Countries
Assam, India
Afganistan, Iran, Oman, Pakistan
Total No. Of Countries
14
0
46
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National Language
Assam, India
Iran
Second Language
-
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
-
India, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates
Regulated By
-
Balochi Academy, 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.
- Balochi language had no written form before the early 19th century. The official language used until that time was Persian.
- Balochi has borrowed words from Persian, Arabic, Sindhi, and other languages.
Similar To
Dimasa language, Garo language, Kokborok language
Kurdish and Persian
Derived From
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Ancient Indo-Iranian Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4534
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
208
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2526
9
60
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Scripts
Devanagari
Perso-Arabic script
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
Salam
Thank You
धन्यवाद
mana bebahgsh
How Are You?
Nungni khabora ma?
chone tao?
Good Night
मोजां हर (Mwjang Hor)
jawáin shap
Good Evening
बोडो
jawáin begáh
Good Afternoon
अन्धानि बार
سلام علیکم
Good Morning
मोजां फुं (Mwjang Fung)
jawáin sawáh
Please
अननानै (Onnanwi)
Mihrabani kan
Sorry
दु:खित
bebaksh / bebagsh
Bye
Lwrbw
bye
I Love You
अननाइ नों (onnai Nwng)
Tu mana doost biyeh
Excuse Me
दु:खित
mana bebahgsh
Dialect 1
(Sønabari) Western Boro dialect
Eastern Balochi
Where They Speak
Bongaigaon, Kokrajhar
Pakistan
How Many People Speak
1,500,000.005,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
(Sanzari) Eastern Boro dialect
Western Balochi
Where They Speak
Barpeta, Darrang, Kamrup, Nalbari
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan
How Many People Speak
1,500,000.001,800,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
(Hazari) Southern Boro dialect
Southern Balochi
Where They Speak
Assam, India, Nepal
Iran, Oman, Pakistan, United Arab Emirates
How Many People Speak
1,300,000.003,400,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
33
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
0.60 million7.60 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.01 %0.11 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
0.60 million7.60 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
1.50 million8.50 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
बड़ो (boṛo)
بلوچی
Alternative Names
Bara, Bodi, Boro, Boroni, Kachari, Mech, Meche, Mechi, Meci
Baluchi
French Name
bodo
baloutchi
German Name
Bodo
Belutschisch
Pronunciation
[bɔɽo]
[bəˈloʧi]
Ethnicity
Bodo, Mech, (Assamese)
Predominantly Baloch, some Brahui
Origin
1913
19th Century
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
-
No early forms
Standard Forms
-
Balochi
Language Position
3039
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Bodo
Balochi Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
br
No data available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
brx
bal
ISO 639 2/B
brx
bal
ISO 639 3
brx
bal
ISO 639 6
brx
bal
Glottocode
bodo1269
balo1260
Linguasphere
59-AAB
58-AAB-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
-