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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
Not Available   
Namibia, South Africa   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Africa   

Minority Language
Not Available   
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe   

Regulated By
Not Available   
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
Not Available   
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
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available   
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available   
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
Not Available   
hallo   

Thank You
Not Available   
Dankie   

How Are You?
Nungni khabora ma?   
Hoe gaan dit   

Good Night
मोजां हर (Mwjang Hor)   
goeie nag   

Good Evening
Not Available   
Goeienaand   

Good Afternoon
Not Available   
Goeie middag   

Good Morning
मोजां फुं (Mwjang Fung)   
goeie more   

Please
अननानै (Onnanwi)   
asseblief   

Sorry
Not Available   
jammer   

Bye
Not Available   
Not Available   

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

Excuse Me
Not Available   
Verskoon my   

Dialects

Dialect 1
(Sønabari) Western Boro dialect   
Kaapse Afrikaans   

Where They Speak
Bongaigaon, Kokrajhar   
Not Available   

Dialect 2
(Sanzari) Eastern Boro dialect   
Oranjeriverafrikaans   

Where They Speak
Barpeta, Darrang, Kamrup, Nalbari   
Not Available   

Dialect 3
(Hazari) Southern Boro dialect   
Baster Afrikaans   

Where They Speak
Assam, India, Nepal   
Namibia   

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
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
0.60 million   
99+
7.10 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
10.30 million   
22

Native Name
बड़ो (boṛo)   
Afrikaans   

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

French Name
Not Available   
afrikaans   

German Name
Not Available   
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
Not Available   
Western   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Not Available   
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch   

Standard Forms
Not Available   
Standard Afrikaans   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
Not Available   
af   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
Not Available   
afr   

ISO 639 2/B
Not Available   
afr   

ISO 639 3
brx   
afr   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
afrs   

Glottocode
bodo1269   
afri1274   

Linguasphere
Not Available   
52-ACB-ba   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
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 Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Afrikaans language is Not Available. 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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