Countries
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
  
Assam, India
  
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 in
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Bodo-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Ethiopic
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
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
  
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
  
How Many People Speak?
18.70 million
  
99+
0.60 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
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)
  
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
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Signed Amharic
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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
  
Amharic 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 Amharic and Bodo greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Amharic and Bodo language. Amharic word for "Hello" is Selam or Bodo word for "Thank You" is Not Available. Find more of such common Amharic Greetings and Bodo Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Amharic vs Bodo Difficulty
The Amharic vs Bodo difficulty level basically depends on the number of Amharic 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 Amharic and Bodo are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Amharic and Bodo, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Amharic is 44 weeks while to learn Bodo time required is Not Available.