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Bhojpuri vs Chinese


Countries

Countries
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan  
India, No official status  

Total No. Of Countries
5  
10
0  
15

National Language
China, Taiwan  
India  

Second Language
Republic of Brazil  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Indonesia, Malaysia  
Fiji, Guyana, Jamaica, Mauritius, Nepal, Pakistan, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago  

Regulated By
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council  
Not Available  

Interesting Facts
  • Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
  • In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
  
  • Bhojpuri was anciently written in Kaithi scripts.
  • In Mughal Era, Kaithi script was used in administrative purposes for writing in Bhojpuri language.
  

Similar To
Not Available  
Maithili and Magahi  

Derived From
Not Available  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26  
8
43  
23

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
24  
19
11  
8

How Many Consonants
23  
13
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
6  
5
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
13
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
您好 (Nín hǎo)  
प्रणाम (prannam)  

Thank You
谢谢 (Xièxiè)  
धन्वाद (dhanvaad)  

How Are You?
你好吗? (Nǐ hǎo ma?)  
का हाल बा? (kaa haal ba?)  

Good Night
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)  
राम राम (raam raam)  

Good Evening
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)  
राम राम (raam raam)  

Good Afternoon
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)  
राम राम (raam raam)  

Good Morning
早安 (Zǎo ān)  
राम राम (raam raam)  

Please
请 (Qǐng)  
मेहरबानी करके (meharbani karke)  

Sorry
遗憾 (Yíhàn)  
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)  

Bye
再见 (Zàijiàn)  
प्रणाम (prannam)  

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

Excuse Me
劳驾 (Láojià)  
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Mandarin  
Caribbean Hindustani  

Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan  
Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago  

How Many People Speak
960,000,000.00  
1
16,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Wu  
Fiji Hindi  

Where They Speak
China, United States of America  
Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States of America  

How Many People Speak
80,000,000.00  
1
380,000.00  
31

Dialect 3
Yue  
Tharu Bhojpuri  

Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam  
India  

How Many People Speak
60,000,000.00  
2
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
10  
10
13  
13

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1,051.00 million  
2
40.00 million  
31

Speaking Population
16.00 %  
2
0.43 %  
31

Native Speakers
873.00 million  
1
40.00 million  
24

Second Language Speakers
178.00 million  
3
Not Available  

Native Name
中文 (zhōngwén)  
भोजपुरी (bʰojpurī)  

Alternative Names
Not Available  
Bajpuri, Bhojapuri, Bhozpuri, Bihari, Deswali, Khotla, Piscimas  

French Name
chinois  
bhojpuri  

German Name
Chinesisch  
Bhojpuri  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
/boʊdʒˈpʊəri/  

Ethnicity
Han  
Not Available  

History

Origin
1250 BC  
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 Chinese  
Bhojpuri  

Language Position
1  
1
37  
29

Signed Forms
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
zh  
No data Available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
zho  
bho  

ISO 639 2/B
chi  
bho  

ISO 639 3
zho  
bho  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
sini1245  
bhoj1246  

Linguasphere
79-AAA  
59-AAF-sa  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating  
Not Available  

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Chinese and Bhojpuri Language History

Comparison of Chinese vs Bhojpuri language history gives us differences between origin of Chinese and Bhojpuri language. History of Chinese language states that this language originated in 1250 BC 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 Chinese and Bhojpuri Language History.

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Chinese 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 Chinese and Bhojpuri greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Chinese and Bhojpuri language. Chinese word for "Hello" is 您好 (Nín hǎo) or Bhojpuri word for "Thank You" is धन्वाद (dhanvaad). Find more of such common Chinese Greetings and Bhojpuri Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Chinese vs Bhojpuri Difficulty

The Chinese vs Bhojpuri difficulty level basically depends on the number of Chinese 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 Chinese and Bhojpuri are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Chinese and Bhojpuri, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Chinese is 88 weeks while to learn Bhojpuri time required is 44 weeks.

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