Countries
Assam, India
  
India, Nepal
  
National Language
Assam, India
  
Nepal
  
Second Language
Not Available
  
Republic of Brazil
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Not Available
  
People's Republic of China
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Language Academy of Nepal
  
Interesting Facts
- In ancient times, Bodo language was written using Assamese script and Roman script.
- Bodo Language is written using Devanagari script since 1963.
  
- Before the term "Nepali" was coined, historically the language was first called the Khas language, Gorkhali or Gukhali.
- Nepali has borrowed many loanwords from neighboring Tibeto-Burmese languages.
  
Similar To
Dimasa language, Garo language, Kokborok language
  
Hindi
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Bodo-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Nepali-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Devanagari
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Not Available
  
नमस्ते (namaste)
  
Thank You
Not Available
  
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)
  
How Are You?
Nungni khabora ma?
  
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)
  
Good Night
मोजां हर (Mwjang Hor)
  
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)
  
Good Evening
Not Available
  
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)
  
Good Afternoon
Not Available
  
Good afternoon
  
Good Morning
मोजां फुं (Mwjang Fung)
  
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)
  
Please
अननानै (Onnanwi)
  
कृपया
  
Sorry
Not Available
  
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
  
Bye
Not Available
  
नमस्ते (namaste)
  
I Love You
अननाइ नों (onnai Nwng)
  
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)
  
Excuse Me
Not Available
  
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
  
Dialect 1
(Sønabari) Western Boro dialect
  
Doteli
  
Where They Speak
Bongaigaon, Kokrajhar
  
Nepal
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
(Sanzari) Eastern Boro dialect
  
Bajhangi
  
Where They Speak
Barpeta, Darrang, Kamrup, Nalbari
  
India, Nepal
  
Dialect 3
(Hazari) Southern Boro dialect
  
Baitadeli
  
Where They Speak
Assam, India, Nepal
  
Nepal
  
How Many People Speak?
0.60 million
  
99+
30.00 million
  
36
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
0.60 million
  
99+
25.00 million
  
32
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
5.00 million
  
29
Native Name
बड़ो (boṛo)
  
नेपाली (nēpālī)
  
Alternative Names
Bara, Bodi, Boro, Boroni, Kachari, Mech, Meche, Mechi, Meci
  
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate
  
French Name
Not Available
  
népalais
  
German Name
Not Available
  
Nepali
  
Pronunciation
[bɔɽo]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Bodo, Mech, (Assamese)
  
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu
  
Origin
1913
  
19 BC
  
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Not Available
  
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha
  
Standard Forms
Not Available
  
Nepali
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Signed Nepali
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual, Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
Not Available
  
ne
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
Not Available
  
nep
  
ISO 639 2/B
Not Available
  
nep
  
ISO 639 3
brx
  
npi
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
bodo1269
  
nepa1254
  
Linguasphere
Not Available
  
12
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Agglutinative
  
Bodo and Nepali Speaking population
Bodo and Nepali speaking population is one of the factors based on which Bodo and Nepali languages can be compared. The total count of Bodo and Nepali Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Bodo language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Nepali language is 0.25 %. 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 Nepali on Bodo vs Nepali where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Bodo and Nepali Language Codes
Bodo and Nepali language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Bodo and Nepali Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.