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Maltese and Bodo


Bodo and Maltese


Countries

Countries
European Union, Malta  
Assam, India  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
Malta  
Assam, India  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
-  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Asia  

Minority Language
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America  
-  

Regulated By
National Council for the Maltese Language  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • Maltese language is the only semitic language written in Latin characters.
  • Maltese language has borrowed many loan words from English, Italian and French.
  
  • In ancient times, Bodo language was written using Assamese script and Roman script.
  • Bodo Language is written using Devanagari script since 1963.
  

Similar To
Western Arabic Dialects  
Dimasa language, Garo language, Kokborok language  

Derived From
Roman Languages  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30  
12
45  
25

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
20  
17

How Many Consonants
24  
14
25  
15

Scripts
Latin  
Devanagari  

Writing Direction
-  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks  
10
34 weeks  
12

Greetings

Hello
Ħello  
नमस्कार  

Thank You
Grazzi  
धन्यवाद  

How Are You?
Kif int?  
Nungni khabora ma?  

Good Night
Il-Lejla it-tajba  
मोजां हर (Mwjang Hor)  

Good Evening
Il-Lejla it-tajba  
बोडो  

Good Afternoon
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb  
अन्धानि बार  

Good Morning
L-għodwa t-tajba  
मोजां फुं (Mwjang Fung)  

Please
Jekk jogħġbok  
अननानै (Onnanwi)  

Sorry
Skużani!  
दु:खित  

Bye
Ċaw  
Lwrbw  

I Love You
Inħobbok ħafna  
अननाइ नों (onnai Nwng)  

Excuse Me
Skużi!  
दु:खित  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Qormi  
(Sønabari) Western Boro dialect  

Where They Speak
Malta  
Bongaigaon, Kokrajhar  

How Many People Speak
520,000.00  
99+
1,500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Żejtun  
(Sanzari) Eastern Boro dialect  

Where They Speak
Malta  
Barpeta, Darrang, Kamrup, Nalbari  

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

Dialect 3
Not Present  
(Hazari) Southern Boro dialect  

Where They Speak
-  
Assam, India, Nepal  

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

Total No. Of Dialects
2  
2
3  
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.02 %  
99+
0.01 %  
99+

Native Speakers
0.52 million  
99+
0.60 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
0.50 million  
99+
1.50 million  
99+

Native Name
Malti  
बड़ो (boṛo)  

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

French Name
maltais  
bodo  

German Name
Maltesisch  
Bodo  

Pronunciation
[mɔːltiːz]  
[bɔɽo]  

Ethnicity
Maltese  
Bodo, Mech, (Assamese)  

History

Origin
c. 1470  
1913  

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family  
Sino-Tibetan Family  

Subgroup
Semitic  
Tibeto-Burman  

Branch
North Abric  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
-  

Standard Forms
Maltese  
-  

Language Position
25  
23
30  
28

Signed Forms
Maltese Sign Language  
Signed Bodo  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
mt  
br  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mlt  
brx  

ISO 639 2/B
mlt  
brx  

ISO 639 3
mlt  
brx  

ISO 639 6
mlt  
brx  

Glottocode
malt1254  
bodo1269  

Linguasphere
12-AAC-c  
59-AAB  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
-  

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

Maltese and Bodo speaking population is one of the factors based on which Maltese and Bodo languages can be compared. The total count of Maltese and Bodo Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Maltese language is 0.02 % 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 Maltese and Bodo on Maltese vs Bodo where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Maltese and Bodo Language Codes

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

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