1 Countries
1.1 Countries
India, No official status
South Africa
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Lesotho, South Africa
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Fiji, Guyana, Jamaica, Mauritius, Nepal, Pakistan, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
Botswana, Lesotho
1.7 Regulated By
Not Available
Not Available
1.8 Interesting Facts
- Bhojpuri was anciently written in Kaithi scripts.
- In Mughal Era, Kaithi script was used in administrative purposes for writing in Bhojpuri language.
- Xhosa has 15 click sounds, borrowed from the khoi-khoi and san languages of the South Africa.
- The same sequence of consonants and vowels can have different meaning when said with different tones, so Xhosa is tonal.
1.9 Similar To
Maithili and Magahi
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele
1.10 Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
2.4 Scripts
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
3.2 Thank You
धन्वाद (dhanvaad)
Ndiyabulela
3.3 How Are You?
का हाल बा? (kaa haal ba?)
Unjani
3.4 Good Night
राम राम (raam raam)
Ulale kakuhle
3.5 Good Evening
राम राम (raam raam)
Ubusuku obuhle
3.6 Good Afternoon
राम राम (raam raam)
Uben' emva kwemini entle
3.7 Good Morning
3.8 Please
मेहरबानी करके (meharbani karke)
Ndicela
3.9 Sorry
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
Ndicela uxolo
3.10 Bye
प्रणाम (prannam)
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle
3.11 I Love You
हम तोहसे प्यार करेनी (hum tohse pyaar kareni)
Ndiyakuthanda
3.12 Excuse Me
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
Uxolo
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Caribbean Hindustani
Gcaleka
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
South Africa
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
16,000.00NA
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States of America
South Africa
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
380,000.00NA
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
40.00 million20.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
40.00 million8.20 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
भोजपुरी (bʰojpurī)
isiXhosa
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Bajpuri, Bhojapuri, Bhozpuri, Bihari, Deswali, Khotla, Piscimas
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
/boʊdʒˈpʊəri/
Not Available
5.5 Ethnicity
Not Available
amaXhosa, amaBhaca
6 History
6.1 Origin
19th Century
16th Century
6.2 Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Not Available
Benue-Congo
6.2.2 Branch
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
Signed Xhosa
6.4 Scope
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
7.3 ISO 639 3
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
7.6 Linguasphere
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Verb-Object
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
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