Countries
Assam, India
India, Manipur
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Assam, India
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
Second Language
-
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
-
Assam, Manipur, Tripura
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.
- Meithei Language is currently classified as a vulnerable language by UNESCO.
- The oldest document in Methei language was dated back in 8th century were inscriptions on the copper plate.
Similar To
Dimasa language, Garo language, Kokborok language
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4527
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
206
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2515
9
60
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Scripts
Devanagari
Bengali
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
53
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
34 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
नमस्कार
Khurumjari
Thank You
धन्यवाद
Yamna nungaijare
How Are You?
Nungni khabora ma?
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?
Good Night
मोजां हर (Mwjang Hor)
Athengba Ahing
Good Evening
बोडो
মানিপুরি
Good Afternoon
अन्धानि बार
দুপুরোয়াক নমস্কাৰ
Good Morning
मोजां फुं (Mwjang Fung)
Nongale haugatl
Please
अननानै (Onnanwi)
Chanbiduna
Sorry
दु:खित
Saobiganu
Bye
Lwrbw
Chatcharage
I Love You
अननाइ नों (onnai Nwng)
Eina nangbu nungsi
Excuse Me
दु:खित
দুঃখিত
Dialect 1
(Sønabari) Western Boro dialect
Loi
Where They Speak
Bongaigaon, Kokrajhar
Burma, Laos
How Many People Speak
1,500,000.005,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
(Sanzari) Eastern Boro dialect
Pangal
Where They Speak
Barpeta, Darrang, Kamrup, Nalbari
Bangladesh, India
How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00273,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
(Hazari) Southern Boro dialect
Meithei proper
Where They Speak
Assam, India, Nepal
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
How Many People Speak
1,300,000.001,250,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
36
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
0.60 million1.50 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.01 %0.01 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
0.60 million1.50 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
1.50 million1.50 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
बड़ो (boṛo)
মৈইতৈইলোন
Alternative Names
Bara, Bodi, Boro, Boroni, Kachari, Mech, Meche, Mechi, Meci
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna
French Name
bodo
Meithei
German Name
Bodo
Meithei
Pronunciation
[bɔɽo]
[ˈmeɪteɪ]
Ethnicity
Bodo, Mech, (Assamese)
Meithei people
Origin
1913
1700
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman
Tibeto-Burman
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
-
No early forms
Standard Forms
-
Standard Meithei
Language Position
3038
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Signed Bodo
Meithei Sign Language
Scope
Individual
-
ISO 639 1
br
No data available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
brx
mni
ISO 639 2/B
brx
mni
ISO 639 3
brx
mni
ISO 639 6
brx
mni
Glottocode
bodo1269
mani1292
Linguasphere
59-AAB
omp
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
-
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
-