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
  
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.
  
- The earliest literature in Oriya was traced in 7th to 9th centuries.
- Since Odia is having a long literary history and has not borrowed largely from other languages, it is the 6th classical language in India.
  
Similar To
Maithili and Magahi
  
Bengali and Assamese
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Bhojpuri-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Oriya-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Devanagari
  
Bengali, Odia alphabet (Brahmic)
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
प्रणाम (prannam)
  
ନମସ୍କାର (namascara)
  
Thank You
धन्वाद (dhanvaad)
  
ଧନ୍ୟବାଦ୍ (dhanyabaad)
  
How Are You?
का हाल बा? (kaa haal ba?)
  
କେମିତି ଅତ୍ଚନ୍ଥି? (kemiti achanti?)
  
Good Night
राम राम (raam raam)
  
ସୁଭରାତ୍ର (shubharaatra)
  
Good Evening
राम राम (raam raam)
  
ସୁଭସନ୍ଧ୍ୟା (subha sandhya)
  
Good Afternoon
राम राम (raam raam)
  
ସୁଭ ଖରା ବେଳ (shubha kharaa bela)
  
Good Morning
राम राम (raam raam)
  
ସୁପ୍ରଭାତ (suprabhaata)
  
Please
मेहरबानी करके (meharbani karke)
  
Not Available
  
Sorry
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
  
ମୁଁ ଦୁଃଖିତ (mū duḥkhita)
  
Bye
प्रणाम (prannam)
  
ସୁବିଦାୟ (shubidaaya)
  
I Love You
हम तोहसे प्यार करेनी (hum tohse pyaar kareni)
  
ମୁଁ ତୁମକୁ ଭଲ ପାଏ (mu tumoku bhala paye)
  
Excuse Me
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
  
କ୍ଷମା କରିବେ (kyamā karibe)
  
Dialect 1
Caribbean Hindustani
  
Baleswari
  
Where They Speak
Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
  
India
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Fiji Hindi
  
Ganjami
  
Where They Speak
Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
India
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Tharu Bhojpuri
  
Kosli
  
Where They Speak
India
  
India
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
40.00 million
  
31
33.00 million
  
34
Native Speakers
40.00 million
  
24
33.00 million
  
28
Native Name
भोजपुरी (bʰojpurī)
  
ଓଡ଼ିଆ (ōṛiyā)
  
Alternative Names
Bajpuri, Bhojapuri, Bhozpuri, Bihari, Deswali, Khotla, Piscimas
  
Odisha, Odri, Odrum, Oliya, Uriya, Utkali, Vadiya, Yudhia
  
French Name
bhojpuri
  
oriya
  
German Name
Bhojpuri
  
Oriya-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
/boʊdʒˈpʊəri/
  
[ˈoɽia]
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Odias
  
Origin
19th Century
  
3 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
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Bhojpuri
  
Standard Odia
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Indian Signing System
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual, Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
No data Available
  
or
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
bho
  
ori
  
ISO 639 2/B
bho
  
ori
  
ISO 639 3
bho
  
ori
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
bhoj1246
  
macr1269
  
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 Oriya 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 Oriya greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Bhojpuri and Oriya language. Bhojpuri word for "Hello" is प्रणाम (prannam) or Oriya word for "Thank You" is ଧନ୍ୟବାଦ୍ (dhanyabaad). Find more of such common Bhojpuri Greetings and Oriya Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Bhojpuri vs Oriya Difficulty
The Bhojpuri vs Oriya difficulty level basically depends on the number of Bhojpuri Alphabets and Oriya 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 Oriya are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Bhojpuri and Oriya, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Bhojpuri is 44 weeks while to learn Oriya time required is 44 weeks.