Countries
Hong Kong, Macau
India, No official status
National Language
China, Guangdong
India
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Hawaii
Fiji, Guyana, Jamaica, Mauritius, Nepal, Pakistan, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
Regulated By
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division
Not Available
Interesting Facts
- Cantonese have lot of slangs, many of them include words that do not make sense at all and some also have English in them.
- Even though Cantonese and Mandarin are dialects of Chinese, Cantonese has 8 tones instead of Mandarin's 4.
- Bhojpuri was anciently written in Kaithi scripts.
- In Mughal Era, Kaithi script was used in administrative purposes for writing in Bhojpuri language.
Similar To
Chinese Language
Maithili and Magahi
Derived From
Not Available
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
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Bhojpuri-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Devanagari
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
您好
प्रणाम (prannam)
Thank You
谢谢
धन्वाद (dhanvaad)
How Are You?
你好吗？
का हाल बा? (kaa haal ba?)
Good Night
晚安
राम राम (raam raam)
Good Evening
晚上好
राम राम (raam raam)
Good Afternoon
下午好
राम राम (raam raam)
Good Morning
早上好
राम राम (raam raam)
Please
请
मेहरबानी करके (meharbani karke)
Sorry
遗憾
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
I Love You
我爱你
हम तोहसे प्यार करेनी (hum tohse pyaar kareni)
Excuse Me
原谅我
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
Dialect 1
Guangzhou
Caribbean Hindustani
Where They Speak
outside mainland China
Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Xiguan
Fiji Hindi
Where They Speak
Hong Kong
Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States of America
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Hong Kong
Tharu Bhojpuri
Where They Speak
Hong Kong
India
Native Name
Kwang Tung Wa
भोजपुरी (bʰojpurī)
Alternative Names
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese
Bajpuri, Bhojapuri, Bhozpuri, Bihari, Deswali, Khotla, Piscimas
French Name
Not Available
bhojpuri
German Name
Not Available
Bhojpuri
Pronunciation
Not Available
/boʊdʒˈpʊəri/
Ethnicity
Not Available
Not Available
Origin
17th century
19th Century
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Not Available
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Cantonese
Bhojpuri
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Not Available
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
No data Available
ISO 639 2/T
Not Available
bho
ISO 639 2/B
Not Available
bho
ISO 639 3
No data available
bho
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
cant1236
bhoj1246
Linguasphere
No data available
59-AAF-sa
Language Type
Not Available
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Not Available
All Cantonese and Bhojpuri Dialects
Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Cantonese and Bhojpuri dialects. Various dialects of Cantonese and Bhojpuri language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Cantonese are spoken in different Cantonese Speaking Countries whereas Bhojpuri Dialects are spoken in different Bhojpuri speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Cantonese vs Bhojpuri Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Cantonese dialects include: Guangzhou, Xiguan. Bhojpuri dialects include: Caribbean Hindustani , Fiji Hindi. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Cantonese and Bhojpuri Speaking population
Cantonese and Bhojpuri speaking population is one of the factors based on which Cantonese and Bhojpuri languages can be compared. The total count of Cantonese and Bhojpuri Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Cantonese language is 16.00 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Bhojpuri language is 0.43 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Cantonese and Bhojpuri on Cantonese vs Bhojpuri where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Cantonese and Bhojpuri Language Codes
Cantonese and Bhojpuri language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Cantonese and Bhojpuri Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.