Countries
Assam, India
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
Total No. Of Countries
14
0
46
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National Language
Assam, India
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
Second Language
-
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
-
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
-
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
Interesting Facts
- In ancient times, Bodo language was written using Assamese script and Roman script.
- Bodo Language is written using Devanagari script since 1963.
- Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
- The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
Similar To
Dimasa language, Garo language, Kokborok language
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
Derived From
-
Arabic Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4524
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
205
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2521
9
60
👆🏻
Scripts
Devanagari
Latin
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
53
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
34 weeks36 weeks
3
88
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Hello
नमस्कार
Habari
Thank You
धन्यवाद
Asante
How Are You?
Nungni khabora ma?
Habari gani?
Good Night
मोजां हर (Mwjang Hor)
Usiku mwema
Good Evening
बोडो
Habari za jioni
Good Afternoon
अन्धानि बार
nzuri Alasiri
Good Morning
मोजां फुं (Mwjang Fung)
Habari za asubuhi
Please
अननानै (Onnanwi)
tafadhali
Sorry
दु:खित
pole
Bye
Lwrbw
bye
I Love You
अननाइ नों (onnai Nwng)
nakupenda
Excuse Me
दु:खित
Samahani
Dialect 1
(Sønabari) Western Boro dialect
Kiunguja
Where They Speak
Bongaigaon, Kokrajhar
Zanzibar island
How Many People Speak
1,500,000.0075,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
(Sanzari) Eastern Boro dialect
Kimrima
Where They Speak
Barpeta, Darrang, Kamrup, Nalbari
Dar es Salaam
How Many People Speak
1,500,000.0075,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
(Hazari) Southern Boro dialect
Kimgao
Where They Speak
Assam, India, Nepal
Kilwa
How Many People Speak
1,300,000.0075,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
312
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
0.60 million150.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.01 %0.42 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
0.60 million15.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
1.50 million75.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
बड़ो (boṛo)
Kiswahili
Alternative Names
Bara, Bodi, Boro, Boroni, Kachari, Mech, Meche, Mechi, Meci
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
French Name
bodo
swahili
German Name
Bodo
Swahili
Pronunciation
[bɔɽo]
[swaˈhili]
Ethnicity
Bodo, Mech, (Assamese)
Swahili people or Waswahili
Origin
1913
6th century
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman
Benue-Congo
Branch
-
Bantu
Language Forms
Early Forms
-
No early forms
Standard Forms
-
Swahili
Language Position
3021
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Bodo
Swahili Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual, Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
br
sw
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
brx
swa
ISO 639 2/B
brx
swa
ISO 639 3
brx
swa
ISO 639 6
brx
swa
Glottocode
bodo1269
swah1254
Linguasphere
59-AAB
99-AUS-m
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
-