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Countries

Countries
Assam, India  
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
6  
9

National Language
Assam, India  
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname  

Second Language
-  
South Africa  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia, Europe, North America, South America  

Minority Language
-  
France, Germany, Indonesia  

Regulated By
-  
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)  

Interesting Facts
  • In ancient times, Bodo language was written using Assamese script and Roman script.
  • Bodo Language is written using Devanagari script since 1963.
  
  • Dutch language consist of extremely long words. The longest dutch word in the dictionary is 53 letters long.
  • There exists 75% borrowed words in Dutch language, and a lot of those are French, English and Hebrew.
  

Similar To
Dimasa language, Garo language, Kokborok language  
German and English Languages  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
45  
25
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
20  
17
6  
3

How Many Consonants
25  
15
21  
11

Scripts
Devanagari  
Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
34 weeks  
12
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
नमस्कार  
Hallo  

Thank You
धन्यवाद  
dankjewel  

How Are You?
Nungni khabora ma?  
hoe gaat het met je?  

Good Night
मोजां हर (Mwjang Hor)  
goede Nacht  

Good Evening
बोडो  
goedenavond  

Good Afternoon
अन्धानि बार  
goedemiddag  

Good Morning
मोजां फुं (Mwjang Fung)  
goedemorgen  

Please
अननानै (Onnanwi)  
alsjeblieft  

Sorry
दु:खित  
sorry  

Bye
Lwrbw  
vaarwel  

I Love You
अननाइ नों (onnai Nwng)  
Ik hou van jou  

Excuse Me
दु:खित  
pardon  

Dialects

Dialect 1
(Sønabari) Western Boro dialect  
Gronings  

Where They Speak
Bongaigaon, Kokrajhar  
Netherlands  

How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00  
99+
590,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
(Sanzari) Eastern Boro dialect  
Low Saxon  

Where They Speak
Barpeta, Darrang, Kamrup, Nalbari  
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands  

How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00  
99+
4,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
(Hazari) Southern Boro dialect  
Limburgian  

Where They Speak
Assam, India, Nepal  
Belgium, Netherlands  

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

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
7  
7

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
0.60 million  
99+
28.00 million  
38

Speaking Population
0.01 %  
99+
0.32 %  
40

Native Speakers
0.60 million  
99+
22.00 million  
35

Second Language Speakers
1.50 million  
99+
6.00 million  
99+

Native Name
बड़ो (boṛo)  
Nederlands  

Alternative Names
Bara, Bodi, Boro, Boroni, Kachari, Mech, Meche, Mechi, Meci  
Hollands, Nederlands  

French Name
bodo  
néerlandais; flamand  

German Name
Bodo  
Niederländisch  

Pronunciation
[bɔɽo]  
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]  

Ethnicity
Bodo, Mech, (Assamese)  
Dutch people  

History

Origin
1913  
AD 450-500  

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman  
Germanic  

Branch
-  
Western  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
-  
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch  

Standard Forms
-  
Standard Dutch  

Language Position
30  
28
48  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Bodo  
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
br  
nl  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
brx  
nld  

ISO 639 2/B
brx  
dut  

ISO 639 3
brx  
nld  

ISO 639 6
brx  
nld  

Glottocode
bodo1269  
mode1257  

Linguasphere
59-AAB  
52-ACB-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Historical  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Synthetic  

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Bodo and Dutch Language History

Comparison of Bodo vs Dutch language history gives us differences between origin of Bodo and Dutch language. History of Bodo language states that this language originated in 1913 whereas history of Dutch language states that this language originated in AD 450-500. 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 Dutch Language History.

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

Bodo vs Dutch Difficulty

The Bodo vs Dutch difficulty level basically depends on the number of Bodo Alphabets and Dutch 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 Dutch are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Bodo and Dutch, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Bodo is 34 weeks while to learn Dutch time required is 24 weeks.

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