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Bodo vs Kirundi


Kirundi vs Bodo


Countries

Countries
Assam, India  
Burma  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Assam, India  
Burundi, Gambia  

Second Language
-  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Africa, Asia  

Minority Language
-  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

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.
  
  • Kirundi language is tonal, since it has high and low essential tones.
  • Kirundi Language is referred as a language where Meeussen's rule is active, this rule describes a certain pattern of tonal change in Bantu languages.
  

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

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
45  
25
21  
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
20  
17
5  
2

How Many Consonants
25  
15
19  
9

Scripts
Devanagari  
Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
34 weeks  
12
36 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
नमस्कार  
Bwakeye  

Thank You
धन्यवाद  
Urakoze  

How Are You?
Nungni khabora ma?  
Urakomeye?  

Good Night
मोजां हर (Mwjang Hor)  
Ijoro ryiza  

Good Evening
बोडो  
Mwiriwe  

Good Afternoon
अन्धानि बार  
Mwiriwe  

Good Morning
मोजां फुं (Mwjang Fung)  
Mwaramutse  

Please
अननानै (Onnanwi)  
Ndagusavye  

Sorry
दु:खित  
Ndasubiza  

Bye
Lwrbw  
N’agasaga  

I Love You
अननाइ नों (onnai Nwng)  
Ndi waramutse  

Excuse Me
दु:खित  
Ndasaba  

Dialects

Dialect 1
(Sønabari) Western Boro dialect  
Rwanda-Rundi  

Where They Speak
Bongaigaon, Kokrajhar  
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda  

How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00  
99+
20,000,000.00  
29

Dialect 2
(Sanzari) Eastern Boro dialect  
Ha  

Where They Speak
Barpeta, Darrang, Kamrup, Nalbari  
Tanzania  

How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00  
99+
990,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
(Hazari) Southern Boro dialect  
Shubi  

Where They Speak
Assam, India, Nepal  
Tanzania  

How Many People Speak
1,300,000.00  
99+
153,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
6  
6

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.01 %  
99+
0.13 %  
99+

Native Speakers
0.60 million  
99+
8.80 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
1.50 million  
99+
12.00 million  
38

Native Name
बड़ो (boṛo)  
íkiRǔndi  

Alternative Names
Bara, Bodi, Boro, Boroni, Kachari, Mech, Meche, Mechi, Meci  
Rundi, Urundi  

French Name
bodo  
rundi  

German Name
Bodo  
Kirundi  

Pronunciation
[bɔɽo]  
[kɪˈrʊndi]  

Ethnicity
Bodo, Mech, (Assamese)  
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa  

History

Origin
1913  
1500  

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
-  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
-  
Kirundi  

Language Position
30  
28
86  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Bodo  
Kirundi Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
-  

Code

ISO 639 1
br  
rn  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
brx  
run  

ISO 639 2/B
brx  
run  

ISO 639 3
brx  
run  

ISO 639 6
brx  
run  

Glottocode
bodo1269  
rund1242  

Linguasphere
59-AAB  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
-  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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Bodo and Kirundi Language History

Comparison of Bodo vs Kirundi language history gives us differences between origin of Bodo and Kirundi language. History of Bodo language states that this language originated in 1913 whereas history of Kirundi language states that this language originated in 1500. 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 Kirundi Language History.

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

Bodo vs Kirundi Difficulty

The Bodo vs Kirundi difficulty level basically depends on the number of Bodo Alphabets and Kirundi 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 Kirundi are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Bodo and Kirundi, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Bodo is 34 weeks while to learn Kirundi time required is 36 weeks.

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