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Hindi vs Bhojpuri


Bhojpuri vs Hindi


Countries

Countries
Fiji, India  
India, No official status  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
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, 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

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

Alphabets
44  
24
43  
23

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
11  
8
11  
8

How Many Consonants
33  
23
34  
24

Scripts
Devanagari  
Devanagari  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

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)  

Dialects

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
16,000.00  
99+

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
380,000.00  
31

Dialect 3
Bundeli  
Tharu Bhojpuri  

Where They Speak
Bundelkhand  
India  

How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00  
4
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
21  
19
13  
13

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
380.00 million  
5
40.00 million  
31

Speaking Population
4.70 %  
5
0.43 %  
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  

History

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  

Language Position
5  
5
37  
29

Signed Forms
Indian Signing System  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

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  

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Hindi and Bhojpuri Language History

Comparison of Hindi vs Bhojpuri language history gives us differences between origin of Hindi and Bhojpuri language. History of Hindi language states that this language originated in 7th Century whereas history of Bhojpuri language states that this language originated in 19th Century. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Hindi and Bhojpuri Language History.

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Hindi 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 Hindi and Bhojpuri greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Hindi and Bhojpuri language. Hindi word for "Hello" is नमस्ते (Namastē) or Bhojpuri word for "Thank You" is धन्वाद (dhanvaad). Find more of such common Hindi Greetings and Bhojpuri Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Hindi vs Bhojpuri Difficulty

The Hindi vs Bhojpuri difficulty level basically depends on the number of Hindi 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 Hindi and Bhojpuri are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Hindi and Bhojpuri, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Hindi is 44 weeks while to learn Bhojpuri time required is 44 weeks.

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