Countries
Assam, India
South Africa
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Assam, India
South Africa
Second Language
-
Lesotho, South Africa
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
-
Botswana, Lesotho
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.
- Xhosa has 15 click sounds, borrowed from the khoi-khoi and san languages of the South Africa.
- The same sequence of consonants and vowels can have different meaning when said with different tones, so Xhosa is tonal.
Similar To
Dimasa language, Garo language, Kokborok language
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele
Derived From
-
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4553
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
2010
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2543
9
60
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Scripts
Devanagari
Latin
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
53
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
34 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
नमस्कार
Molo
Thank You
धन्यवाद
Ndiyabulela
How Are You?
Nungni khabora ma?
Unjani
Good Night
मोजां हर (Mwjang Hor)
Ulale kakuhle
Good Evening
बोडो
Ubusuku obuhle
Good Afternoon
अन्धानि बार
Uben' emva kwemini entle
Good Morning
मोजां फुं (Mwjang Fung)
Molo
Please
अननानै (Onnanwi)
Ndicela
Sorry
दु:खित
Ndicela uxolo
Bye
Lwrbw
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle
I Love You
अननाइ नों (onnai Nwng)
Ndiyakuthanda
Excuse Me
दु:खित
Uxolo
Dialect 1
(Sønabari) Western Boro dialect
Gcaleka
Where They Speak
Bongaigaon, Kokrajhar
South Africa
How Many People Speak
1,500,000.0019,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
(Sanzari) Eastern Boro dialect
Thembu
Where They Speak
Barpeta, Darrang, Kamrup, Nalbari
South Africa
How Many People Speak
1,500,000.0019,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
(Hazari) Southern Boro dialect
Hlubi
Where They Speak
Assam, India, Nepal
South Africa
How Many People Speak
1,300,000.0019.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
39
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
0.60 million20.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.01 %0.11 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
0.60 million8.20 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
1.50 million11.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
बड़ो (boṛo)
isiXhosa
Alternative Names
Bara, Bodi, Boro, Boroni, Kachari, Mech, Meche, Mechi, Meci
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa
French Name
bodo
xhosa
German Name
Bodo
Xhosa-Sprache
Pronunciation
[bɔɽo]
[ˈkǁʰɔ̀ːsa]
Ethnicity
Bodo, Mech, (Assamese)
amaXhosa, amaBhaca
Origin
1913
16th Century
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman
Benue-Congo
Branch
-
Bantu
Language Forms
Early Forms
-
No early forms
Standard Forms
-
isiXhosa
Language Position
3021
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Bodo
Signed Xhosa
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
br
xh
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
brx
xho
ISO 639 2/B
brx
xho
ISO 639 3
brx
xho
ISO 639 6
brx
xho
Glottocode
bodo1269
xhos1239
Linguasphere
59-AAB
99-AUT-fa
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
-
-