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Malaysian vs Bhojpuri


Bhojpuri vs 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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Malaysian and Bhojpuri Language History

Comparison of Malaysian vs Bhojpuri language history gives us differences between origin of Malaysian and Bhojpuri language. History of Malaysian language states that this language originated in c. 683 AD 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 Malaysian and Bhojpuri Language History.

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

Malaysian vs Bhojpuri Difficulty

The Malaysian vs Bhojpuri difficulty level basically depends on the number of Malaysian 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 Malaysian and Bhojpuri are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Malaysian and Bhojpuri, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Malaysian is 36 weeks while to learn Bhojpuri time required is 44 weeks.

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