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Bodo and Akan


Akan and Bodo


Countries

Countries
Assam, India   
Ghana, Ivory coast   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
2   
13

National Language
Assam, India   
Ghana   

Second Language
Not Available   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Africa   

Minority Language
Not Available   
Benin, United States of America   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Akan Orthography Committee   

Interesting Facts
  • In ancient times, Bodo language was written using Assamese script and Roman script.
  • Bodo Language is written using Devanagari script since 1963.
  
  • Ghana has over 100 ethnic groups living, and Akan is one of the largest tribe.
  • Akan language came in South America, notably Suriname and Jamaica through slave trade.
  

Similar To
Dimasa language, Garo language, Kokborok language   
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Derived From
Not Available   
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Alphabets

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

Alphabets
45   
25
21   
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
20   
17
10   
7

How Many Consonants
25   
15
16   
6

Scripts
Devanagari   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available   
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available   
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Not Available   
ete-sen   

Thank You
Not Available   
meda ase   

How Are You?
Nungni khabora ma?   
wo ho te sɛn?   

Good Night
मोजां हर (Mwjang Hor)   
maadwo   

Good Evening
Not Available   
maadwo   

Good Afternoon
Not Available   
maaha   

Good Morning
मोजां फुं (Mwjang Fung)   
maakye   

Please
अननानै (Onnanwi)   
wae   

Sorry
Not Available   
Kafra   

Bye
Not Available   
bye   

I Love You
अननाइ नों (onnai Nwng)   
Me doכ wo   

Excuse Me
Not Available   
mepa wo kyɛw   

Dialects

Dialect 1
(Sønabari) Western Boro dialect   
Asante   

Where They Speak
Bongaigaon, Kokrajhar   
Ghana   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
9,000,000.00   
13

Dialect 2
(Sanzari) Eastern Boro dialect   
Akuapem   

Where They Speak
Barpeta, Darrang, Kamrup, Nalbari   
Ghana   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
9,000,000.00   
10

Dialect 3
(Hazari) Southern Boro dialect   
Fante   

Where They Speak
Assam, India, Nepal   
Ghana   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
1,900,000.00   
15

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
3   
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.17 %   
99+

Native Speakers
0.60 million   
99+
11.00 million   
99+

Native Name
बड़ो (boṛo)   
Akan   

Alternative Names
Bara, Bodi, Boro, Boroni, Kachari, Mech, Meche, Mechi, Meci   
Not Available   

French Name
Not Available   
akan   

German Name
Not Available   
Akan-Sprache   

Pronunciation
[bɔɽo]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Bodo, Mech, (Assamese)   
Akan people   

History

Origin
1913   
15   

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family   
Niger-Congo Family   

Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman   
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Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Not Available   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Not Available   
Akan   

Language Position
Not Available   
104   
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
Not Available   
ak   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
Not Available   
aka   

ISO 639 2/B
Not Available   
aka   

ISO 639 3
brx   
aka   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
bodo1269   
akan1251   

Linguasphere
Not Available   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
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Language Morphological Typology
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All Bodo and Akan 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 Bodo and Akan dialects. Various dialects of Bodo and Akan language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Bodo are spoken in different Bodo Speaking Countries whereas Akan Dialects are spoken in different Akan speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Bodo vs Akan Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Bodo dialects include: (Sønabari) Western Boro dialect, (Sanzari) Eastern Boro dialect. Akan dialects include: Asante , Akuapem. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Bodo and Akan Speaking population

Bodo and Akan speaking population is one of the factors based on which Bodo and Akan languages can be compared. The total count of Bodo and Akan Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Bodo language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Akan language is 0.17 %. 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 Bodo and Akan on Bodo vs Akan where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Bodo and Akan Language Codes

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

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