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Bodo vs Chewa


Chewa vs Bodo


Countries

Countries
Assam, India   
Malawi, Zimbabwe   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
2   
13

National Language
Assam, India   
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe   

Second Language
Not Available   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Africa   

Minority Language
Not Available   
Zambia   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • In ancient times, Bodo language was written using Assamese script and Roman script.
  • Bodo Language is written using Devanagari script since 1963.
  
  • Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
  • Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
  

Similar To
Dimasa language, Garo language, Kokborok language   
Zulu language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
45   
25
31   
13

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
20   
17
5   
2

How Many Consonants
25   
15
18   
8

Scripts
Devanagari   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Greetings

Hello
Not Available   
Moni   

Thank You
Not Available   
Zikomo   

How Are You?
Nungni khabora ma?   
Muli bwanji?   

Good Night
मोजां हर (Mwjang Hor)   
Usiku wabwino   

Good Evening
Not Available   
Madzulo abwino   

Good Afternoon
Not Available   
Masana abwino   

Good Morning
मोजां फुं (Mwjang Fung)   
M'mawa wabwino   

Please
अननानै (Onnanwi)   
Chonde   

Sorry
Not Available   
pepani   

Bye
Not Available   
anatsanzikana   

I Love You
अननाइ नों (onnai Nwng)   
Ndimakukondani   

Excuse Me
Not Available   
Pepani   

Dialects

Dialect 1
(Sønabari) Western Boro dialect   
Kasungu   

Where They Speak
Bongaigaon, Kokrajhar   
Malawi, Zambia   

Dialect 2
(Sanzari) Eastern Boro dialect   
Kikamtunda   

Where They Speak
Barpeta, Darrang, Kamrup, Nalbari   
Malawi, Zambia   

Dialect 3
(Hazari) Southern Boro dialect   
Kimaravi   

Where They Speak
Assam, India, Nepal   
Malawi, Zambia   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
5   
5

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.17 %   
99+

Native Speakers
0.60 million   
99+
12.00 million   
99+

Native Name
बड़ो (boṛo)   
Nyanja   

Alternative Names
Bara, Bodi, Boro, Boroni, Kachari, Mech, Meche, Mechi, Meci   
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa   

French Name
Not Available   
chichewa; chewa; nyanja   

German Name
Not Available   
Nyanja-Sprache   

Pronunciation
[bɔɽo]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Bodo, Mech, (Assamese)   
Chewa people   

History

Origin
1913   
15th Century   

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family   
Niger-Congo Family   

Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman   
Benue-Congo   

Branch
Not Available   
Bantu   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Not Available   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Not Available   
Chewa   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
Not Available   
ny   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
Not Available   
nya   

ISO 639 2/B
Not Available   
nya   

ISO 639 3
brx   
nya   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
bodo1269   
nyan1308   

Linguasphere
Not Available   
99-AUS-xaa – xag   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

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Bodo and Chewa Language History

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

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Bodo and Chewa 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 Chewa greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Bodo and Chewa language. Bodo word for "Hello" is Not Available or Chewa word for "Thank You" is Zikomo. Find more of such common Bodo Greetings and Chewa Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Bodo vs Chewa Difficulty

The Bodo vs Chewa difficulty level basically depends on the number of Bodo Alphabets and Chewa 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 Chewa are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Bodo and Chewa, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Bodo is Not Available while to learn Chewa time required is Not Available.

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