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Serbian vs Bodo


Countries

Countries
Assam, India  
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
4  
11

National Language
Assam, India  
Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia  

Second Language
-  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Europe  

Minority Language
-  
Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Slovakia  

Regulated By
-  
Board for Standardization of the Serbian 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.
  
  • Serbian language was derived from the Old Church Salvic, as the language was commonly spoken by most of Slavic people in the 9th Century.
  • Serbian language is based on Stokavian dialect.
  

Similar To
Dimasa language, Garo language, Kokborok language  
Bosnian and Croatian Languages  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
45  
25
30  
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
20  
17
5  
2

How Many Consonants
25  
15
25  
15

Scripts
Devanagari  
Cyrillic, Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
34 weeks  
12
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
नमस्कार  
Здраво (Zdravo)  

Thank You
धन्यवाद  
Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo)  

How Are You?
Nungni khabora ma?  
Како си? (Kako si?)  

Good Night
मोजां हर (Mwjang Hor)  
Лаку ноћ (Laku noć)  

Good Evening
बोडो  
Добро вече (Dobro veče)  

Good Afternoon
अन्धानि बार  
Добар дан (Dobar dan)  

Good Morning
मोजां फुं (Mwjang Fung)  
Добро јутро (Dobro jutro)  

Please
अननानै (Onnanwi)  
Молим (Molim)  

Sorry
दु:खित  
Жао ми је (Žao mi je)  

Bye
Lwrbw  
Довиђења (Doviđenja)  

I Love You
अननाइ नों (onnai Nwng)  
Волим те (Volim te)  

Excuse Me
दु:खित  
Извините (Izvinite)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
(Sønabari) Western Boro dialect  
Prizren-Timok  

Where They Speak
Bongaigaon, Kokrajhar  
Southeastern Serbia  

How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00  
99+
12,000,000.00  
35

Dialect 2
(Sanzari) Eastern Boro dialect  
Smederevo–Vršac  

Where They Speak
Barpeta, Darrang, Kamrup, Nalbari  
Serbia  

How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00  
99+
12,000,000.00  
34

Dialect 3
(Hazari) Southern Boro dialect  
Torlakian  

Where They Speak
Assam, India, Nepal  
Bulgaria, France, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia  

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

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
3  
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.01 %  
99+
0.13 %  
99+

Native Speakers
0.60 million  
99+
8.70 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
1.50 million  
99+
12.00 million  
38

Native Name
बड़ो (boṛo)  
српски (srpski) српски језик (srpski jezik)  

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

French Name
bodo  
serbe  

German Name
Bodo  
Serbisch  

Pronunciation
[bɔɽo]  
[sr̩̂pskiː]  

Ethnicity
Bodo, Mech, (Assamese)  
Serbs  

History

Origin
1913  
11th Century  

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
-  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
-  
Standard Serbian  

Language Position
30  
28
44  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Bodo  
Srpski Znakovni Jezik (SZJ)  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
br  
sr  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
brx  
srp  

ISO 639 2/B
brx  
srp  

ISO 639 3
brx  
srp  

ISO 639 6
brx  
srp  

Glottocode
bodo1269  
serb1264  

Linguasphere
59-AAB  
53-AAA-g  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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Bodo and Serbian Language History

Comparison of Bodo vs Serbian language history gives us differences between origin of Bodo and Serbian language. History of Bodo language states that this language originated in 1913 whereas history of Serbian language states that this language originated in 11th Century. 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 Serbian Language History.

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

Bodo vs Serbian Difficulty

The Bodo vs Serbian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Bodo Alphabets and Serbian 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 Serbian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Bodo and Serbian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Bodo is 34 weeks while to learn Serbian time required is 44 weeks.

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