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Amharic and Bodo


Bodo and Amharic


Countries

Countries
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.  
Assam, India  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Ethiopia  
Assam, India  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not Available  

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Asia  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not Available  

Regulated By
Not Available  
Not Available  

Interesting Facts
  • Amharic ranks as second most spoken Semitic language in the world.
  • Amharic has its own writing system named “fidel” and it uses Amharic alphabets to write.
  
  • In ancient times, Bodo language was written using Assamese script and Roman script.
  • Bodo Language is written using Devanagari script since 1963.
  

Similar To
Not Available  
Dimasa language, Garo language, Kokborok language  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Amharic-1.jpg#200  
Bodo-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
33  
15
45  
25

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
20  
17

How Many Consonants
31  
21
25  
15

Scripts
Ethiopic  
Devanagari  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
Not Available  

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
Not Available  

Greetings

Hello
Selam  
Not Available  

Thank You
amesege'nallo'  
Not Available  

How Are You?
Dehina newot?  
Nungni khabora ma?  

Good Night
Dehna dur  
मोजां हर (Mwjang Hor)  

Good Evening
melkam meshe't  
Not Available  

Good Afternoon
i'ndemin walu  
Not Available  

Good Morning
i'ndemin adäru  
मोजां फुं (Mwjang Fung)  

Please
i'bakwon  
अननानै (Onnanwi)  

Sorry
aznallehu  
Not Available  

Bye
tschao  
Not Available  

I Love You
afekirishalehu  
अननाइ नों (onnai Nwng)  

Excuse Me
yiqirta  
Not Available  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gondar  
(Sønabari) Western Boro dialect  

Where They Speak
Gondar  
Bongaigaon, Kokrajhar  

Dialect 2
Gojjami  
(Sanzari) Eastern Boro dialect  

Where They Speak
Ethiopia  
Barpeta, Darrang, Kamrup, Nalbari  

Dialect 3
Showa  
(Hazari) Southern Boro dialect  

Where They Speak
Ethiopia  
Assam, India, Nepal  

Total No. Of Dialects
5  
5
3  
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.37 %  
35
Not Available  

Native Speakers
25.00 million  
32
0.60 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
10.00 million  
23
Not Available  

Native Name
Not Available  
बड़ो (boṛo)  

Alternative Names
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian  
Bara, Bodi, Boro, Boroni, Kachari, Mech, Meche, Mechi, Meci  

French Name
amharique  
Not Available  

German Name
Amharisch  
Not Available  

Pronunciation
[amarɨɲɲa]  
[bɔɽo]  

Ethnicity
Amharas  
Bodo, Mech, (Assamese)  

History

Origin
13th century  
1913  

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family  
Sino-Tibetan Family  

Subgroup
Semitic  
Tibeto-Burman  

Branch
Ethiopic  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Ge'ez  
Not Available  

Standard Forms
Amharic  
Not Available  

Language Position
55  
40
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Signed Amharic  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
am  
Not Available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
amh  
Not Available  

ISO 639 2/B
amh  
Not Available  

ISO 639 3
amh  
brx  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
amha1245  
bodo1269  

Linguasphere
12-ACB-a  
Not Available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
Not Available  

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

Amharic and Bodo speaking population is one of the factors based on which Amharic and Bodo languages can be compared. The total count of Amharic and Bodo Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Amharic language is 0.37 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Bodo language is Not Available. 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 Amharic and Bodo on Amharic vs Bodo where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Amharic and Bodo Language Codes

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

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