Countries
Fiji, 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, Oceania
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Fiji, Guyana, Jamaica, Mauritius, Nepal, Pakistan, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
  
Regulated By
Central Hindi Directorate
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- In Hindi language, nouns are followed by post positions.
- In Hindi, there are many familiar words in English which are in Hindi or of Hindi origin.
  
- Bhojpuri was anciently written in Kaithi scripts.
- In Mughal Era, Kaithi script was used in administrative purposes for writing in Bhojpuri language.
  
Similar To
Urdu
  
Maithili and Magahi
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Hindi.jpg#200
  
Bhojpuri-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Devanagari
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
नमस्ते (Namastē)
  
प्रणाम (prannam)
  
Thank You
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
  
धन्वाद (dhanvaad)
  
How Are You?
तुम कैसे हो? (Tuma kaisē hō?)
  
का हाल बा? (kaa haal ba?)
  
Good Night
शुभरात्रि (Śubharātri)
  
राम राम (raam raam)
  
Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (shubh sandhya)
  
राम राम (raam raam)
  
Good Afternoon
दोपहर के बाद नमस्कार (dopahar ke bad namaskar)
  
राम राम (raam raam)
  
Good Morning
सुप्रभात (Suprabhāta)
  
राम राम (raam raam)
  
Please
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
  
मेहरबानी करके (meharbani karke)
  
Sorry
खेद (Khēda)
  
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
  
Bye
अलविदा (Alavidā)
  
प्रणाम (prannam)
  
I Love You
मैं आपसे प्यार करता (Maiṁ āpasē pyāra karatā)
  
हम तोहसे प्यार करेनी (hum tohse pyaar kareni)
  
Excuse Me
मुझे माफ करें (Mujhē māpha karēṁ)
  
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
  
Dialect 1
Khariboli
  
Caribbean Hindustani
  
Where They Speak
Delhi, Haryana, Western Uttar Pradesh
  
Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
  
How Many People Speak
240,000,000.00
  
2
Dialect 2
Marwari
  
Fiji Hindi
  
Where They Speak
Gujarat, Haryana, Rajasthan, Sindh
  
Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
How Many People Speak
22,000,000.00
  
3
Dialect 3
Bundeli
  
Tharu Bhojpuri
  
Where They Speak
Bundelkhand
  
India
  
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00
  
4
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
380.00 million
  
5
40.00 million
  
31
Native Speakers
260.00 million
  
4
40.00 million
  
24
Second Language Speakers
120.00 million
  
6
Not Available
  
Native Name
हिन्दी
  
भोजपुरी (bʰojpurī)
  
Alternative Names
Khadi Boli, Khari Boli
  
Bajpuri, Bhojapuri, Bhozpuri, Bihari, Deswali, Khotla, Piscimas
  
French Name
hindi
  
bhojpuri
  
German Name
Hindi
  
Bhojpuri
  
Pronunciation
[ˈmaːnək ˈɦin̪d̪iː]
  
/boʊdʒˈpʊəri/
  
Ethnicity
Hindustani people
  
Not Available
  
Origin
7th Century
  
19th Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Indic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Standard Hindi
  
Bhojpuri
  
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
hi
  
No data Available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
hin
  
bho
  
ISO 639 2/B
hin
  
bho
  
ISO 639 3
hin
  
bho
  
ISO 639 6
hins
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
hind1269
  
bhoj1246
  
Linguasphere
59-AAF-qf
  
59-AAF-sa
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Not Available