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Bhojpuri vs Nepali


Nepali vs Bhojpuri


Countries

Countries
India, No official status  
India, Nepal  

Total No. Of Countries
0  
15
2  
13

National Language
India  
Nepal  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Republic of Brazil  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Fiji, Guyana, Jamaica, Mauritius, Nepal, Pakistan, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago  
People's Republic of China  

Regulated By
Not Available  
Language Academy of Nepal  

Interesting Facts
  • Bhojpuri was anciently written in Kaithi scripts.
  • In Mughal Era, Kaithi script was used in administrative purposes for writing in Bhojpuri language.
  
  • Before the term "Nepali" was coined, historically the language was first called the Khas language, Gorkhali or Gukhali.
  • Nepali has borrowed many loanwords from neighboring Tibeto-Burmese languages.
  

Similar To
Maithili and Magahi  
Hindi  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
43  
23
48  
28

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
11  
8
12  
9

How Many Consonants
34  
24
36  
26

Scripts
Devanagari  
Devanagari  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
प्रणाम (prannam)  
नमस्ते (namaste)  

Thank You
धन्वाद (dhanvaad)  
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)  

How Are You?
का हाल बा? (kaa haal ba?)  
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)  

Good Night
राम राम (raam raam)  
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)  

Good Evening
राम राम (raam raam)  
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)  

Good Afternoon
राम राम (raam raam)  
Good afternoon  

Good Morning
राम राम (raam raam)  
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)  

Please
मेहरबानी करके (meharbani karke)  
कृपया  

Sorry
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)  
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)  

Bye
प्रणाम (prannam)  
नमस्ते (namaste)  

I Love You
हम तोहसे प्यार करेनी (hum tohse pyaar kareni)  
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)  

Excuse Me
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)  
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Caribbean Hindustani  
Doteli  

Where They Speak
Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago  
Nepal  

How Many People Speak
16,000.00  
99+
790,000.00  
30

Dialect 2
Fiji Hindi  
Bajhangi  

Where They Speak
Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States of America  
India, Nepal  

How Many People Speak
380,000.00  
31
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Tharu Bhojpuri  
Baitadeli  

Where They Speak
India  
Nepal  

Total No. Of Dialects
13  
13
12  
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
40.00 million  
31
30.00 million  
36

Speaking Population
0.43 %  
31
0.25 %  
99+

Native Speakers
40.00 million  
24
25.00 million  
32

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
5.00 million  
29

Native Name
भोजपुरी (bʰojpurī)  
नेपाली (nēpālī)  

Alternative Names
Bajpuri, Bhojapuri, Bhozpuri, Bihari, Deswali, Khotla, Piscimas  
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate  

French Name
bhojpuri  
népalais  

German Name
Bhojpuri  
Nepali  

Pronunciation
/boʊdʒˈpʊəri/  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Not Available  
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu  

History

Origin
19th Century  
19 BC  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Not Available  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha  

Standard Forms
Bhojpuri  
Nepali  

Language Position
37  
29
59  
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Signed Nepali  

Scope
Individual  
Individual, Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data Available  
ne  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
bho  
nep  

ISO 639 2/B
bho  
nep  

ISO 639 3
bho  
npi  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
bhoj1246  
nepa1254  

Linguasphere
59-AAF-sa  
12  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Agglutinative  

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Bhojpuri and Nepali Language History

Comparison of Bhojpuri vs Nepali language history gives us differences between origin of Bhojpuri and Nepali language. History of Bhojpuri language states that this language originated in 19th Century whereas history of Nepali language states that this language originated in 19 BC. 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 Nepali Language History.

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

Bhojpuri vs Nepali Difficulty

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

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