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Bodo vs Cebuano


Cebuano vs Bodo


Countries

Countries
Assam, India   
Philippines   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Assam, India   
Philippines   

Second Language
Not Available   
Philippines   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
Not Available   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Visayan Academy of Arts and Letters   

Interesting Facts
  • In ancient times, Bodo language was written using Assamese script and Roman script.
  • Bodo Language is written using Devanagari script since 1963.
  
  • About one-fifth of the population of the philippines speak cebuano and are second largest ethnolinguistic group in the country.
  • Cebuano contains many words of Spanish origin.
  

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

Derived From
Not Available   
Island of Cebu   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
45   
25
21   
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
20   
17
5   
2

How Many Consonants
25   
15
16   
6

Scripts
Devanagari   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available   
2   
1

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available   
3 weeks   
1

Greetings

Hello
Not Available   
Hoy   

Thank You
Not Available   
Salamat   

How Are You?
Nungni khabora ma?   
Kumusta man ka?   

Good Night
मोजां हर (Mwjang Hor)   
Maayong Gabii   

Good Evening
Not Available   
Maayong Gabii   

Good Afternoon
Not Available   
Maayong Hapon   

Good Morning
मोजां फुं (Mwjang Fung)   
Maayong Buntag   

Please
अननानै (Onnanwi)   
Palihug   

Sorry
Not Available   
Ikasubo ko   

Bye
Not Available   
Babay   

I Love You
अननाइ नों (onnai Nwng)   
Gihigugma ko ikaw   

Excuse Me
Not Available   
Ekskyus mi   

Dialects

Dialect 1
(Sønabari) Western Boro dialect   
Boholano   

Where They Speak
Bongaigaon, Kokrajhar   
Bohol   

Dialect 2
(Sanzari) Eastern Boro dialect   
Southern Kana   

Where They Speak
Barpeta, Darrang, Kamrup, Nalbari   
southern Leyte   

Dialect 3
(Hazari) Southern Boro dialect   
North Kana   

Where They Speak
Assam, India, Nepal   
northern part of Leyte   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
4   
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
0.60 million   
99+
Not Available   

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.32 %   
38

Native Speakers
0.60 million   
99+
21.00 million   
36

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
14.50 million   
19

Native Name
बड़ो (boṛo)   
Visayan   

Alternative Names
Bara, Bodi, Boro, Boroni, Kachari, Mech, Meche, Mechi, Meci   
Binisaya, Bisayan, Sebuano, Sugbuanon, Sugbuhanon, Visayan   

French Name
Not Available   
cebuano   

German Name
Not Available   
Cebuano   

Pronunciation
[bɔɽo]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Bodo, Mech, (Assamese)   
Cebuano people   

History

Origin
1913   
16th century   

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family   
Austronesian Family   

Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Not Available   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Not Available   
Standard Cebuano   

Language Position
Not Available   
62   
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
Not Available   
No data Available   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
Not Available   
ceb   

ISO 639 2/B
Not Available   
ceb   

ISO 639 3
brx   
ceb   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
bodo1269   
cebu1242   

Linguasphere
Not Available   
No data Available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Verb-Subject-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

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Bodo and Cebuano Language History

Comparison of Bodo vs Cebuano language history gives us differences between origin of Bodo and Cebuano language. History of Bodo language states that this language originated in 1913 whereas history of Cebuano language states that this language originated in 16th 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 Cebuano Language History.

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

Bodo vs Cebuano Difficulty

The Bodo vs Cebuano difficulty level basically depends on the number of Bodo Alphabets and Cebuano 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 Cebuano are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Bodo and Cebuano, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Bodo is Not Available while to learn Cebuano time required is 3 weeks.

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