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Urdu vs Bhojpuri


Bhojpuri vs Urdu


Countries

Countries
India, Pakistan  
India, No official status  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
0  
15

National Language
Pakistan  
India  

Second Language
Pakistan  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Oceania  
Asia  

Minority Language
India  
Fiji, Guyana, Jamaica, Mauritius, Nepal, Pakistan, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago  

Regulated By
National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language, India, National Language Authority, Pakistan  
Not Available  

Interesting Facts
  • Urdu is a language of beauty and grace, that adds meaning to prose and charm to poetry.
  • Different languages such as Arabic, Persian and Turkish gave birth and richness to Urdu.
  
  • Bhojpuri was anciently written in Kaithi scripts.
  • In Mughal Era, Kaithi script was used in administrative purposes for writing in Bhojpuri language.
  

Similar To
Arabic and Hindi Languages  
Maithili and Magahi  

Derived From
Ghaznavid Persian Language  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
52  
31
43  
23

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10  
7
11  
8

How Many Consonants
40  
29
34  
24

Scripts
Arabic  
Devanagari  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
خوش آمديد  
प्रणाम (prannam)  

Thank You
آپ کا شکریہ  
धन्वाद (dhanvaad)  

How Are You?
آپ کیسے ہیں؟  
का हाल बा? (kaa haal ba?)  

Good Night
گڈ نائٹ  
राम राम (raam raam)  

Good Evening
سلام علیکم  
राम राम (raam raam)  

Good Afternoon
گڈ آفٹر نون  
राम राम (raam raam)  

Good Morning
گڈ مارننگ  
राम राम (raam raam)  

Please
براہ مہربانی  
मेहरबानी करके (meharbani karke)  

Sorry
معاف کرنا  
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)  

Bye
الوداع  
प्रणाम (prannam)  

I Love You
مجھے تم سے محبت  
हम तोहसे प्यार करेनी (hum tohse pyaar kareni)  

Excuse Me
معاف کیجئے گا  
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Dakhini  
Caribbean Hindustani  

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

How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00  
12
16,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Hyderabadi Urdu  
Fiji Hindi  

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

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
380,000.00  
31

Dialect 3
Rekhta  
Tharu Bhojpuri  

Where They Speak
South Asia  
India  

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
13  
13

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
104.00 million  
15
40.00 million  
31

Speaking Population
0.99 %  
20
0.43 %  
31

Native Speakers
61.00 million  
19
40.00 million  
24

Second Language Speakers
43.00 million  
14
Not Available  

Native Name
اُردُو  
भोजपुरी (bʰojpurī)  

Alternative Names
Bihari  
Bajpuri, Bhojapuri, Bhozpuri, Bihari, Deswali, Khotla, Piscimas  

French Name
ourdou  
bhojpuri  

German Name
Urdu  
Bhojpuri  

Pronunciation
[ˈʊrd̪u]  
/boʊdʒˈpʊəri/  

Ethnicity
Not Available  
Not Available  

History

Origin
12th Century CE  
19th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Not Available  

Branch
Indic  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Modern Standard Urdu  
Bhojpuri  

Language Position
20  
18
37  
29

Signed Forms
Signed Urdu  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ur  
No data Available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
urd  
bho  

ISO 639 2/B
urd  
bho  

ISO 639 3
urd  
bho  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
urdu1245  
bhoj1246  

Linguasphere
59-AAF-q  
59-AAF-sa  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
Not Available  

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Urdu and Bhojpuri Language History

Comparison of Urdu vs Bhojpuri language history gives us differences between origin of Urdu and Bhojpuri language. History of Urdu language states that this language originated in 12th Century CE 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 Urdu and Bhojpuri Language History.

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

Urdu vs Bhojpuri Difficulty

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

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