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Bodo and Igbo


Igbo and Bodo


Countries

Countries
Assam, India  
Nigeria  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Assam, India  
Nigeria  

Second Language
Not Available  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Africa  

Minority Language
Not Available  
Equatorial Guinea  

Regulated By
Not Available  
Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture  

Interesting Facts
  • In ancient times, Bodo language was written using Assamese script and Roman script.
  • Bodo Language is written using Devanagari script since 1963.
  
  • In Igbo, there is complicated system of high and low tones indicating differences in meaning and grammatical relationships.
  • Igbo has inexhaustible and rich linguistic features like idioms, proverbs, aphorisms, anecdotes etc.
  

Similar To
Dimasa language, Garo language, Kokborok language  
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Derived From
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Alphabets

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

Alphabets
45  
25
36  
18

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
20  
17
8  
5

How Many Consonants
25  
15
28  
18

Scripts
Devanagari  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available  
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available  
52 weeks  
12

Greetings

Hello
Not Available  
kedụ  

Thank You
Not Available  
dalụ  

How Are You?
Nungni khabora ma?  
kedụ ka ịmere  

Good Night
मोजां हर (Mwjang Hor)  
ka chi fo  

Good Evening
Not Available  
mgbede ọma  

Good Afternoon
Not Available  
ehihie ọma  

Good Morning
मोजां फुं (Mwjang Fung)  
ụtụtụ ọma  

Please
अननानै (Onnanwi)  
Biko  

Sorry
Not Available  
Ndo  

Bye
Not Available  
Not Available  

I Love You
अननाइ नों (onnai Nwng)  
a hụrụ m gị n'anya  

Excuse Me
Not Available  
ngọpụ  

Dialects

Dialect 1
(Sønabari) Western Boro dialect  
Enuani  

Where They Speak
Bongaigaon, Kokrajhar  
Nigeria  

Dialect 2
(Sanzari) Eastern Boro dialect  
Ngwa  

Where They Speak
Barpeta, Darrang, Kamrup, Nalbari  
Nigeria  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
1,500,000.00  
22

Dialect 3
(Hazari) Southern Boro dialect  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Assam, India, Nepal  
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
20  
18

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
0.60 million  
99+
25.00 million  
40

Speaking Population
Not Available  
Not Available  

Native Speakers
0.60 million  
99+
25.00 million  
32

Native Name
बड़ो (boṛo)  
igbo  

Alternative Names
Bara, Bodi, Boro, Boroni, Kachari, Mech, Meche, Mechi, Meci  
Ibo  

French Name
Not Available  
igbo  

German Name
Not Available  
Ibo-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[bɔɽo]  
[iɡ͡boː]  

Ethnicity
Bodo, Mech, (Assamese)  
Igbo people  

History

Origin
1913  
30th Century BC  

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman  
Kwa  

Branch
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Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Not Available  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Not Available  
Standard Igbo  

Language Position
Not Available  
57  
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
Not Available  
ig  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
Not Available  
ibo  

ISO 639 2/B
Not Available  
ibo  

ISO 639 3
brx  
ibo  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
bodo1269  
nucl1417  

Linguasphere
Not Available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
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Language Morphological Typology
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Agglutinative  

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

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Bodo and Igbo Speaking population

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

Bodo and Igbo Language Codes

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

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