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Gujarati and Bhojpuri


Bhojpuri and Gujarati


Countries

Countries
India   
India, No official status   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
0   
15

National Language
India   
India   

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

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
Great Britain, Kenya, Malawi, Oman, Pakistan, Tanzania, Uganda, United States of America, Zambia   
Fiji, Guyana, Jamaica, Mauritius, Nepal, Pakistan, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago   

Regulated By
NA   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • Gujarati was the first language of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi("Father of the Nation of India") and Vallabhbhai Patel ("Iron Man of India").
  • Most of the words in Gujarati language are adopted from Sanskrit.
  
  • Bhojpuri was anciently written in Kaithi scripts.
  • In Mughal Era, Kaithi script was used in administrative purposes for writing in Bhojpuri language.
  

Similar To
Bengali Language   
Maithili and Magahi   

Derived From
Sanskrit Language   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
47   
27
43   
23

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
11   
8

How Many Consonants
31   
21
34   
24

Scripts
Devanagari   
Devanagari   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available   
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
18 weeks   
4
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
નમસ્તે (namaste)   
प्रणाम (prannam)   

Thank You
ધન્યવાદ (dhanvaad)   
धन्वाद (dhanvaad)   

How Are You?
કેમ છો (kem cho?)   
का हाल बा? (kaa haal ba?)   

Good Night
શુભ રાત્રે (shub rātrē)   
राम राम (raam raam)   

Good Evening
સાંજે સારી (sān̄jē sārī)   
राम राम (raam raam)   

Good Afternoon
સારા બપોરે (sārā bapōrē)   
राम राम (raam raam)   

Good Morning
સુ પ્રભાત (su prabhat)   
राम राम (raam raam)   

Please
કૃપા કરીને(Kr̥pā karīnē)   
मेहरबानी करके (meharbani karke)   

Sorry
મન્ને મફ કરો (manne maaf karo)   
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)   

Bye
બાય (Bāya)   
प्रणाम (prannam)   

I Love You
હું તને પ્રેમ કરુ છું (hūṃ tane prem karū chūṃ)   
हम तोहसे प्यार करेनी (hum tohse pyaar kareni)   

Excuse Me
માફ કરશો (Māpha karaśō)   
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kathiyawadi   
Caribbean Hindustani   

Where They Speak
India, Mauritius, Oman, Pakistan, Singapore, South Africa, Tanzania, United Kingdom, United States of America   
Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
16,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Kharwa   
Fiji Hindi   

Where They Speak
India, Mauritius, Pakistan, Singapore, United Kingdom, United States of America   
Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States of America   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
380,000.00   
31

Dialect 3
Not Available   
Tharu Bhojpuri   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
India   

Total No. Of Dialects
8   
8
13   
13

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
60.00 million   
27
40.00 million   
31

Speaking Population
0.74 %   
24
0.43 %   
31

Native Speakers
50.00 million   
22
40.00 million   
24

Native Name
ગુજરાતી (gujarātī)   
भोजपुरी (bʰojpurī)   

Alternative Names
Gujerathi, Gujerati, Gujrathi   
Bajpuri, Bhojapuri, Bhozpuri, Bihari, Deswali, Khotla, Piscimas   

French Name
goudjrati   
bhojpuri   

German Name
Gujarati-Sprache   
Bhojpuri   

Pronunciation
[ɡudʒəˈɾɑːt̪i]   
/boʊdʒˈpʊəri/   

Ethnicity
Gujaratis   
Not Available   

History

Origin
15   
19th Century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Not Available   

Branch
Indic   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Gujarati   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Modern Gujarati   
Bhojpuri   

Language Position
23   
19
37   
29

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
gu   
No data Available   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
guj   
bho   

ISO 639 2/B
guj   
bho   

ISO 639 3
guj   
bho   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
guja1252   
bhoj1246   

Linguasphere
No data available   
59-AAF-sa   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

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All Gujarati and Bhojpuri Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Gujarati and Bhojpuri dialects. Various dialects of Gujarati and Bhojpuri language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Gujarati are spoken in different Gujarati Speaking Countries whereas Bhojpuri Dialects are spoken in different Bhojpuri speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Gujarati vs Bhojpuri Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Gujarati dialects include: Kathiyawadi, Kharwa. Bhojpuri dialects include: Caribbean Hindustani , Fiji Hindi. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Gujarati and Bhojpuri Speaking population

Gujarati and Bhojpuri speaking population is one of the factors based on which Gujarati and Bhojpuri languages can be compared. The total count of Gujarati and Bhojpuri Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Gujarati language is 0.74 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Bhojpuri language is 0.43 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Gujarati and Bhojpuri on Gujarati vs Bhojpuri where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Gujarati and Bhojpuri Language Codes

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