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Bodo and Cantonese


Cantonese and Bodo


Countries

Countries
Assam, India   
Hong Kong, Macau   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
2   
13

National Language
Assam, India   
China, Guangdong   

Second Language
Not Available   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
Not Available   
Hawaii   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division   

Interesting Facts
  • In ancient times, Bodo language was written using Assamese script and Roman script.
  • Bodo Language is written using Devanagari script since 1963.
  
  • Cantonese have lot of slangs, many of them include words that do not make sense at all and some also have English in them.
  • Even though Cantonese and Mandarin are dialects of Chinese, Cantonese has 8 tones instead of Mandarin's 4.
  

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

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
45   
25
28   
10

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
20   
17
8   
5

How Many Consonants
25   
15
20   
10

Scripts
Devanagari   
Chinese Characters and derivatives   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available   
10   
8

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available   
88 weeks   
13

Greetings

Hello
Not Available   
您好   

Thank You
Not Available   
谢谢   

How Are You?
Nungni khabora ma?   
你好吗?   

Good Night
मोजां हर (Mwjang Hor)   
晚安   

Good Evening
Not Available   
晚上好   

Good Afternoon
Not Available   
下午好   

Good Morning
मोजां फुं (Mwjang Fung)   
早上好   

Please
अननानै (Onnanwi)   
请   

Sorry
Not Available   
遗憾   

Bye
Not Available   
再见   

I Love You
अननाइ नों (onnai Nwng)   
我爱你   

Excuse Me
Not Available   
原谅我   

Dialects

Dialect 1
(Sønabari) Western Boro dialect   
Guangzhou   

Where They Speak
Bongaigaon, Kokrajhar   
outside mainland China   

Dialect 2
(Sanzari) Eastern Boro dialect   
Xiguan   

Where They Speak
Barpeta, Darrang, Kamrup, Nalbari   
Hong Kong   

Dialect 3
(Hazari) Southern Boro dialect   
Hong Kong   

Where They Speak
Assam, India, Nepal   
Hong Kong   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
0.60 million   
99+
60.00 million   
27

Speaking Population
Not Available   
16.00 %   
2

Native Speakers
0.60 million   
99+
52.00 million   
21

Native Name
बड़ो (boṛo)   
Kwang Tung Wa   

Alternative Names
Bara, Bodi, Boro, Boroni, Kachari, Mech, Meche, Mechi, Meci   
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese   

French Name
Not Available   
Not Available   

German Name
Not Available   
Not Available   

Pronunciation
[bɔɽo]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Bodo, Mech, (Assamese)   
Not Available   

History

Origin
1913   
17th century   

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family   
Sino-Tibetan Family   

Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Not Available   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Not Available   
Standard Cantonese   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Not Available   

Code

ISO 639 1
Not Available   
No data available   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
Not Available   
Not Available   

ISO 639 2/B
Not Available   
Not Available   

ISO 639 3
brx   
No data available   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
bodo1269   
cant1236   

Linguasphere
Not Available   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Not Available   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

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

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Bodo and Cantonese Speaking population

Bodo and Cantonese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Bodo and Cantonese languages can be compared. The total count of Bodo and Cantonese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Bodo language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Cantonese language is 16.00 %. 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 Cantonese on Bodo vs Cantonese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Bodo and Cantonese Language Codes

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

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