Countries
Assam, India
India, Nepal
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
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National Language
Assam, India
India, Nepal
Second Language
-
Nepal
Speaking Continents
Asia
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.
- Earlier, Maithili language was considered as the dialect of Hindi and Bengali, however in the year 2003 Maithili achieved an independent language status in India.
- Maithili has rich literature.
Similar To
Dimasa language, Garo language, Kokborok language
Bhojpuri Language
Derived From
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-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4547
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
208
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2522
9
60
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Scripts
Devanagari
Devanagari
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
56
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
34 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
नमस्कार
pranam
Thank You
धन्यवाद
dhanyabad
How Are You?
Nungni khabora ma?
Aahan kehan chhi ?
Good Night
मोजां हर (Mwjang Hor)
Śubharātri
Good Evening
बोडो
shubh sandhya
Good Afternoon
अन्धानि बार
dopahar ke bad namaskar
Good Morning
मोजां फुं (Mwjang Fung)
Suprabhaat
Please
अननानै (Onnanwi)
kripaya
Sorry
दु:खित
maf karai
Bye
Lwrbw
Alavidā
I Love You
अननाइ नों (onnai Nwng)
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi
Excuse Me
दु:खित
kripaya
Dialect 1
(Sønabari) Western Boro dialect
Tharuwat
Where They Speak
Bongaigaon, Kokrajhar
Nepal
How Many People Speak
1,500,000.0035,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
(Sanzari) Eastern Boro dialect
Madhubani
Where They Speak
Barpeta, Darrang, Kamrup, Nalbari
North India
How Many People Speak
1,500,000.0035,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
(Hazari) Southern Boro dialect
Khortha
Where They Speak
Assam, India, Nepal
Deoghar, France
How Many People Speak
1,300,000.0035,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
315
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
0.60 million32.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.01 %0.41 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
0.60 million27.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
1.50 million2.80 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
बड़ो (boṛo)
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)
Alternative Names
Bara, Bodi, Boro, Boroni, Kachari, Mech, Meche, Mechi, Meci
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia
French Name
bodo
maithili
German Name
Bodo
Maithili
Pronunciation
[bɔɽo]
[ˈmaitʰili]
Ethnicity
Bodo, Mech, (Assamese)
Maithil
Origin
1913
14th century
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
-
No early forms
Standard Forms
-
Standard Maithili
Language Position
3040
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Bodo
Maithili Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
br
No data available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
brx
mai
ISO 639 2/B
brx
mai
ISO 639 3
brx
mai
ISO 639 6
brx
mai
Glottocode
bodo1269
mait1250
Linguasphere
59-AAB
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
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