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Bodo and Afrikaans


Afrikaans and Bodo


Countries

Countries
Assam, India  
South Africa  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Assam, India  
South Africa  

Second Language
-  
Namibia, South Africa  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Africa  

Minority Language
-  
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe  

Regulated By
-  
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee  

Interesting Facts
  • In ancient times, Bodo language was written using Assamese script and Roman script.
  • Bodo Language is written using Devanagari script since 1963.
  
  • Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
  • Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
  

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

Derived From
-  
Dutch Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
45  
25
32  
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
20  
17
15  
12

How Many Consonants
25  
15
17  
7

Scripts
Devanagari  
Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
34 weeks  
12
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
नमस्कार  
hallo  

Thank You
धन्यवाद  
Dankie  

How Are You?
Nungni khabora ma?  
Hoe gaan dit  

Good Night
मोजां हर (Mwjang Hor)  
goeie nag  

Good Evening
बोडो  
Goeienaand  

Good Afternoon
अन्धानि बार  
Goeie middag  

Good Morning
मोजां फुं (Mwjang Fung)  
goeie more  

Please
अननानै (Onnanwi)  
asseblief  

Sorry
दु:खित  
jammer  

Bye
Lwrbw  
Totsiens  

I Love You
अननाइ नों (onnai Nwng)  
Ek het jou lief  

Excuse Me
दु:खित  
Verskoon my  

Dialects

Dialect 1
(Sønabari) Western Boro dialect  
Kaapse Afrikaans  

Where They Speak
Bongaigaon, Kokrajhar  
-  

How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00  
99+
7,700,000.00  
40

Dialect 2
(Sanzari) Eastern Boro dialect  
Oranjeriverafrikaans  

Where They Speak
Barpeta, Darrang, Kamrup, Nalbari  
-  

How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00  
99+
7,700,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
(Hazari) Southern Boro dialect  
Baster Afrikaans  

Where They Speak
Assam, India, Nepal  
Namibia  

How Many People Speak
1,300,000.00  
99+
7.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
0.60 million  
99+
19.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.01 %  
99+
0.03 %  
99+

Native Speakers
0.60 million  
99+
7.10 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
1.50 million  
99+
10.30 million  
40

Native Name
बड़ो (boṛo)  
Afrikaans  

Alternative Names
Bara, Bodi, Boro, Boroni, Kachari, Mech, Meche, Mechi, Meci  
Cape Dutch  

French Name
bodo  
afrikaans  

German Name
Bodo  
Afrikaans  

Pronunciation
[bɔɽo]  
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]  

Ethnicity
Bodo, Mech, (Assamese)  
Afrikaners  

History

Origin
1913  
17th Century  

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman  
Germanic  

Branch
-  
Western  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
-  
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch  

Standard Forms
-  
Standard Afrikaans  

Language Position
30  
28
23  
21

Signed Forms
Signed Bodo  
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
br  
af  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
brx  
afr  

ISO 639 2/B
brx  
afr  

ISO 639 3
brx  
afr  

ISO 639 6
brx  
afrs  

Glottocode
bodo1269  
afri1274  

Linguasphere
59-AAB  
52-ACB-ba  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Analytic  

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

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Bodo and Afrikaans Speaking population

Bodo and Afrikaans speaking population is one of the factors based on which Bodo and Afrikaans languages can be compared. The total count of Bodo and Afrikaans Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Bodo language is 0.01 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Afrikaans language is 0.03 %. 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 Bodo and Afrikaans on Bodo vs Afrikaans where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Bodo and Afrikaans Language Codes

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

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