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Cantonese vs Bhojpuri


Bhojpuri vs Cantonese


Countries

Countries
Hong Kong, Macau  
India, No official status  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
0  
15

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

Alphabets in
Cantonese-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Bhojpuri-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
28  
10
43  
23

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
11  
8

How Many Consonants
20  
10
34  
24

Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives  
Devanagari  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
10  
8
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
13
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

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)  

Bye
再见  
प्रणाम (prannam)  

I Love You
我爱你  
हम तोहसे प्यार करेनी (hum tohse pyaar kareni)  

Excuse Me
原谅我  
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Guangzhou  
Caribbean Hindustani  

Where They Speak
outside mainland China  
Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
16,000.00  
99+

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  
380,000.00  
31

Dialect 3
Hong Kong  
Tharu Bhojpuri  

Where They Speak
Hong Kong  
India  

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
13  
13

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
60.00 million  
27
40.00 million  
31

Speaking Population
16.00 %  
2
0.43 %  
31

Native Speakers
52.00 million  
21
40.00 million  
24

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  

History

Origin
17th century  
19th Century  

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Not Available  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Standard Cantonese  
Bhojpuri  

Language Position
Not Available  
37  
29

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Not Available  

Scope
Not Available  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available  
No data Available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

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  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Not Available  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Not Available  

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Cantonese and Bhojpuri Language History

Comparison of Cantonese vs Bhojpuri language history gives us differences between origin of Cantonese and Bhojpuri language. History of Cantonese language states that this language originated in 17th century whereas history of Bhojpuri language states that this language originated in 19th Century. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Cantonese and Bhojpuri Language History.

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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.

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