Countries
India
India, No official status
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 in
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Bhojpuri-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Devanagari
Devanagari
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Language Levels
Not Available
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)
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
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
Dialect 3
Not Available
Tharu Bhojpuri
Where They Speak
Not Available
India
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
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Not Available
Branch
Indic
Not Available
Early Forms
Old Gujarati
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Gujarati
Bhojpuri
Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
gu
No data Available
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
guja1252
bhoj1246
Linguasphere
No data available
59-AAF-sa
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Not Available
Gujarati 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 Gujarati and Bhojpuri greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Gujarati and Bhojpuri language. Gujarati word for "Hello" is નમસ્તે (namaste) or Bhojpuri word for "Thank You" is धन्वाद (dhanvaad). Find more of such common Gujarati Greetings and Bhojpuri Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Gujarati vs Bhojpuri Difficulty
The Gujarati vs Bhojpuri difficulty level basically depends on the number of Gujarati 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 Gujarati and Bhojpuri are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Gujarati and Bhojpuri, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Gujarati is 18 weeks while to learn Bhojpuri time required is 44 weeks.
