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Khasi and Bodo


Bodo and Khasi


Countries

Countries
Meghalaya  
Assam, India  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Bangladesh, India  
Assam, India  

Second Language
-  
-  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
-  
-  

Regulated By
-  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • Khasi language contain a large number of loanwords from Bengali and Hindi Languages.
  • There is significant dialectal variation in khasi language, since several dialects have only partial mutual intelligibility.
  
  • In ancient times, Bodo language was written using Assamese script and Roman script.
  • Bodo Language is written using Devanagari script since 1963.
  

Similar To
Garo and Jaintia Languages  
Dimasa language, Garo language, Kokborok language  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
23  
5
45  
25

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
20  
17

How Many Consonants
14  
4
25  
15

Scripts
Bengali, Latin  
Devanagari  

Writing Direction
-  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
34 weeks  
12

Greetings

Hello
Kumno  
नमस्कार  

Thank You
Khublei  
धन्यवाद  

How Are You?
Kumno phi long?  
Nungni khabora ma?  

Good Night
thia sukh  
मोजां हर (Mwjang Hor)  

Good Evening
babha janmiet  
बोडो  

Good Afternoon
babha noph-phai-sngi  
अन्धानि बार  

Good Morning
khublei  
मोजां फुं (Mwjang Fung)  

Please
Sngewbha  
अननानै (Onnanwi)  

Sorry
Map  
दु:खित  

Bye
khublei  
Lwrbw  

I Love You
ieit ieit  
अननाइ नों (onnai Nwng)  

Excuse Me
map a nga  
दु:खित  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Bhoi  
(Sønabari) Western Boro dialect  

Where They Speak
-  
Bongaigaon, Kokrajhar  

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

Dialect 2
Nonglung  
(Sanzari) Eastern Boro dialect  

Where They Speak
-  
Barpeta, Darrang, Kamrup, Nalbari  

How Many People Speak
1,200,000.00  
99+
1,500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Cherrapunji  
(Hazari) Southern Boro dialect  

Where They Speak
-  
Assam, India, Nepal  

How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00  
99+
1,300,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
5  
5
3  
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.01 %  
99+
0.01 %  
99+

Native Speakers
0.84 million  
99+
0.60 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
1.50 million  
99+
1.50 million  
99+

Native Name
Ka Ktien  
बड़ो (boṛo)  

Alternative Names
Kahasi, Kassi, Khasa, Khashi, Khasiyas, Khuchia  
Bara, Bodi, Boro, Boroni, Kachari, Mech, Meche, Mechi, Meci  

French Name
khasi  
bodo  

German Name
Khasi-Sprache  
Bodo  

Pronunciation
[ˈkʰɑsi]  
[bɔɽo]  

Ethnicity
Khasi people  
Bodo, Mech, (Assamese)  

History

Origin
1200 AD  
1913  

Language Family
Austroasiatic Family  
Sino-Tibetan Family  

Subgroup
-  
Tibeto-Burman  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No Early Forms  
-  

Standard Forms
Khasi  
-  

Language Position
40  
37
30  
28

Signed Forms
Khasi Sign Language  
Signed Bodo  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available  
br  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kha  
brx  

ISO 639 2/B
kha  
brx  

ISO 639 3
kha  
brx  

ISO 639 6
kha  
brx  

Glottocode
khas1269  
bodo1269  

Linguasphere
No data available  
59-AAB  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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

Khasi and Bodo speaking population is one of the factors based on which Khasi and Bodo languages can be compared. The total count of Khasi and Bodo Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Khasi language is 0.01 % 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 Khasi and Bodo on Khasi vs Bodo where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Khasi and Bodo Language Codes

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

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