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Xhosa and Bodo


Bodo and Xhosa


Countries

Countries
South Africa  
Assam, India  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
South Africa  
Assam, India  

Second Language
Lesotho, South Africa  
-  

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Asia  

Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho  
-  

Regulated By
-  
-  

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  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
53  
32
45  
25

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10  
7
20  
17

How Many Consonants
43  
32
25  
15

Scripts
Latin  
Devanagari  

Writing Direction
-  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
34 weeks  
12

Greetings

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  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gcaleka  
(Sønabari) Western Boro dialect  

Where They Speak
South Africa  
Bongaigaon, Kokrajhar  

How Many People Speak
19,000,000.00  
30
1,500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Thembu  
(Sanzari) Eastern Boro dialect  

Where They Speak
South Africa  
Barpeta, Darrang, Kamrup, Nalbari  

How Many People Speak
19,000,000.00  
27
1,500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Hlubi  
(Hazari) Southern Boro dialect  

Where They Speak
South Africa  
Assam, India, Nepal  

How Many People Speak
19.00  
99+
1,300,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
9  
9
3  
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.11 %  
99+
0.01 %  
99+

Native Speakers
8.20 million  
99+
0.60 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
11.00 million  
39
1.50 million  
99+

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)  

History

Origin
16th Century  
1913  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Sino-Tibetan Family  

Subgroup
Benue-Congo  
Tibeto-Burman  

Branch
Bantu  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
-  

Standard Forms
isiXhosa  
-  

Language Position
21  
19
30  
28

Signed Forms
Signed Xhosa  
Signed Bodo  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

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  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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

Xhosa and Bodo speaking population is one of the factors based on which Xhosa and Bodo languages can be compared. The total count of Xhosa and Bodo Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Xhosa language is 0.11 % 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 Xhosa and Bodo on Xhosa vs Bodo where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Xhosa and Bodo Language Codes

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

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