Countries
Assam, India
Sri Lanka
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
👆🏻
National Language
Assam, India
Sri Lanka
Second Language
-
Sri Lanka
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
-
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
-
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)
Interesting Facts
- In ancient times, Bodo language was written using Assamese script and Roman script.
- Bodo Language is written using Devanagari script since 1963.
- In Sinhalese language, there are many loanwords from Dravidian languages mainly Tamil, Portuguese, Dutch and English.
- Sinhalese language has it own script/ writing system.
Similar To
Dimasa language, Garo language, Kokborok language
Maldivian Language
Derived From
-
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4554
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
2018
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2536
9
60
👆🏻
Scripts
Devanagari
Sinhala alphabet
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
52
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
34 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
नमस्कार
හලෝ (halō)
Thank You
धन्यवाद
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)
How Are You?
Nungni khabora ma?
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)
Good Night
मोजां हर (Mwjang Hor)
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)
Good Evening
बोडो
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)
Good Afternoon
अन्धानि बार
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)
Good Morning
मोजां फुं (Mwjang Fung)
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)
Please
अननानै (Onnanwi)
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)
Sorry
दु:खित
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)
Bye
Lwrbw
බායි (bāyi)
I Love You
अननाइ नों (onnai Nwng)
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)
Excuse Me
दु:खित
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)
Dialect 1
(Sønabari) Western Boro dialect
Vedda
Where They Speak
Bongaigaon, Kokrajhar
Sri Lanka
How Many People Speak
1,500,000.0019,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
(Sanzari) Eastern Boro dialect
Sri Lankan Sinhala
Where They Speak
Barpeta, Darrang, Kamrup, Nalbari
-
How Many People Speak
1,500,000.0019,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
(Hazari) Southern Boro dialect
Up-Country Sinhalese
Where They Speak
Assam, India, Nepal
-
How Many People Speak
1,300,000.0016,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
31
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
0.60 million16.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.01 %0.25 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
0.60 million16.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
1.50 million2.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
बड़ो (boṛo)
සිංහල (sĩhala)
Alternative Names
Bara, Bodi, Boro, Boroni, Kachari, Mech, Meche, Mechi, Meci
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala
French Name
bodo
singhalais
German Name
Bodo
Singhalesisch
Pronunciation
[bɔɽo]
[ˈsiŋhəliːz]
Ethnicity
Bodo, Mech, (Assamese)
Sinhalese people
Origin
1913
3
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman
Indo-Iranian
Branch
-
Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
-
Sinhalese Prakrit
Standard Forms
-
Modern Sinhalese
Language Position
3070
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Signed Bodo
Signed Sinhalese
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
br
si
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
brx
sin
ISO 639 2/B
brx
sin
ISO 639 3
brx
sin
ISO 639 6
brx
sin
Glottocode
bodo1269
sinh1246
Linguasphere
59-AAB
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
-
Fusional