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
Cantonese and Bhojpuri 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 Cantonese and Bhojpuri greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Cantonese and Bhojpuri language. Cantonese word for "Hello" is 您好 or Bhojpuri word for "Thank You" is धन्वाद (dhanvaad). Find more of such common Cantonese Greetings and Bhojpuri Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Cantonese vs Bhojpuri Difficulty
The Cantonese vs Bhojpuri difficulty level basically depends on the number of Cantonese Alphabets and Bhojpuri 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 Cantonese and Bhojpuri are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Cantonese and Bhojpuri, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Cantonese is 88 weeks while to learn Bhojpuri time required is 44 weeks.