Countries
West Java
  
India, No official status
  
National Language
Indonesia
  
India
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Fiji, Guyana, Jamaica, Mauritius, Nepal, Pakistan, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- The Sundanese language is second most widely spoken regional language in Indonesia.
  
- Bhojpuri was anciently written in Kaithi scripts.
- In Mughal Era, Kaithi script was used in administrative purposes for writing in Bhojpuri language.
  
Similar To
Madurese and Malay Languages
  
Maithili and Magahi
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Sundanese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Bhojpuri-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Alphabets
Not Available
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin, Sundanese
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Halo
  
प्रणाम (prannam)
  
Thank You
Nuhun
  
धन्वाद (dhanvaad)
  
How Are You?
Kumaha kabarna?
  
का हाल बा? (kaa haal ba?)
  
Good Night
Wilujeng kulem
  
राम राम (raam raam)
  
Good Evening
Wilujeng wengi
  
राम राम (raam raam)
  
Good Afternoon
Wilujeng siang
  
राम राम (raam raam)
  
Good Morning
Wilujeng énjing
  
राम राम (raam raam)
  
Please
Mangga
  
मेहरबानी करके (meharbani karke)
  
Sorry
Hapunten
  
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
  
Bye
Wilujeng angkat
  
प्रणाम (prannam)
  
I Love You
Abdi bogoh ka anjeun
  
हम तोहसे प्यार करेनी (hum tohse pyaar kareni)
  
Excuse Me
Punten
  
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
  
Dialect 1
Western dialect
  
Caribbean Hindustani
  
Where They Speak
Banten
  
Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Northern dialect
  
Fiji Hindi
  
Where They Speak
Bogor
  
Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Priangan dialect
  
Tharu Bhojpuri
  
Where They Speak
Bandung
  
India
  
How Many People Speak?
39.00 million
  
32
40.00 million
  
31
Native Speakers
38.00 million
  
26
40.00 million
  
24
Native Name
Not Available
  
भोजपुरी (bʰojpurī)
  
Alternative Names
Priangan, Sunda
  
Bajpuri, Bhojapuri, Bhozpuri, Bihari, Deswali, Khotla, Piscimas
  
French Name
soundanais
  
bhojpuri
  
German Name
Sundanesisch
  
Bhojpuri
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
/boʊdʒˈpʊəri/
  
Ethnicity
Sundanese, Bantenese, Cirebonese, Badui
  
Not Available
  
Origin
5th century AD
  
19th Century
  
Language Family
Austronesian Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Indonesian
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Sundanese
  
Bhojpuri
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
su
  
No data Available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
sun
  
bho
  
ISO 639 2/B
sun
  
bho
  
ISO 639 3
sun
  
bho
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
sund1251
  
bhoj1246
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
59-AAF-sa
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available