Cantonese and Bodo
Countries
Hong Kong, Macau
Assam, India
National Language
China, Guangdong
Assam, India
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
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Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Hawaii
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Regulated By
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division
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Interesting Facts
- Cantonese have lot of slangs, many of them include words that do not make sense at all and some also have English in them.
- Even though Cantonese and Mandarin are dialects of Chinese, Cantonese has 8 tones instead of Mandarin's 4.
- In ancient times, Bodo language was written using Assamese script and Roman script.
- Bodo Language is written using Devanagari script since 1963.
Similar To
Chinese Language
Dimasa language, Garo language, Kokborok language
Alphabets in
Cantonese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Bodo-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Devanagari
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
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How Are You?
你好吗？
Nungni khabora ma?
Good Night
晚安
मोजां हर (Mwjang Hor)
Good Afternoon
下午好
अन्धानि बार
Good Morning
早上好
मोजां फुं (Mwjang Fung)
Please
请
अननानै (Onnanwi)
I Love You
我爱你
अननाइ नों (onnai Nwng)
Dialect 1
Guangzhou
(Sønabari) Western Boro dialect
Where They Speak
outside mainland China
Bongaigaon, Kokrajhar
Dialect 2
Xiguan
(Sanzari) Eastern Boro dialect
Where They Speak
Hong Kong
Barpeta, Darrang, Kamrup, Nalbari
Dialect 3
Hong Kong
(Hazari) Southern Boro dialect
Where They Speak
Hong Kong
Assam, India, Nepal
Native Name
Kwang Tung Wa
बड़ो (boṛo)
Alternative Names
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese
Bara, Bodi, Boro, Boroni, Kachari, Mech, Meche, Mechi, Meci
French Name
cantonais
bodo
German Name
Kantonesisch
Bodo
Pronunciation
[kʰɐn˧˥tʰœːn˧˥sɨ˧˥]
[bɔɽo]
Ethnicity
Han Chinese
Bodo, Mech, (Assamese)
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Early Forms
No early forms
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Standard Forms
Standard Cantonese
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Signed Forms
Signed Cantonese
Signed Bodo
ISO 639 1
No data available
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ISO 639 3
No data available
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Glottocode
cant1236
bodo1269
Linguasphere
No data available
59-AAB
Language Linguistic Typology
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Language Morphological Typology
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All Cantonese and Bodo Dialects
Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Cantonese and Bodo dialects. Various dialects of Cantonese and Bodo language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Cantonese are spoken in different Cantonese Speaking Countries whereas Bodo Dialects are spoken in different Bodo speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Cantonese vs Bodo Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Cantonese dialects include: Guangzhou, Xiguan. Bodo dialects include: (Sønabari) Western Boro dialect , (Sanzari) Eastern Boro dialect. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Cantonese and Bodo Speaking population
Cantonese and Bodo speaking population is one of the factors based on which Cantonese and Bodo languages can be compared. The total count of Cantonese and Bodo Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Cantonese language is 16.00 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Bodo language is 0.01 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Cantonese and Bodo on Cantonese vs Bodo where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Cantonese and Bodo Language Codes
Cantonese and Bodo language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Cantonese and Bodo Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.