Countries
Assam, India
Bhutan
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Assam, India
Bhutan
Second Language
-
India
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
-
India
Regulated By
-
Dzongkha Development Commission
Interesting Facts
- In ancient times, Bodo language was written using Assamese script and Roman script.
- Bodo Language is written using Devanagari script since 1963.
- Standard romanization of the Dzongkha language is Roman Dzongkha.
Similar To
Dimasa language, Garo language, Kokborok language
Sikkimese Language
Derived From
-
Tibetan Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4595
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
205
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2530
9
60
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Scripts
Devanagari
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
56
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
34 weeks38 weeks
3
88
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Hello
नमस्कार
Kuzoozangpo La
Thank You
धन्यवाद
Kaadinchhey La
How Are You?
Nungni khabora ma?
Ga Day Bay Zhu Yoe Ga ?
Good Night
मोजां हर (Mwjang Hor)
lek shom ay zim
Good Evening
बोडो
ཞི་བདེ་ལག་པ་
Good Afternoon
अन्धानि बार
ཉིན་གུང་དགའ་བོ
Good Morning
मोजां फुं (Mwjang Fung)
ཞི་བདེ་པའི་སྔོན་འགྲུལ
Please
अननानै (Onnanwi)
བསྐྱར་མ་
Sorry
दु:खित
Tsip maza
Bye
Lwrbw
Log Jay Gay
I Love You
अननाइ नों (onnai Nwng)
Nga cheu lu ga
Excuse Me
दु:खित
Tsip maza
Dialect 1
(Sønabari) Western Boro dialect
Laya
Where They Speak
Bongaigaon, Kokrajhar
Bhutan
How Many People Speak
1,500,000.001,100.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
(Sanzari) Eastern Boro dialect
Lunana
Where They Speak
Barpeta, Darrang, Kamrup, Nalbari
Bhutan
How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00700.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
(Hazari) Southern Boro dialect
Adap
Where They Speak
Assam, India, Nepal
Bhutan
How Many People Speak
1,300,000.00130,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
34
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
0.60 million0.64 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.01 %0.07 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
0.60 million0.17 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
1.50 million0.47 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
बड़ो (boṛo)
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)
Alternative Names
Bara, Bodi, Boro, Boroni, Kachari, Mech, Meche, Mechi, Meci
Bhotia of Bhutan, Bhotia of Dukpa, Bhutanese, Drukha, Drukke, Dukpa, Jonkha, Rdzongkha, Zongkhar
French Name
bodo
dzongkha
German Name
Bodo
Dzongkha
Pronunciation
[bɔɽo]
[t͡ɕoŋkʰa]
Ethnicity
Bodo, Mech, (Assamese)
Ngalop people
Origin
1913
17th Century
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman
-
Branch
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Tibeto-Burman
Language Forms
Early Forms
-
No early forms
Standard Forms
-
Dzongkha
Language Position
3031
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Bodo
Signed Dzongkha
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
br
dz
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
brx
dzo
ISO 639 2/B
brx
dzo
ISO 639 3
brx
dzo
ISO 639 6
brx
dzo
Glottocode
bodo1269
nucl1307
Linguasphere
59-AAB
No data Available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
-