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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  
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Derived From
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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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