Countries
Assam, India
Malawi, Zimbabwe
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
👆🏻
National Language
Assam, India
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Second Language
-
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
-
Zambia
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.
- Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
- Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
Similar To
Dimasa language, Garo language, Kokborok language
Zulu language
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4531
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
205
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2518
9
60
👆🏻
Scripts
Devanagari
Latin
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
55
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
34 weeks32 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
नमस्कार
Moni
Thank You
धन्यवाद
Zikomo
How Are You?
Nungni khabora ma?
Muli bwanji?
Good Night
मोजां हर (Mwjang Hor)
Usiku wabwino
Good Evening
बोडो
Madzulo abwino
Good Afternoon
अन्धानि बार
Masana abwino
Good Morning
मोजां फुं (Mwjang Fung)
M'mawa wabwino
Please
अननानै (Onnanwi)
Chonde
Sorry
दु:खित
pepani
Bye
Lwrbw
anatsanzikana
I Love You
अननाइ नों (onnai Nwng)
Ndimakukondani
Excuse Me
दु:खित
Pepani
Dialect 1
(Sønabari) Western Boro dialect
Kasungu
Where They Speak
Bongaigaon, Kokrajhar
Malawi, Zambia
How Many People Speak
1,500,000.0012,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
(Sanzari) Eastern Boro dialect
Kikamtunda
Where They Speak
Barpeta, Darrang, Kamrup, Nalbari
Malawi, Zambia
How Many People Speak
1,500,000.0010,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
(Hazari) Southern Boro dialect
Kimaravi
Where They Speak
Assam, India, Nepal
Malawi, Zambia
How Many People Speak
1,300,000.001,200,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
35
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
0.60 million12.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.01 %0.17 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
0.60 million12.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
1.50 million1.50 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
बड़ो (boṛo)
Nyanja
Alternative Names
Bara, Bodi, Boro, Boroni, Kachari, Mech, Meche, Mechi, Meci
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa
French Name
bodo
chichewa; chewa; nyanja
German Name
Bodo
Nyanja-Sprache
Pronunciation
[bɔɽo]
[ˈtʃewa]
Ethnicity
Bodo, Mech, (Assamese)
Chewa people
Origin
1913
15th Century
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman
Benue-Congo
Branch
-
Bantu
Language Forms
Early Forms
-
No early forms
Standard Forms
-
Chewa
Language Position
3027
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Signed Bodo
Chewa Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
br
ny
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
brx
nya
ISO 639 2/B
brx
nya
ISO 639 3
brx
nya
ISO 639 6
brx
nya
Glottocode
bodo1269
nyan1308
Linguasphere
59-AAB
99-AUS-xaa – xag
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
-