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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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