Home
Languagevs


Nepali and Bhojpuri


Bhojpuri and Nepali


Countries

Countries
India, Nepal   
India, No official status   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
0   
15

National Language
Nepal   
India   

Second Language
Republic of Brazil   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
People's Republic of China   
Fiji, Guyana, Jamaica, Mauritius, Nepal, Pakistan, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago   

Regulated By
Language Academy of Nepal   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • Before the term "Nepali" was coined, historically the language was first called the Khas language, Gorkhali or Gukhali.
  • Nepali has borrowed many loanwords from neighboring Tibeto-Burmese languages.
  
  • Bhojpuri was anciently written in Kaithi scripts.
  • In Mughal Era, Kaithi script was used in administrative purposes for writing in Bhojpuri language.
  

Similar To
Hindi   
Maithili and Magahi   

Derived From
Sanskrit Language   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
48   
28
43   
23

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12   
9
11   
8

How Many Consonants
36   
26
34   
24

Scripts
Devanagari   
Devanagari   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
नमस्ते (namaste)   
प्रणाम (prannam)   

Thank You
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)   
धन्वाद (dhanvaad)   

How Are You?
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)   
का हाल बा? (kaa haal ba?)   

Good Night
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)   
राम राम (raam raam)   

Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)   
राम राम (raam raam)   

Good Afternoon
Good afternoon   
राम राम (raam raam)   

Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)   
राम राम (raam raam)   

Please
कृपया   
मेहरबानी करके (meharbani karke)   

Sorry
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)   
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)   

Bye
नमस्ते (namaste)   
प्रणाम (prannam)   

I Love You
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)   
हम तोहसे प्यार करेनी (hum tohse pyaar kareni)   

Excuse Me
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)   
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Doteli   
Caribbean Hindustani   

Where They Speak
Nepal   
Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago   

How Many People Speak
790,000.00   
30
16,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Bajhangi   
Fiji Hindi   

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

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
380,000.00   
31

Dialect 3
Baitadeli   
Tharu Bhojpuri   

Where They Speak
Nepal   
India   

Total No. Of Dialects
12   
12
13   
13

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
30.00 million   
36
40.00 million   
31

Speaking Population
0.25 %   
99+
0.43 %   
31

Native Speakers
25.00 million   
32
40.00 million   
24

Second Language Speakers
5.00 million   
29
Not Available   

Native Name
नेपाली (nēpālī)   
भोजपुरी (bʰojpurī)   

Alternative Names
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate   
Bajpuri, Bhojapuri, Bhozpuri, Bihari, Deswali, Khotla, Piscimas   

French Name
népalais   
bhojpuri   

German Name
Nepali   
Bhojpuri   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
/boʊdʒˈpʊəri/   

Ethnicity
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu   
Not Available   

History

Origin
19 BC   
19th Century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Not Available   

Branch
Indic   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Nepali   
Bhojpuri   

Language Position
59   
99+
37   
29

Signed Forms
Signed Nepali   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ne   
No data Available   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nep   
bho   

ISO 639 2/B
nep   
bho   

ISO 639 3
npi   
bho   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
nepa1254   
bhoj1246   

Linguasphere
12   
59-AAF-sa   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative   
Not Available   

Summary >>
<< Code

All Nepali 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 Nepali and Bhojpuri dialects. Various dialects of Nepali and Bhojpuri language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Nepali are spoken in different Nepali Speaking Countries whereas Bhojpuri Dialects are spoken in different Bhojpuri speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Nepali vs Bhojpuri Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Nepali dialects include: Doteli, Bajhangi. Bhojpuri dialects include: Caribbean Hindustani , Fiji Hindi. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

Compare Most Difficult Languages

Nepali and Bhojpuri Speaking population

Nepali and Bhojpuri speaking population is one of the factors based on which Nepali and Bhojpuri languages can be compared. The total count of Nepali and Bhojpuri Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Nepali language is 0.25 % 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 Nepali and Bhojpuri on Nepali vs Bhojpuri where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Nepali and Bhojpuri Language Codes

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

Most Difficult Languages

Most Difficult Languages

» More Most Difficult Languages

Compare Most Difficult Languages

» More Compare Most Difficult Languages