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Bodo and Maithili


Maithili and Bodo


Countries

Countries
Assam, India   
India, Nepal   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
2   
13

National Language
Assam, India   
India, Nepal   

Second Language
Not Available   
Nepal   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
Not Available   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • In ancient times, Bodo language was written using Assamese script and Roman script.
  • Bodo Language is written using Devanagari script since 1963.
  
  • Earlier, Maithili language was considered as the dialect of Hindi and Bengali, however in the year 2003 Maithili achieved an independent language status in India.
  • Maithili has rich literature.
  

Similar To
Dimasa language, Garo language, Kokborok language   
Bhojpuri Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
45   
25
47   
27

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
20   
17
8   
5

How Many Consonants
25   
15
Not Available   

Scripts
Devanagari   
Devanagari   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Greetings

Hello
Not Available   
pranam   

Thank You
Not Available   
dhanyabad   

How Are You?
Nungni khabora ma?   
Aahan kehan chhi ?   

Good Night
मोजां हर (Mwjang Hor)   
Śubharātri   

Good Evening
Not Available   
shubh sandhya   

Good Afternoon
Not Available   
dopahar ke bad namaskar   

Good Morning
मोजां फुं (Mwjang Fung)   
Suprabhaat   

Please
अननानै (Onnanwi)   
kripaya   

Sorry
Not Available   
maf karai   

Bye
Not Available   
Alavidā   

I Love You
अननाइ नों (onnai Nwng)   
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi   

Excuse Me
Not Available   
kripaya   

Dialects

Dialect 1
(Sønabari) Western Boro dialect   
Tharuwat   

Where They Speak
Bongaigaon, Kokrajhar   
Nepal   

Dialect 2
(Sanzari) Eastern Boro dialect   
Madhubani   

Where They Speak
Barpeta, Darrang, Kamrup, Nalbari   
North India   

Dialect 3
(Hazari) Southern Boro dialect   
Khortha   

Where They Speak
Assam, India, Nepal   
Deoghar, France   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
15   
14

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
0.60 million   
99+
32.00 million   
35

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.41 %   
33

Native Speakers
0.60 million   
99+
27.00 million   
30

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
2.80 million   
33

Native Name
बड़ो (boṛo)   
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)   

Alternative Names
Bara, Bodi, Boro, Boroni, Kachari, Mech, Meche, Mechi, Meci   
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia   

French Name
Not Available   
maithili   

German Name
Not Available   
Maithili   

Pronunciation
[bɔɽo]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Bodo, Mech, (Assamese)   
Maithil   

History

Origin
1913   
14th century   

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Not Available   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Not Available   
Standard Maithili   

Language Position
Not Available   
40   
31

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
Not Available   
No data available   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
Not Available   
mai   

ISO 639 2/B
Not Available   
mai   

ISO 639 3
brx   
mai   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
bodo1269   
mait1250   

Linguasphere
Not Available   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

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

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Bodo and Maithili Speaking population

Bodo and Maithili speaking population is one of the factors based on which Bodo and Maithili languages can be compared. The total count of Bodo and Maithili Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Bodo language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Maithili language is 0.41 %. 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 Maithili on Bodo vs Maithili where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Bodo and Maithili Language Codes

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

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