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Bodo vs Maltese


Maltese vs Bodo


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Countries
Assam, India  
European Union, Malta  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
Assam, India  
Malta  

Second Language
-  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Europe  

Minority Language
-  
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America  

Regulated By
-  
National Council for the Maltese Language  

Interesting Facts
  • In ancient times, Bodo language was written using Assamese script and Roman script.
  • Bodo Language is written using Devanagari script since 1963.
  
  • Maltese language is the only semitic language written in Latin characters.
  • Maltese language has borrowed many loan words from English, Italian and French.
  

Similar To
Dimasa language, Garo language, Kokborok language  
Western Arabic Dialects  

Derived From
-  
Roman Languages  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
45  
25
30  
12

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
30 weeks  
10

Greetings

Hello
नमस्कार  
Ħello  

Thank You
धन्यवाद  
Grazzi  

How Are You?
Nungni khabora ma?  
Kif int?  

Good Night
मोजां हर (Mwjang Hor)  
Il-Lejla it-tajba  

Good Evening
बोडो  
Il-Lejla it-tajba  

Good Afternoon
अन्धानि बार  
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb  

Good Morning
मोजां फुं (Mwjang Fung)  
L-għodwa t-tajba  

Please
अननानै (Onnanwi)  
Jekk jogħġbok  

Sorry
दु:खित  
Skużani!  

Bye
Lwrbw  
Ċaw  

I Love You
अननाइ नों (onnai Nwng)  
Inħobbok ħafna  

Excuse Me
दु:खित  
Skużi!  

Dialects

Dialect 1
(Sønabari) Western Boro dialect  
Qormi  

Where They Speak
Bongaigaon, Kokrajhar  
Malta  

How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00  
99+
520,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
(Sanzari) Eastern Boro dialect  
Żejtun  

Where They Speak
Barpeta, Darrang, Kamrup, Nalbari  
Malta  

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

Dialect 3
(Hazari) Southern Boro dialect  
Not Present  

Where They Speak
Assam, India, Nepal  
-  

How Many People Speak
1,300,000.00  
99+
500,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
2  
2

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.01 %  
99+
0.02 %  
99+

Native Speakers
0.60 million  
99+
0.52 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
1.50 million  
99+
0.50 million  
99+

Native Name
बड़ो (boṛo)  
Malti  

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

French Name
bodo  
maltais  

German Name
Bodo  
Maltesisch  

Pronunciation
[bɔɽo]  
[mɔːltiːz]  

Ethnicity
Bodo, Mech, (Assamese)  
Maltese  

History

Origin
1913  
c. 1470  

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family  
Afro-Asiatic Family  

Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman  
Semitic  

Branch
-  
North Abric  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
-  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
-  
Maltese  

Language Position
30  
28
25  
23

Signed Forms
Signed Bodo  
Maltese Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
br  
mt  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
brx  
mlt  

ISO 639 2/B
brx  
mlt  

ISO 639 3
brx  
mlt  

ISO 639 6
brx  
mlt  

Glottocode
bodo1269  
malt1254  

Linguasphere
59-AAB  
12-AAC-c  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Synthetic  

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Bodo and Maltese Language History

Comparison of Bodo vs Maltese language history gives us differences between origin of Bodo and Maltese language. History of Bodo language states that this language originated in 1913 whereas history of Maltese language states that this language originated in c. 1470. 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 Maltese Language History.

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

Bodo vs Maltese Difficulty

The Bodo vs Maltese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Bodo Alphabets and Maltese 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 Maltese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Bodo and Maltese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Bodo is 34 weeks while to learn Maltese time required is 30 weeks.

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