Countries
Countries
Nigeria
India, No official status
Total No. Of Countries
1
14
0
15
National Language
Gambia, Nigeria
India
Second Language
Nigeria
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Benin, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Niger, Sudan, Togo
Fiji, Guyana, Jamaica, Mauritius, Nepal, Pakistan, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
Regulated By
Not Available
Not Available
Interesting Facts
- Hausa language is the most important and the best known of the Chadic branch.
- There are about one-fourth of Hausa words come from Arabic.
- 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
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Bhojpuri-Alphabets.jpg#200
Alphabets
44
24
43
23
Phonology
How Many Vowels
12
9
11
8
How Many Consonants
32
22
34
24
Scripts
Latin
Devanagari
Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
5
4
4
3
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks
11
44 weeks
11
Greetings
Hello
sannu
प्रणाम (prannam)
Thank You
gode ku
धन्वाद (dhanvaad)
How Are You?
yaya dai
का हाल बा? (kaa haal ba?)
Good Night
mai kyau dare
राम राम (raam raam)
Good Evening
barka da yamma
राम राम (raam raam)
Good Afternoon
barka da rana
राम राम (raam raam)
Good Morning
mai kyau safe
राम राम (raam raam)
Please
Don Allah
मेहरबानी करके (meharbani karke)
Sorry
yi hakuri
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
Bye
sai anjima
प्रणाम (prannam)
I Love You
Ina son ku
हम तोहसे प्यार करेनी (hum tohse pyaar kareni)
Excuse Me
gafara dai
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
Dialects
Dialect 1
Gaananci
Caribbean Hindustani
Where They Speak
Ghana
Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
How Many People Speak
Not Available
16,000.00
99+
Dialect 2
Kurhwayanci
Fiji Hindi
Where They Speak
Niger
Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States of America
How Many People Speak
Not Available
380,000.00
31
Dialect 3
Daragaram
Tharu Bhojpuri
Where They Speak
Niger
India
Total No. Of Dialects
20
18
13
13
How Many People Speak
How Many People Speak?
50.00 million
28
40.00 million
31
Speaking Population
0.52 %
28
0.43 %
31
Native Speakers
35.00 million
27
40.00 million
24
Second Language Speakers
15.00 million
18
Not Available
Native Name
حَوْسَ (ḥawsa)
भोजपुरी (bʰojpurī)
Alternative Names
Abakwariga, Habe, Haoussa, Hausawa, Kado, Mgbakpa
Bajpuri, Bhojapuri, Bhozpuri, Bihari, Deswali, Khotla, Piscimas
French Name
haoussa
bhojpuri
German Name
Haussa-Sprache
Bhojpuri
Pronunciation
Not Available
/boʊdʒˈpʊəri/
Ethnicity
Hausa–Fulani people
Not Available
History
Origin
14
19th Century
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Chadic
Not Available
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Hausa
Bhojpuri
Language Position
34
27
37
29
Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
Code
ISO 639 1
ha
No data Available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
hau
bho
ISO 639 2/B
hau
bho
ISO 639 3
hau
bho
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
haus1257
bhoj1246
Linguasphere
19-HAA-b
59-AAF-sa
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Not Available
