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Bodo vs Kurdish


Kurdish vs Bodo


Countries

Countries
Assam, India  
Iraq, Kurdistan  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
Assam, India  
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey  

Second Language
-  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Middle East  

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.
  
  • The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
  • In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
  

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

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
45  
25
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
20  
17
8  
5

How Many Consonants
25  
15
29  
19

Scripts
Devanagari  
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
34 weeks  
12
4 weeks  
2

Greetings

Hello
नमस्कार  
Silaw  

Thank You
धन्यवाद  
Sipas  

How Are You?
Nungni khabora ma?  
Tu çawa yî?  

Good Night
मोजां हर (Mwjang Hor)  
Şev xweş  

Good Evening
बोडो  
Evare baş  

Good Afternoon
अन्धानि बार  
Nee-wa-rowt bash  

Good Morning
मोजां फुं (Mwjang Fung)  
Bayanit bash  

Please
अननानै (Onnanwi)  
Bê zehmet  

Sorry
दु:खित  
Bibûre  

Bye
Lwrbw  
Be xêr çî  

I Love You
अननाइ नों (onnai Nwng)  
Ez te hez dikem  

Excuse Me
दु:खित  
Bê zehmet  

Dialects

Dialect 1
(Sønabari) Western Boro dialect  
Northern Kurdish  

Where They Speak
Bongaigaon, Kokrajhar  
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey  

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

Dialect 2
(Sanzari) Eastern Boro dialect  
Central Kurdish  

Where They Speak
Barpeta, Darrang, Kamrup, Nalbari  
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran  

How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00  
99+
5,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
(Hazari) Southern Boro dialect  
Southern Kurdish  

Where They Speak
Assam, India, Nepal  
Eastern Iraq  

How Many People Speak
1,300,000.00  
99+
3,000,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
3  
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.01 %  
99+
0.31 %  
99+

Native Speakers
0.60 million  
99+
21.00 million  
36

Second Language Speakers
1.50 million  
99+
20.00 million  
30

Native Name
बड़ो (boṛo)  
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди  

Alternative Names
Bara, Bodi, Boro, Boroni, Kachari, Mech, Meche, Mechi, Meci  
Kurdî, کوردی‎  

French Name
bodo  
kurde  

German Name
Bodo  
Kurdisch  

Pronunciation
[bɔɽo]  
[kʊɾdɪʃ]  

Ethnicity
Bodo, Mech, (Assamese)  
Kurds  

History

Origin
1913  
16th century CE  

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
-  
Old Kurdish and Middle Kurdish  

Standard Forms
-  
Kurdish  

Language Position
30  
28
14  
13

Signed Forms
Signed Bodo  
Kurdish Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
br  
ku  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
brx  
kur  

ISO 639 2/B
brx  
kur  

ISO 639 3
brx  
kur  

ISO 639 6
brx  
kur  

Glottocode
bodo1269  
kurd1259  

Linguasphere
59-AAB  
58-AAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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Bodo and Kurdish Language History

Comparison of Bodo vs Kurdish language history gives us differences between origin of Bodo and Kurdish language. History of Bodo language states that this language originated in 1913 whereas history of Kurdish language states that this language originated in 16th century CE. 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 Kurdish Language History.

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

Bodo vs Kurdish Difficulty

The Bodo vs Kurdish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Bodo Alphabets and Kurdish 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 Kurdish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Bodo and Kurdish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Bodo is 34 weeks while to learn Kurdish time required is 4 weeks.

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