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Countries

Countries

Assam, India
Bhutan

Total No. Of Countries

11
0 46
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National Language

Assam, India
Bhutan

Second Language

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India

Speaking Continents

Asia
Asia

Minority Language

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India

Regulated By

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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

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Tibetan Language

Alphabets

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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Greetings

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

Dialects

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
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Total No. Of Dialects

34
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

0.60 million0.64 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.01 %0.07 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

0.60 million0.17 million
0 873
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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

History

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

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No early forms

Standard Forms

-
Dzongkha

Language Position

3031
1 120
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Signed Forms

Signed Bodo
Signed Dzongkha

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

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
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Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

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-

Language Morphological Typology

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-

Bodo and Dzongkha Alphabets

Bodo and Dzongkha Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Bodo and Dzongkha. In Bodo Alphabets there are 45 letters while in Dzongkha Alphabets there are 95 letters. To learn Bodo and Dzongkha languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Bodo and Dzongkha languages. The Bodo phonology consist Bodo vowels and Bodo consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Bodo greetings vs Dzongkha greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Bodo and Dzongkha are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Bodo and Dzongkha Speaking population

Bodo and Dzongkha speaking population is one of the factors based on which Bodo and Dzongkha languages can be compared. The total count of Bodo and Dzongkha Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Bodo language is 0.01 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Dzongkha language is 0.07 %. 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 Dzongkha on Bodo vs Dzongkha where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Bodo and Dzongkha Language Codes

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