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Bengali and Bodo


Bodo and Bengali


Countries

Countries
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone  
Assam, India  

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
1  
14

National Language
Bangladesh, India  
Assam, India  

Second Language
India  
-  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Australia, Canada, Italy, Japan, Kuwait, Malaysia, Maldives, Nepal, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States of America  
-  

Regulated By
Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • Bengali language is the World's sweetest language.
  • 21st February is celebrated as an International Mother Language day, which is based on Bengali language.
  
  • In ancient times, Bodo language was written using Assamese script and Roman script.
  • Bodo Language is written using Devanagari script since 1963.
  

Similar To
Assamese and Oriya  
Dimasa language, Garo language, Kokborok language  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
51  
30
45  
25

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
11  
8
20  
17

How Many Consonants
40  
29
25  
15

Scripts
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives  
Devanagari  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2  
1
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
34 weeks  
12

Greetings

Hello
হ্যালো (Hyālō)  
नमस्कार  

Thank You
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)  
धन्यवाद  

How Are You?
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)  
Nungni khabora ma?  

Good Night
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)  
मोजां हर (Mwjang Hor)  

Good Evening
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)  
बोडो  

Good Afternoon
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)  
अन्धानि बार  

Good Morning
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)  
मोजां फुं (Mwjang Fung)  

Please
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)  
अननानै (Onnanwi)  

Sorry
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)  
दु:खित  

Bye
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)  
Lwrbw  

I Love You
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)  
अननाइ नों (onnai Nwng)  

Excuse Me
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)  
दु:खित  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Chakma  
(Sønabari) Western Boro dialect  

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, India  
Bongaigaon, Kokrajhar  

How Many People Speak
330,000.00  
99+
1,500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Hajong  
(Sanzari) Eastern Boro dialect  

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

How Many People Speak
71,000.00  
99+
1,500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Rarhi  
(Hazari) Southern Boro dialect  

Where They Speak
India  
Assam, India, Nepal  

How Many People Speak
230,000,000.00  
1
1,300,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
25  
21
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
215.00 million  
9
0.60 million  
99+

Speaking Population
3.11 %  
8
0.01 %  
99+

Native Speakers
196.00 million  
7
0.60 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
19.00 million  
31
1.50 million  
99+

Native Name
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)  
बड़ो (boṛo)  

Alternative Names
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa  
Bara, Bodi, Boro, Boroni, Kachari, Mech, Meche, Mechi, Meci  

French Name
bengali  
bodo  

German Name
Bengali  
Bodo  

Pronunciation
[ˈbeŋɡali]  
[bɔɽo]  

Ethnicity
Bengalis (Bengali people)  
Bodo, Mech, (Assamese)  

History

Origin
1000–1200 CE  
1913  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Sino-Tibetan Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Tibeto-Burman  

Branch
Indic  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Abahatta, Old Bengali  
-  

Standard Forms
Bengali  
-  

Language Position
4  
4
30  
28

Signed Forms
Signed Bengali  
Signed Bodo  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
bn  
br  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ben  
brx  

ISO 639 2/B
ben  
brx  

ISO 639 3
ben  
brx  

ISO 639 6
ben  
brx  

Glottocode
beng1280  
bodo1269  

Linguasphere
59-AAF-u  
59-AAB  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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All Bengali 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 Bengali and Bodo dialects. Various dialects of Bengali and Bodo language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Bengali are spoken in different Bengali Speaking Countries whereas Bodo Dialects are spoken in different Bodo speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Bengali vs Bodo Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Bengali dialects include: Chakma, Hajong. Bodo dialects include: (Sønabari) Western Boro dialect , (Sanzari) Eastern Boro dialect. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Bengali and Bodo Speaking population

Bengali and Bodo speaking population is one of the factors based on which Bengali and Bodo languages can be compared. The total count of Bengali and Bodo Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Bengali language is 3.11 % 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 Bengali and Bodo on Bengali vs Bodo where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Bengali and Bodo Language Codes

Bengali and Bodo language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Bengali and Bodo Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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