Countries
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
  
India, No official status
  
National Language
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
  
India
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Fiji, Guyana, Jamaica, Mauritius, Nepal, Pakistan, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
  
Regulated By
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
- The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
- Bhojpuri was anciently written in Kaithi scripts.
- In Mughal Era, Kaithi script was used in administrative purposes for writing in Bhojpuri language.
  
Similar To
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
  
Maithili and Magahi
  
Derived From
Arabic Language
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Swahili-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Bhojpuri-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Habari
  
प्रणाम (prannam)
  
Thank You
Asante
  
धन्वाद (dhanvaad)
  
How Are You?
Habari gani?
  
का हाल बा? (kaa haal ba?)
  
Good Night
Usiku mwema
  
राम राम (raam raam)
  
Good Evening
Habari za jioni
  
राम राम (raam raam)
  
Good Afternoon
nzuri Alasiri
  
राम राम (raam raam)
  
Good Morning
Habari za asubuhi
  
राम राम (raam raam)
  
Please
tafadhali
  
मेहरबानी करके (meharbani karke)
  
Sorry
pole
  
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
  
Bye
bye
  
प्रणाम (prannam)
  
I Love You
nakupenda
  
हम तोहसे प्यार करेनी (hum tohse pyaar kareni)
  
Excuse Me
Samahani
  
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
  
Dialect 1
Kiunguja
  
Caribbean Hindustani
  
Where They Speak
Zanzibar island
  
Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Kimrima
  
Fiji Hindi
  
Where They Speak
Dar es Salaam
  
Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Kimgao
  
Tharu Bhojpuri
  
Where They Speak
Kilwa
  
India
  
How Many People Speak?
150.00 million
  
13
40.00 million
  
31
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
15.00 million
  
40
40.00 million
  
24
Native Name
Not Available
  
भोजपुरी (bʰojpurī)
  
Alternative Names
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
  
Bajpuri, Bhojapuri, Bhozpuri, Bihari, Deswali, Khotla, Piscimas
  
French Name
swahili
  
bhojpuri
  
German Name
Swahili
  
Bhojpuri
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
/boʊdʒˈpʊəri/
  
Ethnicity
Swahili people or Waswahili
  
Not Available
  
Origin
6th century
  
19th Century
  
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Bantu
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Swahili
  
Bhojpuri
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
sw
  
No data Available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
swa
  
bho
  
ISO 639 2/B
swa
  
bho
  
ISO 639 3
swa
  
bho
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
swah1254
  
bhoj1246
  
Linguasphere
99-AUS-m
  
59-AAF-sa
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available