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Bodo vs Cantonese


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Countries

Countries
Assam, India  
Hong Kong, Macau  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
Assam, India  
China, Guangdong  

Second Language
-  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
-  
Hawaii  

Regulated By
-  
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division  

Interesting Facts
  • In ancient times, Bodo language was written using Assamese script and Roman script.
  • Bodo Language is written using Devanagari script since 1963.
  
  • Cantonese have lot of slangs, many of them include words that do not make sense at all and some also have English in them.
  • Even though Cantonese and Mandarin are dialects of Chinese, Cantonese has 8 tones instead of Mandarin's 4.
  

Similar To
Dimasa language, Garo language, Kokborok language  
Chinese Language  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
45  
25
28  
10

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
20  
17
8  
5

How Many Consonants
25  
15
20  
10

Scripts
Devanagari  
Chinese Characters and derivatives  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
10  
8

Time Taken to Learn
34 weeks  
12
88 weeks  
19

Greetings

Hello
नमस्कार  
您好  

Thank You
धन्यवाद  
谢谢  

How Are You?
Nungni khabora ma?  
你好吗?  

Good Night
मोजां हर (Mwjang Hor)  
晚安  

Good Evening
बोडो  
晚上好  

Good Afternoon
अन्धानि बार  
下午好  

Good Morning
मोजां फुं (Mwjang Fung)  
早上好  

Please
अननानै (Onnanwi)  
请  

Sorry
दु:खित  
遗憾  

Bye
Lwrbw  
再见  

I Love You
अननाइ नों (onnai Nwng)  
我爱你  

Excuse Me
दु:खित  
原谅我  

Dialects

Dialect 1
(Sønabari) Western Boro dialect  
Guangzhou  

Where They Speak
Bongaigaon, Kokrajhar  
outside mainland China  

How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00  
99+
71,000,000.00  
13

Dialect 2
(Sanzari) Eastern Boro dialect  
Xiguan  

Where They Speak
Barpeta, Darrang, Kamrup, Nalbari  
Hong Kong  

How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00  
99+
71,000,000.00  
11

Dialect 3
(Hazari) Southern Boro dialect  
Hong Kong  

Where They Speak
Assam, India, Nepal  
Hong Kong  

How Many People Speak
1,300,000.00  
99+
70,000,000.00  
10

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
0.60 million  
99+
60.00 million  
27

Speaking Population
0.01 %  
99+
16.00 %  
2

Native Speakers
0.60 million  
99+
52.00 million  
21

Second Language Speakers
1.50 million  
99+
71.00 million  
15

Native Name
बड़ो (boṛo)  
Kwang Tung Wa  

Alternative Names
Bara, Bodi, Boro, Boroni, Kachari, Mech, Meche, Mechi, Meci  
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese  

French Name
bodo  
cantonais  

German Name
Bodo  
Kantonesisch  

Pronunciation
[bɔɽo]  
[kʰɐn˧˥tʰœːn˧˥sɨ˧˥]  

Ethnicity
Bodo, Mech, (Assamese)  
Han Chinese  

History

Origin
1913  
17th century  

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family  
Sino-Tibetan Family  

Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
-  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
-  
Standard Cantonese  

Language Position
30  
28
1  
1

Signed Forms
Signed Bodo  
Signed Cantonese  

Scope
Individual  
-  

Code

ISO 639 1
br  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
brx  
yue  

ISO 639 2/B
brx  
yue  

ISO 639 3
brx  
No data available  

ISO 639 6
brx  
yue  

Glottocode
bodo1269  
cant1236  

Linguasphere
59-AAB  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
-  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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Bodo and Cantonese Language History

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

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

Bodo vs Cantonese Difficulty

The Bodo vs Cantonese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Bodo Alphabets and Cantonese 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 Cantonese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Bodo and Cantonese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Bodo is 34 weeks while to learn Cantonese time required is 88 weeks.

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