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Bodo and Malayalam


Malayalam and Bodo


Countries

Countries
Assam, India  
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
3  
12

National Language
Assam, India  
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry  

Second Language
Not Available  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Not Available  
Andaman and Nicobar Islands  

Regulated By
Not Available  
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala  

Interesting Facts
  • In ancient times, Bodo language was written using Assamese script and Roman script.
  • Bodo Language is written using Devanagari script since 1963.
  
  • Malayalam language has 54 literals. Same sounds have different versions to it.
  • Malayalam script is reffered as "Rod Script" and it is derived from the Grantha script, which was developed from Indic script of Brahmi.
  

Similar To
Dimasa language, Garo language, Kokborok language  
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages  

Derived From
Not Available  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
45  
25
53  
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
20  
17
15  
12

How Many Consonants
25  
15
41  
30

Scripts
Devanagari  
Brahmic family and derivatives  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available  
2  
1

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available  
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Not Available  
ഹലോ (halēā)  

Thank You
Not Available  
നന്ദി (nandi)  

How Are You?
Nungni khabora ma?  
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)  

Good Night
मोजां हर (Mwjang Hor)  
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)  

Good Evening
Not Available  
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)  

Good Afternoon
Not Available  
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)  

Good Morning
मोजां फुं (Mwjang Fung)  
രാവിലെ (rāvile)  

Please
अननानै (Onnanwi)  
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)  

Sorry
Not Available  
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)  

Bye
Not Available  
വിട (viṭa)  

I Love You
अननाइ नों (onnai Nwng)  
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)  

Excuse Me
Not Available  
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
(Sønabari) Western Boro dialect  
Judeo-Malayalam  

Where They Speak
Bongaigaon, Kokrajhar  
Israel, kerala  

Dialect 2
(Sanzari) Eastern Boro dialect  
Mappila  

Where They Speak
Barpeta, Darrang, Kamrup, Nalbari  
India  

Dialect 3
(Hazari) Southern Boro dialect  
Pandy Malayalam  

Where They Speak
Assam, India, Nepal  
France, kerala  

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
0.60 million  
99+
38.00 million  
33

Speaking Population
Not Available  
0.57 %  
27

Native Speakers
0.60 million  
99+
38.00 million  
26

Native Name
बड़ो (boṛo)  
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)  

Alternative Names
Bara, Bodi, Boro, Boroni, Kachari, Mech, Meche, Mechi, Meci  
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla  

French Name
Not Available  
malayalam  

German Name
Not Available  
Malayalam  

Pronunciation
[bɔɽo]  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Bodo, Mech, (Assamese)  
Malayali  

History

Origin
1913  
9th Century  

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family  
Dravidian Family  

Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman  
Not Available  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Not Available  
No early form  

Standard Forms
Not Available  
Malayalam  

Language Position
Not Available  
29  
24

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
Not Available  
ml  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
Not Available  
mal  

ISO 639 2/B
Not Available  
mal  

ISO 639 3
brx  
mal  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
bodo1269  
mala1464  

Linguasphere
Not Available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Synthetic  

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

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Bodo and Malayalam Speaking population

Bodo and Malayalam speaking population is one of the factors based on which Bodo and Malayalam languages can be compared. The total count of Bodo and Malayalam Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Bodo language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Malayalam language is 0.57 %. 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 Malayalam on Bodo vs Malayalam where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Bodo and Malayalam Language Codes

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

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