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Bodo and Xhosa


Xhosa and Bodo


Countries

Countries
Assam, India   
South Africa   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Assam, India   
South Africa   

Second Language
Not Available   
Lesotho, South Africa   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Africa   

Minority Language
Not Available   
Botswana, Lesotho   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • In ancient times, Bodo language was written using Assamese script and Roman script.
  • Bodo Language is written using Devanagari script since 1963.
  
  • Xhosa has 15 click sounds, borrowed from the khoi-khoi and san languages of the South Africa.
  • The same sequence of consonants and vowels can have different meaning when said with different tones, so Xhosa is tonal.
  

Similar To
Dimasa language, Garo language, Kokborok language   
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele   

Derived From
Not Available   
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
45   
25
53   
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
20   
17
10   
7

How Many Consonants
25   
15
43   
32

Scripts
Devanagari   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available   
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available   
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Not Available   
Molo   

Thank You
Not Available   
Ndiyabulela   

How Are You?
Nungni khabora ma?   
Unjani   

Good Night
मोजां हर (Mwjang Hor)   
Ulale kakuhle   

Good Evening
Not Available   
Ubusuku obuhle   

Good Afternoon
Not Available   
Uben' emva kwemini entle   

Good Morning
मोजां फुं (Mwjang Fung)   
Molo   

Please
अननानै (Onnanwi)   
Ndicela   

Sorry
Not Available   
Ndicela uxolo   

Bye
Not Available   
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle   

I Love You
अननाइ नों (onnai Nwng)   
Ndiyakuthanda   

Excuse Me
Not Available   
Uxolo   

Dialects

Dialect 1
(Sønabari) Western Boro dialect   
Gcaleka   

Where They Speak
Bongaigaon, Kokrajhar   
South Africa   

Dialect 2
(Sanzari) Eastern Boro dialect   
Thembu   

Where They Speak
Barpeta, Darrang, Kamrup, Nalbari   
South Africa   

Dialect 3
(Hazari) Southern Boro dialect   
Hlubi   

Where They Speak
Assam, India, Nepal   
South Africa   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
9   
9

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
0.60 million   
99+
20.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.11 %   
99+

Native Speakers
0.60 million   
99+
8.20 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
11.00 million   
21

Native Name
बड़ो (boṛo)   
isiXhosa   

Alternative Names
Bara, Bodi, Boro, Boroni, Kachari, Mech, Meche, Mechi, Meci   
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa   

French Name
Not Available   
xhosa   

German Name
Not Available   
Xhosa-Sprache   

Pronunciation
[bɔɽo]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Bodo, Mech, (Assamese)   
amaXhosa, amaBhaca   

History

Origin
1913   
16th Century   

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family   
Niger-Congo Family   

Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman   
Benue-Congo   

Branch
Not Available   
Bantu   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Not Available   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Not Available   
isiXhosa   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed Xhosa   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
Not Available   
xh   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
Not Available   
xho   

ISO 639 2/B
Not Available   
xho   

ISO 639 3
brx   
xho   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
bodo1269   
xhos1239   

Linguasphere
Not Available   
99-AUT-fa   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

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

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Bodo and Xhosa Speaking population

Bodo and Xhosa speaking population is one of the factors based on which Bodo and Xhosa languages can be compared. The total count of Bodo and Xhosa Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Bodo language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Xhosa language is 0.11 %. 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 Xhosa on Bodo vs Xhosa where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Bodo and Xhosa Language Codes

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

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