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Bodo and Burmese


Burmese and Bodo


Countries

Countries
Assam, India  
Myanmar  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Assam, India  
Myanmar  

Second Language
Not Available  
Bangladesh, Burma  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Not Available  
Mon  

Regulated By
Not Available  
Myanmar Language Commission  

Interesting Facts
  • In ancient times, Bodo language was written using Assamese script and Roman script.
  • Bodo Language is written using Devanagari script since 1963.
  
  • The naming of people in Burmese is strange. There is no last name, often name is rhymed such as Ming Ming, Mo Mo or Jo Jo.
  • It appears as odd language to many people because it has peculiar pitch register, tonal form as language.
  

Similar To
Dimasa language, Garo language, Kokborok language  
Thai Language  

Derived From
Not Available  
Pali Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
45  
25
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
20  
17
12  
9

How Many Consonants
25  
15
33  
23

Scripts
Devanagari  
Tangut  

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  
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)  

Thank You
Not Available  
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)  

How Are You?
Nungni khabora ma?  
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)  

Good Night
मोजां हर (Mwjang Hor)  
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)  

Good Evening
Not Available  
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)  

Good Afternoon
Not Available  
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)  

Good Morning
मोजां फुं (Mwjang Fung)  
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)  

Please
अननानै (Onnanwi)  
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)  

Sorry
Not Available  
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)  

Bye
Not Available  
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)  

I Love You
अननाइ नों (onnai Nwng)  
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)  

Excuse Me
Not Available  
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
(Sønabari) Western Boro dialect  
Arakanese  

Where They Speak
Bongaigaon, Kokrajhar  
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
2,000,000.00  
24

Dialect 2
(Sanzari) Eastern Boro dialect  
Tavoyan  

Where They Speak
Barpeta, Darrang, Kamrup, Nalbari  
Myanmar  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
440,000.00  
30

Dialect 3
(Hazari) Southern Boro dialect  
Intha  

Where They Speak
Assam, India, Nepal  
Burma  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
90,000.00  
30

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
5  
5

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
0.60 million  
99+
43.00 million  
30

Speaking Population
Not Available  
0.50 %  
29

Native Speakers
0.60 million  
99+
33.00 million  
28

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
10.00 million  
23

Native Name
बड़ो (boṛo)  
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)  

Alternative Names
Bara, Bodi, Boro, Boroni, Kachari, Mech, Meche, Mechi, Meci  
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa  

French Name
Not Available  
birman  

German Name
Not Available  
Birmanisch  

Pronunciation
[bɔɽo]  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Bodo, Mech, (Assamese)  
Bamar people  

History

Origin
1913  
1113 AD  

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family  
Sino-Tibetan Family  

Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman  
Tibeto-Burman  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Not Available  
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese  

Standard Forms
Not Available  
Modern Burmese  

Language Position
Not Available  
43  
32

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Burmese sign language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
Not Available  
my  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
Not Available  
mya  

ISO 639 2/B
Not Available  
bur  

ISO 639 3
brx  
mya  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
bodo1269  
sout3159  

Linguasphere
Not Available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Analytic, Isolating  

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All Bodo and Burmese 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 Burmese dialects. Various dialects of Bodo and Burmese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Bodo are spoken in different Bodo Speaking Countries whereas Burmese Dialects are spoken in different Burmese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Bodo vs Burmese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Bodo dialects include: (Sønabari) Western Boro dialect, (Sanzari) Eastern Boro dialect. Burmese dialects include: Arakanese , Tavoyan. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Bodo and Burmese Speaking population

Bodo and Burmese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Bodo and Burmese languages can be compared. The total count of Bodo and Burmese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Bodo language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Burmese language is 0.50 %. 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 Burmese on Bodo vs Burmese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Bodo and Burmese Language Codes

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

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