Countries
Myanmar
  
India, No official status
  
National Language
Myanmar
  
India
  
Second Language
Bangladesh, Burma
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Mon
  
Fiji, Guyana, Jamaica, Mauritius, Nepal, Pakistan, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
  
Regulated By
Myanmar Language Commission
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- The naming of people in Burmese is strange. There is no last name, often name is rhymed such as Ming Ming, Mo Mo or Jo Jo.
- It appears as odd language to many people because it has peculiar pitch register, tonal form as language.
  
- Bhojpuri was anciently written in Kaithi scripts.
- In Mughal Era, Kaithi script was used in administrative purposes for writing in Bhojpuri language.
  
Similar To
Thai Language
  
Maithili and Magahi
  
Derived From
Pali Language
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
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Bhojpuri-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Tangut
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)
  
प्रणाम (prannam)
  
Thank You
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)
  
धन्वाद (dhanvaad)
  
How Are You?
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)
  
का हाल बा? (kaa haal ba?)
  
Good Night
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)
  
राम राम (raam raam)
  
Good Evening
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)
  
राम राम (raam raam)
  
Good Afternoon
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)
  
राम राम (raam raam)
  
Good Morning
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)
  
राम राम (raam raam)
  
Please
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)
  
मेहरबानी करके (meharbani karke)
  
Sorry
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)
  
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
  
Bye
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)
  
प्रणाम (prannam)
  
I Love You
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)
  
हम तोहसे प्यार करेनी (hum tohse pyaar kareni)
  
Excuse Me
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)
  
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
  
Dialect 1
Arakanese
  
Caribbean Hindustani
  
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar
  
Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
  
How Many People Speak
2,000,000.00
  
24
Dialect 2
Tavoyan
  
Fiji Hindi
  
Where They Speak
Myanmar
  
Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Dialect 3
Intha
  
Tharu Bhojpuri
  
Where They Speak
Burma
  
India
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
43.00 million
  
30
40.00 million
  
31
Native Speakers
33.00 million
  
28
40.00 million
  
24
Second Language Speakers
10.00 million
  
23
Not Available
  
Native Name
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)
  
भोजपुरी (bʰojpurī)
  
Alternative Names
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa
  
Bajpuri, Bhojapuri, Bhozpuri, Bihari, Deswali, Khotla, Piscimas
  
French Name
birman
  
bhojpuri
  
German Name
Birmanisch
  
Bhojpuri
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
/boʊdʒˈpʊəri/
  
Ethnicity
Bamar people
  
Not Available
  
Origin
1113 AD
  
19th Century
  
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Modern Burmese
  
Bhojpuri
  
Signed Forms
Burmese sign language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
my
  
No data Available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mya
  
bho
  
ISO 639 2/B
bur
  
bho
  
ISO 639 3
mya
  
bho
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
sout3159
  
bhoj1246
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
59-AAF-sa
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
  
Not Available