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Javanese and Bodo


Bodo and Javanese


Countries

Countries
Indonesia  
Assam, India  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Indonesia  
Assam, India  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
-  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Malaysia, Netherlands, Singapore, Suriname  
-  

Regulated By
-  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • The Javanese group is the largest ethnic group in Indonesian.
  • The earliest writing in Javanese dates from the 4th Century AD, at that time Javanese was written with the Pallava alphabet.
  
  • In ancient times, Bodo language was written using Assamese script and Roman script.
  • Bodo Language is written using Devanagari script since 1963.
  

Similar To
Madurese, Sundanese and Balinese Languages  
Dimasa language, Garo language, Kokborok language  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
27  
9
45  
25

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
20  
17

How Many Consonants
21  
11
25  
15

Scripts
Arabic, Javanese, Latin  
Devanagari  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks  
13
34 weeks  
12

Greetings

Hello
Halo  
नमस्कार  

Thank You
matur nuwun  
धन्यवाद  

How Are You?
piye kabare?  
Nungni khabora ma?  

Good Night
wengi sing apik  
मोजां हर (Mwjang Hor)  

Good Evening
Sugeng sọnten  
बोडो  

Good Afternoon
Sugeng siang  
अन्धानि बार  

Good Morning
Sugeng énjing  
मोजां फुं (Mwjang Fung)  

Please
matur nuwun  
अननानै (Onnanwi)  

Sorry
Nyuwun pangapunten  
दु:खित  

Bye
Kepanggih malih benjang  
Lwrbw  

I Love You
Kula tresna panjengan  
अननाइ नों (onnai Nwng)  

Excuse Me
Nuwun séwu  
दु:खित  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Pekalongan  
(Sønabari) Western Boro dialect  

Where They Speak
Indonesia  
Bongaigaon, Kokrajhar  

How Many People Speak
82,000,000.00  
8
1,500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Cirebon  
(Sanzari) Eastern Boro dialect  

Where They Speak
Indonesia  
Barpeta, Darrang, Kamrup, Nalbari  

How Many People Speak
82,000,000.00  
5
1,500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Arekan  
(Hazari) Southern Boro dialect  

Where They Speak
Indonesia  
Assam, India, Nepal  

How Many People Speak
82,000,000.00  
6
1,300,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
16  
15
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
82.00 million  
19
0.60 million  
99+

Speaking Population
1.25 %  
14
0.01 %  
99+

Native Speakers
76.00 million  
13
0.60 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
82.00 million  
12
1.50 million  
99+

Native Name
basa Jawa  
बड़ो (boṛo)  

Alternative Names
Djawa, Jawa  
Bara, Bodi, Boro, Boroni, Kachari, Mech, Meche, Mechi, Meci  

French Name
javanais  
bodo  

German Name
Javanisch  
Bodo  

Pronunciation
[dʒɑˈʋɑnɛs]  
[bɔɽo]  

Ethnicity
Javanese (Mataram, Osing, Tenggerese, Boyanese, Samin, Cirebonese, Banyumasan, etc)  
Bodo, Mech, (Assamese)  

History

Origin
450 AD  
1913  

Language Family
Austronesian Family  
Sino-Tibetan Family  

Subgroup
Indonesian  
Tibeto-Burman  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
-  

Standard Forms
Javanese  
-  

Language Position
11  
10
30  
28

Signed Forms
Javanese Sign Language  
Signed Bodo  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
jv  
br  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
jav  
brx  

ISO 639 2/B
jav  
brx  

ISO 639 3
jav  
brx  

ISO 639 6
jav  
brx  

Glottocode
java1253  
bodo1269  

Linguasphere
No data available  
59-AAB  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
-  

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All Javanese 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 Javanese and Bodo dialects. Various dialects of Javanese and Bodo language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Javanese are spoken in different Javanese Speaking Countries whereas Bodo Dialects are spoken in different Bodo speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Javanese vs Bodo Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Javanese dialects include: Pekalongan, Cirebon. 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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Javanese and Bodo Speaking population

Javanese and Bodo speaking population is one of the factors based on which Javanese and Bodo languages can be compared. The total count of Javanese and Bodo Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Javanese language is 1.25 % 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 Javanese and Bodo on Javanese vs Bodo where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Javanese and Bodo Language Codes

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

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