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Bodo vs Afrikaans


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Countries

Countries
Assam, India  
South Africa  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

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

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

Alphabets
45  
25
32  
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
20  
17
15  
12

How Many Consonants
25  
15
17  
7

Scripts
Devanagari  
Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
34 weeks  
12
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

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  

Dialects

Dialect 1
(Sønabari) Western Boro dialect  
Kaapse Afrikaans  

Where They Speak
Bongaigaon, Kokrajhar  
-  

How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00  
99+
7,700,000.00  
40

Dialect 2
(Sanzari) Eastern Boro dialect  
Oranjeriverafrikaans  

Where They Speak
Barpeta, Darrang, Kamrup, Nalbari  
-  

How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00  
99+
7,700,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
(Hazari) Southern Boro dialect  
Baster Afrikaans  

Where They Speak
Assam, India, Nepal  
Namibia  

How Many People Speak
1,300,000.00  
99+
7.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
0.60 million  
99+
19.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.01 %  
99+
0.03 %  
99+

Native Speakers
0.60 million  
99+
7.10 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
1.50 million  
99+
10.30 million  
40

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  

History

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
30  
28
23  
21

Signed Forms
Signed Bodo  
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

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  

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Bodo and Afrikaans Language History

Comparison of Bodo vs Afrikaans language history gives us differences between origin of Bodo and Afrikaans language. History of Bodo language states that this language originated in 1913 whereas history of Afrikaans language states that this language originated in 17th Century. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Bodo and Afrikaans Language History.

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Bodo and Afrikaans Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Bodo and Afrikaans greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Bodo and Afrikaans language. Bodo word for "Hello" is नमस्कार or Afrikaans word for "Thank You" is Dankie. Find more of such common Bodo Greetings and Afrikaans Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Bodo vs Afrikaans Difficulty

The Bodo vs Afrikaans difficulty level basically depends on the number of Bodo Alphabets and Afrikaans Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Bodo and Afrikaans are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Bodo and Afrikaans, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Bodo is 34 weeks while to learn Afrikaans time required is 24 weeks.

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