Countries
Japan
  
India, No official status
  
National Language
Japan
  
India
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Pacific
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Palau
  
Fiji, Guyana, Jamaica, Mauritius, Nepal, Pakistan, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
  
Regulated By
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- In Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
- There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
  
- Bhojpuri was anciently written in Kaithi scripts.
- In Mughal Era, Kaithi script was used in administrative purposes for writing in Bhojpuri language.
  
Similar To
Korean Language
  
Maithili and Magahi
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Japanese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Bhojpuri-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Kana
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)
  
प्रणाम (prannam)
  
Thank You
ありがとう (Arigatō)
  
धन्वाद (dhanvaad)
  
How Are You?
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)
  
का हाल बा? (kaa haal ba?)
  
Good Night
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)
  
राम राम (raam raam)
  
Good Evening
こんばんは (Konbanwa)
  
राम राम (raam raam)
  
Good Afternoon
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)
  
राम राम (raam raam)
  
Good Morning
おはよう (Ohayō)
  
राम राम (raam raam)
  
Please
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)
  
मेहरबानी करके (meharbani karke)
  
Sorry
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)
  
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
  
Bye
さようなら (Sayōnara)
  
प्रणाम (prannam)
  
I Love You
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)
  
हम तोहसे प्यार करेनी (hum tohse pyaar kareni)
  
Excuse Me
すみません (Sumimasen)
  
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
  
Dialect 1
Sanuki
  
Caribbean Hindustani
  
Where They Speak
Kagawa
  
Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
  
How Many People Speak
1,000,000.00
  
28
Dialect 2
Hakata
  
Fiji Hindi
  
Where They Speak
Fukuoka
  
Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Kansai
  
Tharu Bhojpuri
  
Where They Speak
kansai
  
India
  
How Many People Speak?
128.00 million
  
14
40.00 million
  
31
Native Speakers
128.00 million
  
9
40.00 million
  
24
Native Name
日本語
  
भोजपुरी (bʰojpurī)
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Bajpuri, Bhojapuri, Bhozpuri, Bihari, Deswali, Khotla, Piscimas
  
French Name
japonais
  
bhojpuri
  
German Name
Japanisch
  
Bhojpuri
  
Pronunciation
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]
  
/boʊdʒˈpʊəri/
  
Ethnicity
Japanese (Yamato)
  
Not Available
  
Origin
1185
  
19th Century
  
Language Family
Japonic Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Japanese
  
Bhojpuri
  
Signed Forms
Signed Japanese
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ja
  
No data Available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
jpn
  
bho
  
ISO 639 2/B
jpn
  
bho
  
ISO 639 3
jpn
  
bho
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
nucl1643
  
bhoj1246
  
Linguasphere
45-CAA-a
  
59-AAF-sa
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
  
Not Available
  
Japanese 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 Japanese and Bhojpuri greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Japanese and Bhojpuri language. Japanese word for "Hello" is こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa) or Bhojpuri word for "Thank You" is धन्वाद (dhanvaad). Find more of such common Japanese Greetings and Bhojpuri Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Japanese vs Bhojpuri Difficulty
The Japanese vs Bhojpuri difficulty level basically depends on the number of Japanese 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 Japanese and Bhojpuri are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Japanese and Bhojpuri, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Japanese is 88 weeks while to learn Bhojpuri time required is 44 weeks.