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Bodo and Zulu


Zulu 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   
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Africa   

Minority Language
Not Available   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Pan South African Language Board   

Interesting Facts
  • In ancient times, Bodo language was written using Assamese script and Roman script.
  • Bodo Language is written using Devanagari script since 1963.
  
  • The meaning of word "Zulu" means "Sky"and Zulu was the name of the ancestor who founded the Zulu royal line in about 1670.
  • Zulu language has many loanwords borrowed from Afrikaans and English Languages.
  

Similar To
Dimasa language, Garo language, Kokborok language   
Xhosa Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
45   
25
57   
34

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
20   
17
7   
4

How Many Consonants
25   
15
50   
35

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   
Sawubona   

Thank You
Not Available   
Ngiyabonga   

How Are You?
Nungni khabora ma?   
unjani   

Good Night
मोजां हर (Mwjang Hor)   
okuhle ebusuku   

Good Evening
Not Available   
okuhle kusihlwa   

Good Afternoon
Not Available   
okuhle ntambama   

Good Morning
मोजां फुं (Mwjang Fung)   
okuhle ekuseni   

Please
अननानै (Onnanwi)   
Ngiyacela   

Sorry
Not Available   
Ngiyaxolisa   

Bye
Not Available   
bye   

I Love You
अननाइ नों (onnai Nwng)   
Ngiyakuthanda wena   

Excuse Me
Not Available   
Uxolo   

Dialects

Dialect 1
(Sønabari) Western Boro dialect   
Qwabe   

Where They Speak
Bongaigaon, Kokrajhar   
Gabon, South Africa   

Dialect 2
(Sanzari) Eastern Boro dialect   
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu   

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

Dialect 3
(Hazari) Southern Boro dialect   
Ndebele   

Where They Speak
Assam, India, Nepal   
Zimbabwe   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
4   
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
0.60 million   
99+
30.00 million   
36

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.16 %   
99+

Native Speakers
0.60 million   
99+
12.00 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
16.00 million   
17

Native Name
बड़ो (boṛo)   
isiZulu   

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

French Name
Not Available   
zoulou   

German Name
Not Available   
Zulu-Sprache   

Pronunciation
[bɔɽo]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Bodo, Mech, (Assamese)   
Zulu people   

History

Origin
1913   
19   

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family   
Niger-Congo Family   

Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman   
Benue-Congo   

Branch
Not Available   
Beatu   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Not Available   
urban Zulu   

Standard Forms
Not Available   
Deep Zulu   

Language Position
Not Available   
87   
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
Not Available   
zu   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
Not Available   
zul   

ISO 639 2/B
Not Available   
zul   

ISO 639 3
brx   
zul   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
bodo1269   
zulu1248   

Linguasphere
Not Available   
99-AUT-fg   

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

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Bodo and Zulu Speaking population

Bodo and Zulu speaking population is one of the factors based on which Bodo and Zulu languages can be compared. The total count of Bodo and Zulu Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Bodo language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Zulu language is 0.16 %. 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 Zulu on Bodo vs Zulu where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Bodo and Zulu Language Codes

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

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