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Countries

Countries
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe  
India, No official status  

Total No. Of Countries
33  
2
0  
15

National Language
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America  
India  

Second Language
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America  
Asia  

Minority Language
South Africa  
Fiji, Guyana, Jamaica, Mauritius, Nepal, Pakistan, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago  

Regulated By
Not Available  
Not Available  

Interesting Facts
  • Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
  • English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
  
  • 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
Latin  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26  
8
43  
23

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
11  
8

How Many Consonants
21  
11
34  
24

Scripts
Latin  
Devanagari  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
7  
6
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
6 weeks  
3
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Hello  
प्रणाम (prannam)  

Thank You
Thank you  
धन्वाद (dhanvaad)  

How Are You?
How are you?  
का हाल बा? (kaa haal ba?)  

Good Night
Good Night  
राम राम (raam raam)  

Good Evening
Good Evening  
राम राम (raam raam)  

Good Afternoon
Good Afternoon  
राम राम (raam raam)  

Good Morning
Good Morning  
राम राम (raam raam)  

Please
Please  
मेहरबानी करके (meharbani karke)  

Sorry
Sorry  
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)  

Bye
Bye  
प्रणाम (prannam)  

I Love You
I love you  
हम तोहसे प्यार करेनी (hum tohse pyaar kareni)  

Excuse Me
Excuse Me  
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
American English  
Caribbean Hindustani  

Where They Speak
United States of America  
Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago  

How Many People Speak
225,000,000.00  
3
16,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Hiberno-English  
Fiji Hindi  

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

How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00  
15
380,000.00  
31

Dialect 3
Welsh English  
Tharu Bhojpuri  

Where They Speak
United Kingdom  
India  

How Many People Speak
2,500,000.00  
14
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
188  
34
13  
13

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1,200.00 million  
1
40.00 million  
31

Speaking Population
5.43 %  
4
0.43 %  
31

Native Speakers
400.00 million  
3
40.00 million  
24

Second Language Speakers
400.00 million  
1
Not Available  

Native Name
English  
भोजपुरी (bʰojpurī)  

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

French Name
anglais  
bhojpuri  

German Name
Englisch  
Bhojpuri  

Pronunciation
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/  
/boʊdʒˈpʊəri/  

Ethnicity
Not Available  
Not Available  

History

Origin
5th Century AD  
19th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Not Available  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Standard English  
Bhojpuri  

Language Position
3  
3
37  
29

Signed Forms
Signed English  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
en  
No data Available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
eng  
bho  

ISO 639 2/B
eng  
bho  

ISO 639 3
eng  
bho  

ISO 639 6
engs  
Not Available  

Glottocode
stan1293  
bhoj1246  

Linguasphere
52-ABA  
59-AAF-sa  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic  
Not Available  

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English and Bhojpuri Language History

Comparison of English vs Bhojpuri language history gives us differences between origin of English and Bhojpuri language. History of English language states that this language originated in 5th Century AD 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 English and Bhojpuri Language History.

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

English vs Bhojpuri Difficulty

The English vs Bhojpuri difficulty level basically depends on the number of English 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 English and Bhojpuri are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in English and Bhojpuri, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn English is 6 weeks while to learn Bhojpuri time required is 44 weeks.

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