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Burmese vs Bodo


Bodo vs Burmese


Countries

Countries
Myanmar  
Assam, India  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Myanmar  
Assam, India  

Second Language
Bangladesh, Burma  
-  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Mon  
-  

Regulated By
Myanmar Language Commission  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • The naming of people in Burmese is strange. There is no last name, often name is rhymed such as Ming Ming, Mo Mo or Jo Jo.
  • It appears as odd language to many people because it has peculiar pitch register, tonal form as language.
  
  • In ancient times, Bodo language was written using Assamese script and Roman script.
  • Bodo Language is written using Devanagari script since 1963.
  

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

Derived From
Pali Language  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33  
15
45  
25

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
20  
17

How Many Consonants
33  
23
25  
15

Scripts
Tangut  
Devanagari  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
34 weeks  
12

Greetings

Hello
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)  
नमस्कार  

Thank You
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)  
धन्यवाद  

How Are You?
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)  
Nungni khabora ma?  

Good Night
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)  
मोजां हर (Mwjang Hor)  

Good Evening
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)  
बोडो  

Good Afternoon
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)  
अन्धानि बार  

Good Morning
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)  
मोजां फुं (Mwjang Fung)  

Please
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)  
अननानै (Onnanwi)  

Sorry
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)  
दु:खित  

Bye
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)  
Lwrbw  

I Love You
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)  
अननाइ नों (onnai Nwng)  

Excuse Me
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)  
दु:खित  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Arakanese  
(Sønabari) Western Boro dialect  

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar  
Bongaigaon, Kokrajhar  

How Many People Speak
2,000,000.00  
99+
1,500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Tavoyan  
(Sanzari) Eastern Boro dialect  

Where They Speak
Myanmar  
Barpeta, Darrang, Kamrup, Nalbari  

How Many People Speak
440,000.00  
99+
1,500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Intha  
(Hazari) Southern Boro dialect  

Where They Speak
Burma  
Assam, India, Nepal  

How Many People Speak
90,000.00  
99+
1,300,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
5  
5
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
43.00 million  
30
0.60 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.50 %  
31
0.01 %  
99+

Native Speakers
33.00 million  
28
0.60 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
10.00 million  
99+
1.50 million  
99+

Native Name
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)  
बड़ो (boṛo)  

Alternative Names
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa  
Bara, Bodi, Boro, Boroni, Kachari, Mech, Meche, Mechi, Meci  

French Name
birman  
bodo  

German Name
Birmanisch  
Bodo  

Pronunciation
[bəmɛ̀]  
[bɔɽo]  

Ethnicity
Bamar people  
Bodo, Mech, (Assamese)  

History

Origin
1113 AD  
1913  

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family  
Sino-Tibetan Family  

Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman  
Tibeto-Burman  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese  
-  

Standard Forms
Modern Burmese  
-  

Language Position
43  
40
30  
28

Signed Forms
Burmese sign language  
Signed Bodo  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
my  
br  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mya  
brx  

ISO 639 2/B
bur  
brx  

ISO 639 3
mya  
brx  

ISO 639 6
mya  
brx  

Glottocode
sout3159  
bodo1269  

Linguasphere
No data available  
59-AAB  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating  
-  

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Burmese and Bodo Language History

Comparison of Burmese vs Bodo language history gives us differences between origin of Burmese and Bodo language. History of Burmese language states that this language originated in 1113 AD whereas history of Bodo language states that this language originated in 1913. 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 Burmese and Bodo Language History.

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

Burmese vs Bodo Difficulty

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

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