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Chinese vs Bodo


Countries

Countries
Assam, India  
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
5  
10

National Language
Assam, India  
China, Taiwan  

Second Language
Not Available  
Republic of Brazil  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Not Available  
Indonesia, Malaysia  

Regulated By
Not Available  
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council  

Interesting Facts
  • In ancient times, Bodo language was written using Assamese script and Roman script.
  • Bodo Language is written using Devanagari script since 1963.
  
  • Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
  • In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
  

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  
Chinese.jpg#200  

Alphabets
45  
25
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
20  
17
24  
19

How Many Consonants
25  
15
23  
13

Scripts
Devanagari  
Chinese Characters and derivatives  

Writing Direction
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Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available  
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available  
88 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
Not Available  
您好 (Nín hǎo)  

Thank You
Not Available  
谢谢 (Xièxiè)  

How Are You?
Nungni khabora ma?  
你好吗? (Nǐ hǎo ma?)  

Good Night
मोजां हर (Mwjang Hor)  
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)  

Good Evening
Not Available  
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)  

Good Afternoon
Not Available  
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)  

Good Morning
मोजां फुं (Mwjang Fung)  
早安 (Zǎo ān)  

Please
अननानै (Onnanwi)  
请 (Qǐng)  

Sorry
Not Available  
遗憾 (Yíhàn)  

Bye
Not Available  
再见 (Zàijiàn)  

I Love You
अननाइ नों (onnai Nwng)  
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)  

Excuse Me
Not Available  
劳驾 (Láojià)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
(Sønabari) Western Boro dialect  
Mandarin  

Where They Speak
Bongaigaon, Kokrajhar  
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
960,000,000.00  
1

Dialect 2
(Sanzari) Eastern Boro dialect  
Wu  

Where They Speak
Barpeta, Darrang, Kamrup, Nalbari  
China, United States of America  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
80,000,000.00  
1

Dialect 3
(Hazari) Southern Boro dialect  
Yue  

Where They Speak
Assam, India, Nepal  
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
60,000,000.00  
2

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
10  
10

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
0.60 million  
99+
1,051.00 million  
2

Speaking Population
Not Available  
16.00 %  
2

Native Speakers
0.60 million  
99+
873.00 million  
1

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
178.00 million  
3

Native Name
बड़ो (boṛo)  
中文 (zhōngwén)  

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

German Name
Not Available  
Chinesisch  

Pronunciation
[bɔɽo]  
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Ethnicity
Bodo, Mech, (Assamese)  
Han  

History

Origin
1913  
1250 BC  

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family  
Sino-Tibetan 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  
Standard Chinese  

Language Position
Not Available  
1  
1

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
Not Available  
zh  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
Not Available  
zho  

ISO 639 2/B
Not Available  
chi  

ISO 639 3
brx  
zho  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
bodo1269  
sini1245  

Linguasphere
Not Available  
79-AAA  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
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Analytic, Isolating  

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Bodo and Chinese Language History

Comparison of Bodo vs Chinese language history gives us differences between origin of Bodo and Chinese language. History of Bodo language states that this language originated in 1913 whereas history of Chinese language states that this language originated in 1250 BC. 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 Chinese Language History.

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

Bodo vs Chinese Difficulty

The Bodo vs Chinese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Bodo Alphabets and Chinese 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 Chinese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Bodo and Chinese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Bodo is Not Available while to learn Chinese time required is 88 weeks.

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