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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 spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Africa  

Minority Language
-  
Zambia  

Regulated By
-  
-  

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
-  
-  

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
-  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
34 weeks  
12
32 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
नमस्कार  
Moni  

Thank You
धन्यवाद  
Zikomo  

How Are You?
Nungni khabora ma?  
Muli bwanji?  

Good Night
मोजां हर (Mwjang Hor)  
Usiku wabwino  

Good Evening
बोडो  
Madzulo abwino  

Good Afternoon
अन्धानि बार  
Masana abwino  

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

Please
अननानै (Onnanwi)  
Chonde  

Sorry
दु:खित  
pepani  

Bye
Lwrbw  
anatsanzikana  

I Love You
अननाइ नों (onnai Nwng)  
Ndimakukondani  

Excuse Me
दु:खित  
Pepani  

Dialects

Dialect 1
(Sønabari) Western Boro dialect  
Kasungu  

Where They Speak
Bongaigaon, Kokrajhar  
Malawi, Zambia  

How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00  
99+
12,000,000.00  
35

Dialect 2
(Sanzari) Eastern Boro dialect  
Kikamtunda  

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

How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00  
99+
10,000,000.00  
37

Dialect 3
(Hazari) Southern Boro dialect  
Kimaravi  

Where They Speak
Assam, India, Nepal  
Malawi, Zambia  

How Many People Speak
1,300,000.00  
99+
1,200,000.00  
99+

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
0.01 %  
99+
0.17 %  
99+

Native Speakers
0.60 million  
99+
12.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
1.50 million  
99+
1.50 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
bodo  
chichewa; chewa; nyanja  

German Name
Bodo  
Nyanja-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[bɔɽo]  
[ˈtʃewa]  

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
-  
Bantu  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
-  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
-  
Chewa  

Language Position
30  
28
27  
25

Signed Forms
Signed Bodo  
Chewa Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
br  
ny  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
brx  
nya  

ISO 639 2/B
brx  
nya  

ISO 639 3
brx  
nya  

ISO 639 6
brx  
nya  

Glottocode
bodo1269  
nyan1308  

Linguasphere
59-AAB  
99-AUS-xaa – xag  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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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 नमस्कार 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 34 weeks while to learn Chewa time required is 32 weeks.

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