Afrikaans and Bodo
Countries
South Africa
Assam, India
National Language
South Africa
Assam, India
Second Language
Namibia, South Africa
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Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
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Regulated By
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
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Interesting Facts
- Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
- Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
- In ancient times, Bodo language was written using Assamese script and Roman script.
- Bodo Language is written using Devanagari script since 1963.
Similar To
Dutch Language
Dimasa language, Garo language, Kokborok language
Derived From
Dutch Language
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Alphabets in
Afrikaans-Alphabets.jpg#200
Bodo-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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How Are You?
Hoe gaan dit
Nungni khabora ma?
Good Night
goeie nag
मोजां हर (Mwjang Hor)
Good Evening
Goeienaand
बोडो
Good Afternoon
Goeie middag
अन्धानि बार
Good Morning
goeie more
मोजां फुं (Mwjang Fung)
Please
asseblief
अननानै (Onnanwi)
I Love You
Ek het jou lief
अननाइ नों (onnai Nwng)
Excuse Me
Verskoon my
दु:खित
Dialect 1
Kaapse Afrikaans
(Sønabari) Western Boro dialect
Where They Speak
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Bongaigaon, Kokrajhar
Dialect 2
Oranjeriverafrikaans
(Sanzari) Eastern Boro dialect
Where They Speak
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Barpeta, Darrang, Kamrup, Nalbari
Dialect 3
Baster Afrikaans
(Hazari) Southern Boro dialect
Where They Speak
Namibia
Assam, India, Nepal
Native Name
Afrikaans
बड़ो (boṛo)
Alternative Names
Cape Dutch
Bara, Bodi, Boro, Boroni, Kachari, Mech, Meche, Mechi, Meci
French Name
afrikaans
bodo
German Name
Afrikaans
Bodo
Pronunciation
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
[bɔɽo]
Ethnicity
Afrikaners
Bodo, Mech, (Assamese)
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
Germanic
Tibeto-Burman
Early Forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
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Standard Forms
Standard Afrikaans
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Signed Forms
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
Signed Bodo
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
afri1274
bodo1269
Linguasphere
52-ACB-ba
59-AAB
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
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Language Morphological Typology
Analytic
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All Afrikaans and Bodo Dialects
Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Afrikaans and Bodo dialects. Various dialects of Afrikaans and Bodo language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Afrikaans are spoken in different Afrikaans Speaking Countries whereas Bodo Dialects are spoken in different Bodo speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Afrikaans vs Bodo Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Afrikaans dialects include: Kaapse Afrikaans, Oranjeriverafrikaans. Bodo dialects include: (Sønabari) Western Boro dialect , (Sanzari) Eastern Boro dialect. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Afrikaans and Bodo Speaking population
Afrikaans and Bodo speaking population is one of the factors based on which Afrikaans and Bodo languages can be compared. The total count of Afrikaans and Bodo Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Afrikaans language is 0.03 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Bodo language is 0.01 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Afrikaans and Bodo on Afrikaans vs Bodo where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Afrikaans and Bodo Language Codes
Afrikaans and Bodo language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Afrikaans and Bodo Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.