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Bodo vs Akan


Akan vs Bodo


Countries

Countries
Assam, India  
Ghana, Ivory coast  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
Assam, India  
Ghana  

Second Language
Not Available  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Africa  

Minority Language
Not Available  
Benin, United States of America  

Regulated By
Not Available  
Akan Orthography Committee  

Interesting Facts
  • In ancient times, Bodo language was written using Assamese script and Roman script.
  • Bodo Language is written using Devanagari script since 1963.
  
  • Ghana has over 100 ethnic groups living, and Akan is one of the largest tribe.
  • Akan language came in South America, notably Suriname and Jamaica through slave trade.
  

Similar To
Dimasa language, Garo language, Kokborok language  
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Derived From
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Alphabets

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

Alphabets
45  
25
21  
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
20  
17
10  
7

How Many Consonants
25  
15
16  
6

Scripts
Devanagari  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available  
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available  
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Not Available  
ete-sen  

Thank You
Not Available  
meda ase  

How Are You?
Nungni khabora ma?  
wo ho te sɛn?  

Good Night
मोजां हर (Mwjang Hor)  
maadwo  

Good Evening
Not Available  
maadwo  

Good Afternoon
Not Available  
maaha  

Good Morning
मोजां फुं (Mwjang Fung)  
maakye  

Please
अननानै (Onnanwi)  
wae  

Sorry
Not Available  
Kafra  

Bye
Not Available  
bye  

I Love You
अननाइ नों (onnai Nwng)  
Me doכ wo  

Excuse Me
Not Available  
mepa wo kyɛw  

Dialects

Dialect 1
(Sønabari) Western Boro dialect  
Asante  

Where They Speak
Bongaigaon, Kokrajhar  
Ghana  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
9,000,000.00  
13

Dialect 2
(Sanzari) Eastern Boro dialect  
Akuapem  

Where They Speak
Barpeta, Darrang, Kamrup, Nalbari  
Ghana  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
9,000,000.00  
10

Dialect 3
(Hazari) Southern Boro dialect  
Fante  

Where They Speak
Assam, India, Nepal  
Ghana  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
1,900,000.00  
15

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
3  
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available  
0.17 %  
99+

Native Speakers
0.60 million  
99+
11.00 million  
99+

Native Name
बड़ो (boṛo)  
Akan  

Alternative Names
Bara, Bodi, Boro, Boroni, Kachari, Mech, Meche, Mechi, Meci  
Not Available  

French Name
Not Available  
akan  

German Name
Not Available  
Akan-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[bɔɽo]  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Bodo, Mech, (Assamese)  
Akan people  

History

Origin
1913  
15  

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman  
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Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Not Available  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Not Available  
Akan  

Language Position
Not Available  
104  
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
Not Available  
ak  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
Not Available  
aka  

ISO 639 2/B
Not Available  
aka  

ISO 639 3
brx  
aka  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
bodo1269  
akan1251  

Linguasphere
Not Available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
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Language Morphological Typology
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Bodo and Akan Language History

Comparison of Bodo vs Akan language history gives us differences between origin of Bodo and Akan language. History of Bodo language states that this language originated in 1913 whereas history of Akan language states that this language originated in 15. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Bodo and Akan Language History.

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Bodo and Akan Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Bodo and Akan greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Bodo and Akan language. Bodo word for "Hello" is Not Available or Akan word for "Thank You" is meda ase. Find more of such common Bodo Greetings and Akan Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Bodo vs Akan Difficulty

The Bodo vs Akan difficulty level basically depends on the number of Bodo Alphabets and Akan Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Bodo and Akan are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Bodo and Akan, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Bodo is Not Available while to learn Akan time required is 44 weeks.

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