difficulty level basically depends on the number of Bhojpuri Alphabets and Maithili 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 Maithili are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Bhojpuri and Maithili, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Bhojpuri is 44 weeks while to learn Maithili time required is Not Available.