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Bodo vs Amharic


Amharic vs Bodo


Countries

Countries
Assam, India   
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Assam, India   
Ethiopia   

Second Language
Not Available   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Africa   

Minority Language
Not Available   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

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.
  
  • Amharic ranks as second most spoken Semitic language in the world.
  • Amharic has its own writing system named “fidel” and it uses Amharic alphabets to write.
  

Similar To
Dimasa language, Garo language, Kokborok language   
Not Available   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Bodo-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Amharic-1.jpg#200   

Alphabets
45   
25
33   
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
20   
17
7   
4

How Many Consonants
25   
15
31   
21

Scripts
Devanagari   
Ethiopic   

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   
Selam   

Thank You
Not Available   
amesege'nallo'   

How Are You?
Nungni khabora ma?   
Dehina newot?   

Good Night
मोजां हर (Mwjang Hor)   
Dehna dur   

Good Evening
Not Available   
melkam meshe't   

Good Afternoon
Not Available   
i'ndemin walu   

Good Morning
मोजां फुं (Mwjang Fung)   
i'ndemin adäru   

Please
अननानै (Onnanwi)   
i'bakwon   

Sorry
Not Available   
aznallehu   

Bye
Not Available   
tschao   

I Love You
अननाइ नों (onnai Nwng)   
afekirishalehu   

Excuse Me
Not Available   
yiqirta   

Dialects

Dialect 1
(Sønabari) Western Boro dialect   
Gondar   

Where They Speak
Bongaigaon, Kokrajhar   
Gondar   

Dialect 2
(Sanzari) Eastern Boro dialect   
Gojjami   

Where They Speak
Barpeta, Darrang, Kamrup, Nalbari   
Ethiopia   

Dialect 3
(Hazari) Southern Boro dialect   
Showa   

Where They Speak
Assam, India, Nepal   
Ethiopia   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
5   
5

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.37 %   
35

Native Speakers
0.60 million   
99+
25.00 million   
32

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
10.00 million   
23

Native Name
बड़ो (boṛo)   
Not Available   

Alternative Names
Bara, Bodi, Boro, Boroni, Kachari, Mech, Meche, Mechi, Meci   
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian   

French Name
Not Available   
amharique   

German Name
Not Available   
Amharisch   

Pronunciation
[bɔɽo]   
[amarɨɲɲa]   

Ethnicity
Bodo, Mech, (Assamese)   
Amharas   

History

Origin
1913   
13th century   

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family   
Afro-Asiatic Family   

Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman   
Semitic   

Branch
Not Available   
Ethiopic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Not Available   
Ge'ez   

Standard Forms
Not Available   
Amharic   

Language Position
Not Available   
55   
40

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed Amharic   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
Not Available   
am   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
Not Available   
amh   

ISO 639 2/B
Not Available   
amh   

ISO 639 3
brx   
amh   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
bodo1269   
amha1245   

Linguasphere
Not Available   
12-ACB-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Fusional   

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Bodo and Amharic Language History

Comparison of Bodo vs Amharic language history gives us differences between origin of Bodo and Amharic language. History of Bodo language states that this language originated in 1913 whereas history of Amharic language states that this language originated in 13th century. 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 Amharic Language History.

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Bodo and Amharic 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 Amharic greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Bodo and Amharic language. Bodo word for "Hello" is Not Available or Amharic word for "Thank You" is amesege'nallo'. Find more of such common Bodo Greetings and Amharic Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Bodo vs Amharic Difficulty

The Bodo vs Amharic difficulty level basically depends on the number of Bodo Alphabets and Amharic 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 Amharic are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Bodo and Amharic, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Bodo is Not Available while to learn Amharic time required is 44 weeks.

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