Countries
Assam, India
Nigeria
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
👆🏻
National Language
Assam, India
Nigeria
Second Language
-
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
-
Equatorial Guinea
Regulated By
-
Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture
Interesting Facts
- In ancient times, Bodo language was written using Assamese script and Roman script.
- Bodo Language is written using Devanagari script since 1963.
- In Igbo, there is complicated system of high and low tones indicating differences in meaning and grammatical relationships.
- Igbo has inexhaustible and rich linguistic features like idioms, proverbs, aphorisms, anecdotes etc.
Similar To
Dimasa language, Garo language, Kokborok language
Yoruba and Hausa Languages
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4536
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
208
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2528
9
60
👆🏻
Scripts
Devanagari
Latin
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
53
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
34 weeks52 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
नमस्कार
kedụ
Thank You
धन्यवाद
dalụ
How Are You?
Nungni khabora ma?
kedụ ka ịmere
Good Night
मोजां हर (Mwjang Hor)
ka chi fo
Good Evening
बोडो
mgbede ọma
Good Afternoon
अन्धानि बार
ehihie ọma
Good Morning
मोजां फुं (Mwjang Fung)
ụtụtụ ọma
Please
अननानै (Onnanwi)
Biko
Sorry
दु:खित
Ndo
Bye
Lwrbw
Kachifo
I Love You
अननाइ नों (onnai Nwng)
a hụrụ m gị n'anya
Excuse Me
दु:खित
ngọpụ
Dialect 1
(Sønabari) Western Boro dialect
Enuani
Where They Speak
Bongaigaon, Kokrajhar
Nigeria
How Many People Speak
1,500,000.0028,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
(Sanzari) Eastern Boro dialect
Ngwa
Where They Speak
Barpeta, Darrang, Kamrup, Nalbari
Nigeria
How Many People Speak
1,500,000.001,500,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
(Hazari) Southern Boro dialect
Not present
Where They Speak
Assam, India, Nepal
-
How Many People Speak
1,300,000.0024.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
320
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
0.60 million25.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.01 %0.09 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
0.60 million25.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
1.50 million24.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
बड़ो (boṛo)
igbo
Alternative Names
Bara, Bodi, Boro, Boroni, Kachari, Mech, Meche, Mechi, Meci
Ibo
French Name
bodo
igbo
German Name
Bodo
Ibo-Sprache
Pronunciation
[bɔɽo]
[iɡ͡boː]
Ethnicity
Bodo, Mech, (Assamese)
Igbo people
Origin
1913
30th Century BC
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman
Kwa
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
-
No early forms
Standard Forms
-
Standard Igbo
Language Position
3057
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Signed Bodo
Igbo Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
br
ig
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
brx
ibo
ISO 639 2/B
brx
ibo
ISO 639 3
brx
ibo
ISO 639 6
brx
ibo
Glottocode
bodo1269
nucl1417
Linguasphere
59-AAB
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
Agglutinative