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Bodo vs Malaysian


Malaysian vs Bodo


Countries

Countries
Assam, India  
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
3  
12

National Language
Assam, India  
Malaysia  

Second Language
-  
Indonesia  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
-  
Thailand  

Regulated By
-  
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka  

Interesting Facts
  • In ancient times, Bodo language was written using Assamese script and Roman script.
  • Bodo Language is written using Devanagari script since 1963.
  
  • One of the most politically powerful language historically is Malaysian Language.
  • Malaysian earliest known inscriptions were found in South of Sumatra way back in 683-6 AD.
  

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

Derived From
-  
Tamil Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
45  
25
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
20  
17
6  
3

How Many Consonants
25  
15
24  
14

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  
Hai  

Thank You
धन्यवाद  
terima kasih  

How Are You?
Nungni khabora ma?  
Apa khabar?  

Good Night
मोजां हर (Mwjang Hor)  
Selamat Malam  

Good Evening
बोडो  
Selamat Petang  

Good Afternoon
अन्धानि बार  
Selamat tengah hari  

Good Morning
मोजां फुं (Mwjang Fung)  
Selamat pagi  

Please
अननानै (Onnanwi)  
sila  

Sorry
दु:खित  
maaf  

Bye
Lwrbw  
Selamat tinggal  

I Love You
अननाइ नों (onnai Nwng)  
Saya sayang kamu  

Excuse Me
दु:खित  
Maafkan saya  

Dialects

Dialect 1
(Sønabari) Western Boro dialect  
Bengkulu  

Where They Speak
Bongaigaon, Kokrajhar  
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra  

How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00  
99+
1,600,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
(Sanzari) Eastern Boro dialect  
Pekal  

Where They Speak
Barpeta, Darrang, Kamrup, Nalbari  
Indonesia  

How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00  
99+
30,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
(Hazari) Southern Boro dialect  
Musi  

Where They Speak
Assam, India, Nepal  
Indonesia  

How Many People Speak
1,300,000.00  
99+
3,100,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
24  
20

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
0.60 million  
99+
175.00 million  
10

Speaking Population
0.01 %  
99+
1.16 %  
15

Native Speakers
0.60 million  
99+
77.00 million  
12

Second Language Speakers
1.50 million  
99+
98.00 million  
8

Native Name
बड़ो (boṛo)  
Bahasa melayu  

Alternative Names
Bara, Bodi, Boro, Boroni, Kachari, Mech, Meche, Mechi, Meci  
Bahasa Malaysia  

French Name
bodo  
malais  

German Name
Bodo  
Malaiisch  

Pronunciation
[bɔɽo]  
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]  

Ethnicity
Bodo, Mech, (Assamese)  
Malaysian people  

History

Origin
1913  
c. 683 AD  

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family  
Austronesian Family  

Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
-  
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,  

Standard Forms
-  
Pluricentric Standard Malay  

Language Position
30  
28
54  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Bodo  
Malaysian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
br  
ms  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
brx  
msa  

ISO 639 2/B
brx  
may  

ISO 639 3
brx  
zsm  

ISO 639 6
brx  
may  

Glottocode
bodo1269  
stan1306  

Linguasphere
59-AAB  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Agglutinative  

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Bodo and Malaysian Language History

Comparison of Bodo vs Malaysian language history gives us differences between origin of Bodo and Malaysian language. History of Bodo language states that this language originated in 1913 whereas history of Malaysian language states that this language originated in c. 683 AD. 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 Malaysian Language History.

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

Bodo vs Malaysian Difficulty

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

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