Countries
Assam, India
South Africa
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
👆🏻
National Language
Assam, India
South Africa
Second Language
-
Namibia, South Africa
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
-
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Regulated By
-
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
Interesting Facts
- In ancient times, Bodo language was written using Assamese script and Roman script.
- Bodo Language is written using Devanagari script since 1963.
- Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
- Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
Similar To
Dimasa language, Garo language, Kokborok language
Dutch Language
Derived From
-
Dutch Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4532
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
2015
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2517
9
60
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Scripts
Devanagari
Latin
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
53
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
34 weeks24 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
नमस्कार
hallo
Thank You
धन्यवाद
Dankie
How Are You?
Nungni khabora ma?
Hoe gaan dit
Good Night
मोजां हर (Mwjang Hor)
goeie nag
Good Evening
बोडो
Goeienaand
Good Afternoon
अन्धानि बार
Goeie middag
Good Morning
मोजां फुं (Mwjang Fung)
goeie more
Please
अननानै (Onnanwi)
asseblief
Sorry
दु:खित
jammer
Bye
Lwrbw
Totsiens
I Love You
अननाइ नों (onnai Nwng)
Ek het jou lief
Excuse Me
दु:खित
Verskoon my
Dialect 1
(Sønabari) Western Boro dialect
Kaapse Afrikaans
Where They Speak
Bongaigaon, Kokrajhar
-
How Many People Speak
1,500,000.007,700,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
(Sanzari) Eastern Boro dialect
Oranjeriverafrikaans
Where They Speak
Barpeta, Darrang, Kamrup, Nalbari
-
How Many People Speak
1,500,000.007,700,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
(Hazari) Southern Boro dialect
Baster Afrikaans
Where They Speak
Assam, India, Nepal
Namibia
How Many People Speak
1,300,000.007.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
33
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
0.60 million19.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.01 %0.03 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
0.60 million7.10 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
1.50 million10.30 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
बड़ो (boṛo)
Afrikaans
Alternative Names
Bara, Bodi, Boro, Boroni, Kachari, Mech, Meche, Mechi, Meci
Cape Dutch
French Name
bodo
afrikaans
German Name
Bodo
Afrikaans
Pronunciation
[bɔɽo]
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
Ethnicity
Bodo, Mech, (Assamese)
Afrikaners
Origin
1913
17th Century
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman
Germanic
Branch
-
Western
Language Forms
Early Forms
-
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
Standard Forms
-
Standard Afrikaans
Language Position
3023
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Signed Bodo
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
br
af
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
brx
afr
ISO 639 2/B
brx
afr
ISO 639 3
brx
afr
ISO 639 6
brx
afrs
Glottocode
bodo1269
afri1274
Linguasphere
59-AAB
52-ACB-ba
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
-
Analytic