Countries
South Africa
Assam, India
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
South Africa
Assam, India
Second Language
Lesotho, South Africa
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Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho
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Regulated By
-
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Interesting Facts
- Xhosa has 15 click sounds, borrowed from the khoi-khoi and san languages of the South Africa.
- The same sequence of consonants and vowels can have different meaning when said with different tones, so Xhosa is tonal.
- 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, Swazi, and Ndebele
Dimasa language, Garo language, Kokborok language
Derived From
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
5345
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
1020
0
32
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How Many Consonants
4325
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Devanagari
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
35
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks34 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Molo
नमस्कार
Thank You
Ndiyabulela
धन्यवाद
How Are You?
Unjani
Nungni khabora ma?
Good Night
Ulale kakuhle
मोजां हर (Mwjang Hor)
Good Evening
Ubusuku obuhle
बोडो
Good Afternoon
Uben' emva kwemini entle
अन्धानि बार
Good Morning
Molo
मोजां फुं (Mwjang Fung)
Please
Ndicela
अननानै (Onnanwi)
Sorry
Ndicela uxolo
दु:खित
Bye
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle
Lwrbw
I Love You
Ndiyakuthanda
अननाइ नों (onnai Nwng)
Excuse Me
Uxolo
दु:खित
Dialect 1
Gcaleka
(Sønabari) Western Boro dialect
Where They Speak
South Africa
Bongaigaon, Kokrajhar
How Many People Speak
19,000,000.001,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Thembu
(Sanzari) Eastern Boro dialect
Where They Speak
South Africa
Barpeta, Darrang, Kamrup, Nalbari
How Many People Speak
19,000,000.001,500,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Hlubi
(Hazari) Southern Boro dialect
Where They Speak
South Africa
Assam, India, Nepal
How Many People Speak
19.001,300,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
93
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
20.00 million0.60 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.11 %0.01 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
8.20 million0.60 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
11.00 million1.50 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
isiXhosa
बड़ो (boṛo)
Alternative Names
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa
Bara, Bodi, Boro, Boroni, Kachari, Mech, Meche, Mechi, Meci
French Name
xhosa
bodo
German Name
Xhosa-Sprache
Bodo
Pronunciation
[ˈkǁʰɔ̀ːsa]
[bɔɽo]
Ethnicity
amaXhosa, amaBhaca
Bodo, Mech, (Assamese)
Origin
16th Century
1913
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Tibeto-Burman
Branch
Bantu
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Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
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Standard Forms
isiXhosa
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Language Position
2130
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Xhosa
Signed Bodo
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
xh
br
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
xho
brx
ISO 639 2/B
xho
brx
ISO 639 3
xho
brx
ISO 639 6
xho
brx
Glottocode
xhos1239
bodo1269
Linguasphere
99-AUT-fa
59-AAB
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology
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