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Countries

Countries
Assam, India  
India  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Assam, India  
Bangladesh, India  

Second Language
-  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
-  
Bangladesh, Bhutan  

Regulated By
-  
Asam Sahitya Sabha  

Interesting Facts
  • In ancient times, Bodo language was written using Assamese script and Roman script.
  • Bodo Language is written using Devanagari script since 1963.
  
  • Assamese was reinstated as the state language of Assam in 1873.
  • Assamese language has its own stream of origin, it is evolved in a different way from rest of the Indo-Aryan languages of India.
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Similar To
Dimasa language, Garo language, Kokborok language  
Bengali and Oriya  

Derived From
-  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
45  
25
52  
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
20  
17
11  
8

How Many Consonants
25  
15
41  
30

Scripts
Devanagari  
Bengali  

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  
nomoskaar  

Thank You
धन्यवाद  
ḍhonyobaaḍ  

How Are You?
Nungni khabora ma?  
aapuni kene aase?  

Good Night
मोजां हर (Mwjang Hor)  
subhoraattri  

Good Evening
बोडो  
subha gadhuli  

Good Afternoon
अन्धानि बार  
subha abeli  

Good Morning
मोजां फुं (Mwjang Fung)  
suprobhaat  

Please
अननानै (Onnanwi)  
anugroha kori  

Sorry
दु:खित  
moi ḍukkhita  

Bye
Lwrbw  
biḍai  

I Love You
अननाइ नों (onnai Nwng)  
moi tomaak bhaalpaao  

Excuse Me
दु:खित  
kyoma koribo  

Dialects

Dialect 1
(Sønabari) Western Boro dialect  
Kamrupi  

Where They Speak
Bongaigaon, Kokrajhar  
Western Assam  

How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00  
99+
6,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
(Sanzari) Eastern Boro dialect  
Goalpariya  

Where They Speak
Barpeta, Darrang, Kamrup, Nalbari  
Western Assam  

How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00  
99+
16,000,000.00  
30

Dialect 3
(Hazari) Southern Boro dialect  
Bhakatiya  

Where They Speak
Assam, India, Nepal  
Assam  

How Many People Speak
1,300,000.00  
99+
16,000,000.00  
27

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
3  
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.01 %  
99+
0.24 %  
99+

Native Speakers
0.60 million  
99+
15.00 million  
40

Second Language Speakers
1.50 million  
99+
15.00 million  
34

Native Name
बड़ो (boṛo)  
অসমীয়া (asamīẏa)  

Alternative Names
Bara, Bodi, Boro, Boroni, Kachari, Mech, Meche, Mechi, Meci  
Asambe, Asami, Asamiya  

French Name
bodo  
assamais  

German Name
Bodo  
Assamesisch  

Pronunciation
[bɔɽo]  
[ɔxɔmɔnɔ]  

Ethnicity
Bodo, Mech, (Assamese)  
Assamese people  

History

Origin
1913  
7th century A.D  

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
-  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
-  
Kamarupa  

Standard Forms
-  
Assamese  

Language Position
30  
28
65  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Bodo  
Signed Assamese  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
br  
as  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
brx  
asm  

ISO 639 2/B
brx  
asm  

ISO 639 3
brx  
asm  

ISO 639 6
brx  
asm  

Glottocode
bodo1269  
assa1263  

Linguasphere
59-AAB  
59-AAF-w  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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Bodo and Assamese Language History

Comparison of Bodo vs Assamese language history gives us differences between origin of Bodo and Assamese language. History of Bodo language states that this language originated in 1913 whereas history of Assamese language states that this language originated in 7th century A.D. 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 Assamese Language History.

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

Bodo vs Assamese Difficulty

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

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