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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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