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Bodo vs Akan


Akan vs Bodo


Countries

Countries
Assam, India  
Ghana, Ivory coast  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
Assam, India  
Ghana  

Second Language
-  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Africa  

Minority Language
-  
Benin, United States of America  

Regulated By
-  
Akan Orthography 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.
  
  • Ghana has over 100 ethnic groups living, and Akan is one of the largest tribe.
  • Akan language came in South America, notably Suriname and Jamaica through slave trade.
  

Similar To
Dimasa language, Garo language, Kokborok language  
Ewe and Ga-Dangme Languages  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
45  
25
21  
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
20  
17
10  
7

How Many Consonants
25  
15
16  
6

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
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
नमस्कार  
ete-sen  

Thank You
धन्यवाद  
meda ase  

How Are You?
Nungni khabora ma?  
wo ho te sɛn?  

Good Night
मोजां हर (Mwjang Hor)  
maadwo  

Good Evening
बोडो  
maadwo  

Good Afternoon
अन्धानि बार  
maaha  

Good Morning
मोजां फुं (Mwjang Fung)  
maakye  

Please
अननानै (Onnanwi)  
wae  

Sorry
दु:खित  
Kafra  

Bye
Lwrbw  
bye  

I Love You
अननाइ नों (onnai Nwng)  
Me doכ wo  

Excuse Me
दु:खित  
mepa wo kyɛw  

Dialects

Dialect 1
(Sønabari) Western Boro dialect  
Asante  

Where They Speak
Bongaigaon, Kokrajhar  
Ghana  

How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00  
99+
9,000,000.00  
39

Dialect 2
(Sanzari) Eastern Boro dialect  
Akuapem  

Where They Speak
Barpeta, Darrang, Kamrup, Nalbari  
Ghana  

How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00  
99+
9,000,000.00  
38

Dialect 3
(Hazari) Southern Boro dialect  
Fante  

Where They Speak
Assam, India, Nepal  
Ghana  

How Many People Speak
1,300,000.00  
99+
1,900,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
3  
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.01 %  
99+
0.17 %  
99+

Native Speakers
0.60 million  
99+
11.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
1.50 million  
99+
21.00 million  
29

Native Name
बड़ो (boṛo)  
Akan  

Alternative Names
Bara, Bodi, Boro, Boroni, Kachari, Mech, Meche, Mechi, Meci  
Twi, Fante  

French Name
bodo  
akan  

German Name
Bodo  
Akan-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[bɔɽo]  
[ˈaːkã]  

Ethnicity
Bodo, Mech, (Assamese)  
Akan people  

History

Origin
1913  
15  

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
-  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
-  
Akan  

Language Position
30  
28
104  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Bodo  
Akan Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
br  
ak  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
brx  
aka  

ISO 639 2/B
brx  
aka  

ISO 639 3
brx  
aka  

ISO 639 6
brx  
aka  

Glottocode
bodo1269  
akan1251  

Linguasphere
59-AAB  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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Bodo and Akan Language History

Comparison of Bodo vs Akan language history gives us differences between origin of Bodo and Akan language. History of Bodo language states that this language originated in 1913 whereas history of Akan language states that this language originated in 15. 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 Akan Language History.

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Bodo and Akan 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 Akan greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Bodo and Akan language. Bodo word for "Hello" is नमस्कार or Akan word for "Thank You" is meda ase. Find more of such common Bodo Greetings and Akan Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Bodo vs Akan Difficulty

The Bodo vs Akan difficulty level basically depends on the number of Bodo Alphabets and Akan 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 Akan are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Bodo and Akan, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Bodo is 34 weeks while to learn Akan time required is 44 weeks.

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