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Malaysian and Bhojpuri


Bhojpuri and Malaysian


Countries

Countries
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore   
India, No official status   

Total No. Of Countries
3   
12
0   
15

National Language
Malaysia   
India   

Second Language
Indonesia   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
Thailand   
Fiji, Guyana, Jamaica, Mauritius, Nepal, Pakistan, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago   

Regulated By
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • One of the most politically powerful language historically is Malaysian Language.
  • Malaysian earliest known inscriptions were found in South of Sumatra way back in 683-6 AD.
  
  • Bhojpuri was anciently written in Kaithi scripts.
  • In Mughal Era, Kaithi script was used in administrative purposes for writing in Bhojpuri language.
  

Similar To
Indonesian Language   
Maithili and Magahi   

Derived From
Tamil Language   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
43   
23

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
11   
8

How Many Consonants
24   
14
34   
24

Scripts
Latin   
Devanagari   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks   
10
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Hai   
प्रणाम (prannam)   

Thank You
terima kasih   
धन्वाद (dhanvaad)   

How Are You?
Apa khabar?   
का हाल बा? (kaa haal ba?)   

Good Night
Selamat Malam   
राम राम (raam raam)   

Good Evening
Selamat Petang   
राम राम (raam raam)   

Good Afternoon
Selamat tengah hari   
राम राम (raam raam)   

Good Morning
Selamat pagi   
राम राम (raam raam)   

Please
sila   
मेहरबानी करके (meharbani karke)   

Sorry
maaf   
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)   

Bye
Selamat tinggal   
प्रणाम (prannam)   

I Love You
Saya sayang kamu   
हम तोहसे प्यार करेनी (hum tohse pyaar kareni)   

Excuse Me
Maafkan saya   
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Bengkulu   
Caribbean Hindustani   

Where They Speak
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra   
Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago   

How Many People Speak
1,600,000.00   
25
16,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Pekal   
Fiji Hindi   

Where They Speak
Indonesia   
Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States of America   

How Many People Speak
30,000.00   
40
380,000.00   
31

Dialect 3
Musi   
Tharu Bhojpuri   

Where They Speak
Indonesia   
India   

How Many People Speak
3,100,000.00   
11
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
24   
20
13   
13

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
175.00 million   
10
40.00 million   
31

Speaking Population
1.16 %   
14
0.43 %   
31

Native Speakers
77.00 million   
12
40.00 million   
24

Second Language Speakers
98.00 million   
8
Not Available   

Native Name
Bahasa melayu   
भोजपुरी (bʰojpurī)   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Bajpuri, Bhojapuri, Bhozpuri, Bihari, Deswali, Khotla, Piscimas   

French Name
malais   
bhojpuri   

German Name
Malaiisch   
Bhojpuri   

Pronunciation
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]   
/boʊdʒˈpʊəri/   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Not Available   

History

Origin
c. 683 AD   
19th Century   

Language Family
Austronesian Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Malay   
Bhojpuri   

Language Position
54   
39
37   
29

Signed Forms
Malaysian Sign Language   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ms   
No data Available   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
msa   
bho   

ISO 639 2/B
may   
bho   

ISO 639 3
zsm   
bho   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
stan1306   
bhoj1246   

Linguasphere
No data available   
59-AAF-sa   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative   
Not Available   

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All Malaysian and Bhojpuri Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Malaysian and Bhojpuri dialects. Various dialects of Malaysian and Bhojpuri language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Malaysian are spoken in different Malaysian Speaking Countries whereas Bhojpuri Dialects are spoken in different Bhojpuri speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Malaysian vs Bhojpuri Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Malaysian dialects include: Bengkulu, Pekal. Bhojpuri dialects include: Caribbean Hindustani , Fiji Hindi. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Malaysian and Bhojpuri Speaking population

Malaysian and Bhojpuri speaking population is one of the factors based on which Malaysian and Bhojpuri languages can be compared. The total count of Malaysian and Bhojpuri Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Malaysian language is 1.16 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Bhojpuri language is 0.43 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Malaysian and Bhojpuri on Malaysian vs Bhojpuri where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Malaysian and Bhojpuri Language Codes

Malaysian and Bhojpuri language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Malaysian and Bhojpuri Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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