Countries
India, Nepal
India, No official status
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 in
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Bhojpuri-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Devanagari
Devanagari
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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)
Dialect 1
Doteli
Caribbean Hindustani
Where They Speak
Nepal
Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
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
Dialect 3
Baitadeli
Tharu Bhojpuri
Where They Speak
Nepal
India
Second Language Speakers
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
Origin
19 BC
19th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Not Available
Branch
Indic
Not Available
Early Forms
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha
No early forms
Standard Forms
Nepali
Bhojpuri
Signed Forms
Signed Nepali
Not Available
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 1
ne
No data Available
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
nepa1254
bhoj1246
Linguasphere
12
59-AAF-sa
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Not Available
Nepali 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 Nepali and Bhojpuri greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Nepali and Bhojpuri language. Nepali word for "Hello" is नमस्ते (namaste) or Bhojpuri word for "Thank You" is धन्वाद (dhanvaad). Find more of such common Nepali Greetings and Bhojpuri Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Nepali vs Bhojpuri Difficulty
The Nepali vs Bhojpuri difficulty level basically depends on the number of Nepali 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 Nepali and Bhojpuri are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Nepali and Bhojpuri, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Nepali is 44 weeks while to learn Bhojpuri time required is 44 weeks.
