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Bodo vs Maithili


Maithili vs Bodo


Countries

Countries
Assam, India  
India, Nepal  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
Assam, India  
India, Nepal  

Second Language
-  
Nepal  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
-  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
-  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • In ancient times, Bodo language was written using Assamese script and Roman script.
  • Bodo Language is written using Devanagari script since 1963.
  
  • Earlier, Maithili language was considered as the dialect of Hindi and Bengali, however in the year 2003 Maithili achieved an independent language status in India.
  • Maithili has rich literature.
  

Similar To
Dimasa language, Garo language, Kokborok language  
Bhojpuri Language  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Bodo-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Maithili-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
45  
25
47  
27

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
20  
17
8  
5

How Many Consonants
25  
15
22  
12

Scripts
Devanagari  
Devanagari  

Writing Direction
-  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
34 weeks  
12
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
नमस्कार  
pranam  

Thank You
धन्यवाद  
dhanyabad  

How Are You?
Nungni khabora ma?  
Aahan kehan chhi ?  

Good Night
मोजां हर (Mwjang Hor)  
Śubharātri  

Good Evening
बोडो  
shubh sandhya  

Good Afternoon
अन्धानि बार  
dopahar ke bad namaskar  

Good Morning
मोजां फुं (Mwjang Fung)  
Suprabhaat  

Please
अननानै (Onnanwi)  
kripaya  

Sorry
दु:खित  
maf karai  

Bye
Lwrbw  
Alavidā  

I Love You
अननाइ नों (onnai Nwng)  
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi  

Excuse Me
दु:खित  
kripaya  

Dialects

Dialect 1
(Sønabari) Western Boro dialect  
Tharuwat  

Where They Speak
Bongaigaon, Kokrajhar  
Nepal  

How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00  
99+
35,000,000.00  
21

Dialect 2
(Sanzari) Eastern Boro dialect  
Madhubani  

Where They Speak
Barpeta, Darrang, Kamrup, Nalbari  
North India  

How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00  
99+
35,000,000.00  
19

Dialect 3
(Hazari) Southern Boro dialect  
Khortha  

Where They Speak
Assam, India, Nepal  
Deoghar, France  

How Many People Speak
1,300,000.00  
99+
35,000,000.00  
17

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
15  
14

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
0.60 million  
99+
32.00 million  
35

Speaking Population
0.01 %  
99+
0.41 %  
35

Native Speakers
0.60 million  
99+
27.00 million  
30

Second Language Speakers
1.50 million  
99+
2.80 million  
99+

Native Name
बड़ो (boṛo)  
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)  

Alternative Names
Bara, Bodi, Boro, Boroni, Kachari, Mech, Meche, Mechi, Meci  
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia  

French Name
bodo  
maithili  

German Name
Bodo  
Maithili  

Pronunciation
[bɔɽo]  
[ˈmaitʰili]  

Ethnicity
Bodo, Mech, (Assamese)  
Maithil  

History

Origin
1913  
14th century  

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
-  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
-  
Standard Maithili  

Language Position
30  
28
40  
37

Signed Forms
Signed Bodo  
Maithili Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
br  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
brx  
mai  

ISO 639 2/B
brx  
mai  

ISO 639 3
brx  
mai  

ISO 639 6
brx  
mai  

Glottocode
bodo1269  
mait1250  

Linguasphere
59-AAB  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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Bodo and Maithili Language History

Comparison of Bodo vs Maithili language history gives us differences between origin of Bodo and Maithili language. History of Bodo language states that this language originated in 1913 whereas history of Maithili language states that this language originated in 14th 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 Bodo and Maithili Language History.

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Bodo and Maithili 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 Bodo and Maithili greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Bodo and Maithili language. Bodo word for "Hello" is नमस्कार or Maithili word for "Thank You" is dhanyabad. Find more of such common Bodo Greetings and Maithili Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Bodo vs Maithili Difficulty

The Bodo vs Maithili difficulty level basically depends on the number of Bodo Alphabets and Maithili 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 Bodo and Maithili are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Bodo and Maithili, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Bodo is 34 weeks while to learn Maithili time required is 44 weeks.

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