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Bodo and Khasi


Khasi and Bodo


Countries

Countries
Assam, India  
Meghalaya  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Assam, India  
Bangladesh, India  

Second Language
-  
-  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
-  
-  

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.
  
  • Khasi language contain a large number of loanwords from Bengali and Hindi Languages.
  • There is significant dialectal variation in khasi language, since several dialects have only partial mutual intelligibility.
  

Similar To
Dimasa language, Garo language, Kokborok language  
Garo and Jaintia Languages  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
45  
25
23  
5

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
20  
17
6  
3

How Many Consonants
25  
15
14  
4

Scripts
Devanagari  
Bengali, Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
34 weeks  
12
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
नमस्कार  
Kumno  

Thank You
धन्यवाद  
Khublei  

How Are You?
Nungni khabora ma?  
Kumno phi long?  

Good Night
मोजां हर (Mwjang Hor)  
thia sukh  

Good Evening
बोडो  
babha janmiet  

Good Afternoon
अन्धानि बार  
babha noph-phai-sngi  

Good Morning
मोजां फुं (Mwjang Fung)  
khublei  

Please
अननानै (Onnanwi)  
Sngewbha  

Sorry
दु:खित  
Map  

Bye
Lwrbw  
khublei  

I Love You
अननाइ नों (onnai Nwng)  
ieit ieit  

Excuse Me
दु:खित  
map a nga  

Dialects

Dialect 1
(Sønabari) Western Boro dialect  
Bhoi  

Where They Speak
Bongaigaon, Kokrajhar  
-  

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

Dialect 2
(Sanzari) Eastern Boro dialect  
Nonglung  

Where They Speak
Barpeta, Darrang, Kamrup, Nalbari  
-  

How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00  
99+
1,200,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
(Hazari) Southern Boro dialect  
Cherrapunji  

Where They Speak
Assam, India, Nepal  
-  

How Many People Speak
1,300,000.00  
99+
1,500,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
5  
5

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.01 %  
99+
0.01 %  
99+

Native Speakers
0.60 million  
99+
0.84 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
1.50 million  
99+
1.50 million  
99+

Native Name
बड़ो (boṛo)  
Ka Ktien  

Alternative Names
Bara, Bodi, Boro, Boroni, Kachari, Mech, Meche, Mechi, Meci  
Kahasi, Kassi, Khasa, Khashi, Khasiyas, Khuchia  

French Name
bodo  
khasi  

German Name
Bodo  
Khasi-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[bɔɽo]  
[ˈkʰɑsi]  

Ethnicity
Bodo, Mech, (Assamese)  
Khasi people  

History

Origin
1913  
1200 AD  

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family  
Austroasiatic Family  

Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
-  
No Early Forms  

Standard Forms
-  
Khasi  

Language Position
30  
28
40  
37

Signed Forms
Signed Bodo  
Khasi Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
br  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
brx  
kha  

ISO 639 2/B
brx  
kha  

ISO 639 3
brx  
kha  

ISO 639 6
brx  
kha  

Glottocode
bodo1269  
khas1269  

Linguasphere
59-AAB  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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

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Bodo and Khasi Speaking population

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

Bodo and Khasi Language Codes

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

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