Countries
Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Guernesey, Guinea, Haiti, Italy, Jersey, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Monaco, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Vanuatu
  
India, No official status
  
National Language
France
  
India
  
Second Language
Africa, Canada
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Africa, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, Pacific, South America
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam
  
Fiji, Guyana, Jamaica, Mauritius, Nepal, Pakistan, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
  
Regulated By
Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
- French is the top language in Culinary Scene.
  
- Bhojpuri was anciently written in Kaithi scripts.
- In Mughal Era, Kaithi script was used in administrative purposes for writing in Bhojpuri language.
  
Similar To
Italian Language
  
Maithili and Magahi
  
Derived From
Latin
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
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Bhojpuri-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
bonjour
  
प्रणाम (prannam)
  
Thank You
Merci
  
धन्वाद (dhanvaad)
  
How Are You?
Comment allez-vous?
  
का हाल बा? (kaa haal ba?)
  
Good Night
bonne Nuit
  
राम राम (raam raam)
  
Good Evening
bonsoir
  
राम राम (raam raam)
  
Good Afternoon
bon Après-Midi
  
राम राम (raam raam)
  
Good Morning
Bonjour
  
राम राम (raam raam)
  
Please
S'il vous plaît
  
मेहरबानी करके (meharbani karke)
  
Sorry
désolé
  
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
  
Bye
au revoir
  
प्रणाम (prannam)
  
I Love You
Je t'aime
  
हम तोहसे प्यार करेनी (hum tohse pyaar kareni)
  
Excuse Me
Excuse Moi
  
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
  
Dialect 1
Quebec French
  
Caribbean Hindustani
  
Where They Speak
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada
  
Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
  
How Many People Speak
6,200,000.00
  
15
Dialect 2
African French
  
Fiji Hindi
  
Where They Speak
Africa
  
Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Swiss French
  
Tharu Bhojpuri
  
Where They Speak
Northeast France, Switzerland
  
India
  
How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00
  
16
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
163.00 million
  
11
40.00 million
  
31
Native Speakers
76.00 million
  
13
40.00 million
  
24
Second Language Speakers
87.00 million
  
11
Not Available
  
Native Name
français
  
भोजपुरी (bʰojpurī)
  
Alternative Names
Français
  
Bajpuri, Bhojapuri, Bhozpuri, Bihari, Deswali, Khotla, Piscimas
  
French Name
français
  
bhojpuri
  
German Name
Französisch
  
Bhojpuri
  
Pronunciation
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]
  
/boʊdʒˈpʊəri/
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Origin
9th Century
  
19th Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Romance
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old French, Middle French and French
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Standard French
  
Bhojpuri
  
Signed Forms
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
fr
  
No data Available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
fra
  
bho
  
ISO 639 2/B
fre
  
bho
  
ISO 639 3
fra
  
bho
  
ISO 639 6
fras
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
stan1290
  
bhoj1246
  
Linguasphere
51-AAA-i
  
59-AAF-sa
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Not Available