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Bodo vs Swahili


Swahili vs Bodo


Countries

Countries
Assam, India  
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
4  
11

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.
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Similar To
Dimasa language, Garo language, Kokborok language  
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages  

Derived From
-  
Arabic Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
45  
25
24  
6

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
20  
17
5  
2

How Many Consonants
25  
15
21  
11

Scripts
Devanagari  
Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
34 weeks  
12
36 weeks  
13

Greetings

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  

Dialects

Dialect 1
(Sønabari) Western Boro dialect  
Kiunguja  

Where They Speak
Bongaigaon, Kokrajhar  
Zanzibar island  

How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00  
99+
75,000,000.00  
12

Dialect 2
(Sanzari) Eastern Boro dialect  
Kimrima  

Where They Speak
Barpeta, Darrang, Kamrup, Nalbari  
Dar es Salaam  

How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00  
99+
75,000,000.00  
10

Dialect 3
(Hazari) Southern Boro dialect  
Kimgao  

Where They Speak
Assam, India, Nepal  
Kilwa  

How Many People Speak
1,300,000.00  
99+
75,000,000.00  
9

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
12  
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
0.60 million  
99+
150.00 million  
13

Speaking Population
0.01 %  
99+
0.42 %  
34

Native Speakers
0.60 million  
99+
15.00 million  
40

Second Language Speakers
1.50 million  
99+
75.00 million  
14

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  

History

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
30  
28
21  
19

Signed Forms
Signed Bodo  
Swahili Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual, Macrolanguage  

Code

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
-  
-  

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Bodo and Swahili Language History

Comparison of Bodo vs Swahili language history gives us differences between origin of Bodo and Swahili language. History of Bodo language states that this language originated in 1913 whereas history of Swahili language states that this language originated in 6th 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 Swahili Language History.

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

Bodo vs Swahili Difficulty

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

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