Countries
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
Assam, India
National Language
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
Assam, India
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
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Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
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Regulated By
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
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Interesting Facts
- Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
- The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
- In ancient times, Bodo language was written using Assamese script and Roman script.
- Bodo Language is written using Devanagari script since 1963.
Similar To
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
Dimasa language, Garo language, Kokborok language
Derived From
Arabic Language
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Alphabets in
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How Are You?
Habari gani?
Nungni khabora ma?
Good Night
Usiku mwema
मोजां हर (Mwjang Hor)
Good Evening
Habari za jioni
बोडो
Good Afternoon
nzuri Alasiri
अन्धानि बार
Good Morning
Habari za asubuhi
मोजां फुं (Mwjang Fung)
Please
tafadhali
अननानै (Onnanwi)
I Love You
nakupenda
अननाइ नों (onnai Nwng)
Excuse Me
Samahani
दु:खित
Dialect 1
Kiunguja
(Sønabari) Western Boro dialect
Where They Speak
Zanzibar island
Bongaigaon, Kokrajhar
Dialect 2
Kimrima
(Sanzari) Eastern Boro dialect
Where They Speak
Dar es Salaam
Barpeta, Darrang, Kamrup, Nalbari
Dialect 3
Kimgao
(Hazari) Southern Boro dialect
Where They Speak
Kilwa
Assam, India, Nepal
Native Name
Kiswahili
बड़ो (boṛo)
Alternative Names
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
Bara, Bodi, Boro, Boroni, Kachari, Mech, Meche, Mechi, Meci
Pronunciation
[swaˈhili]
[bɔɽo]
Ethnicity
Swahili people or Waswahili
Bodo, Mech, (Assamese)
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Tibeto-Burman
Early Forms
No early forms
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Signed Forms
Swahili Sign Language
Signed Bodo
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
Individual
Glottocode
swah1254
bodo1269
Linguasphere
99-AUS-m
59-AAB
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Language Morphological Typology
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Swahili and Bodo Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Swahili and Bodo greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Swahili and Bodo language. Swahili word for "Hello" is Habari or Bodo word for "Thank You" is धन्यवाद. Find more of such common Swahili Greetings and Bodo Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Swahili vs Bodo Difficulty
The Swahili vs Bodo difficulty level basically depends on the number of Swahili Alphabets and Bodo Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Swahili and Bodo are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Swahili and Bodo, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Swahili is 36 weeks while to learn Bodo time required is 34 weeks.