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Chewa and Bodo


Bodo and Chewa


Countries

Countries
Malawi, Zimbabwe  
Assam, India  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe  
Assam, India  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
-  

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Asia  

Minority Language
Zambia  
-  

Regulated By
-  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
  • Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
  
  • In ancient times, Bodo language was written using Assamese script and Roman script.
  • Bodo Language is written using Devanagari script since 1963.
  

Similar To
Zulu language  
Dimasa language, Garo language, Kokborok language  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
31  
13
45  
25

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
20  
17

How Many Consonants
18  
8
25  
15

Scripts
Latin  
Devanagari  

Writing Direction
-  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
32 weeks  
11
34 weeks  
12

Greetings

Hello
Moni  
नमस्कार  

Thank You
Zikomo  
धन्यवाद  

How Are You?
Muli bwanji?  
Nungni khabora ma?  

Good Night
Usiku wabwino  
मोजां हर (Mwjang Hor)  

Good Evening
Madzulo abwino  
बोडो  

Good Afternoon
Masana abwino  
अन्धानि बार  

Good Morning
M'mawa wabwino  
मोजां फुं (Mwjang Fung)  

Please
Chonde  
अननानै (Onnanwi)  

Sorry
pepani  
दु:खित  

Bye
anatsanzikana  
Lwrbw  

I Love You
Ndimakukondani  
अननाइ नों (onnai Nwng)  

Excuse Me
Pepani  
दु:खित  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kasungu  
(Sønabari) Western Boro dialect  

Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia  
Bongaigaon, Kokrajhar  

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

Dialect 2
Kikamtunda  
(Sanzari) Eastern Boro dialect  

Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia  
Barpeta, Darrang, Kamrup, Nalbari  

How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00  
37
1,500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Kimaravi  
(Hazari) Southern Boro dialect  

Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia  
Assam, India, Nepal  

How Many People Speak
1,200,000.00  
99+
1,300,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
5  
5
3  
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.17 %  
99+
0.01 %  
99+

Native Speakers
12.00 million  
99+
0.60 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
1.50 million  
99+
1.50 million  
99+

Native Name
Nyanja  
बड़ो (boṛo)  

Alternative Names
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa  
Bara, Bodi, Boro, Boroni, Kachari, Mech, Meche, Mechi, Meci  

French Name
chichewa; chewa; nyanja  
bodo  

German Name
Nyanja-Sprache  
Bodo  

Pronunciation
[ˈtʃewa]  
[bɔɽo]  

Ethnicity
Chewa people  
Bodo, Mech, (Assamese)  

History

Origin
15th Century  
1913  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Sino-Tibetan Family  

Subgroup
Benue-Congo  
Tibeto-Burman  

Branch
Bantu  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
-  

Standard Forms
Chewa  
-  

Language Position
27  
25
30  
28

Signed Forms
Chewa Sign Language  
Signed Bodo  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ny  
br  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nya  
brx  

ISO 639 2/B
nya  
brx  

ISO 639 3
nya  
brx  

ISO 639 6
nya  
brx  

Glottocode
nyan1308  
bodo1269  

Linguasphere
99-AUS-xaa – xag  
59-AAB  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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All Chewa 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 Chewa and Bodo dialects. Various dialects of Chewa and Bodo language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Chewa are spoken in different Chewa Speaking Countries whereas Bodo Dialects are spoken in different Bodo speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Chewa vs Bodo Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Chewa dialects include: Kasungu, Kikamtunda. Bodo dialects include: (Sønabari) Western Boro dialect , (Sanzari) Eastern Boro dialect. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Chewa and Bodo Speaking population

Chewa and Bodo speaking population is one of the factors based on which Chewa and Bodo languages can be compared. The total count of Chewa and Bodo Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Chewa language is 0.17 % 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 Chewa and Bodo on Chewa vs Bodo where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Chewa and Bodo Language Codes

Chewa and Bodo language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Chewa and Bodo Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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