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Amharic vs Bodo


Bodo vs 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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Amharic and Bodo Language History

Comparison of Amharic vs Bodo language history gives us differences between origin of Amharic and Bodo language. History of Amharic language states that this language originated in 13th century whereas history of Bodo language states that this language originated in 1913. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Amharic and Bodo Language History.

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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.

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