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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

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