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Bodo vs Chinese


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
Not Available   
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]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Bodo, Mech, (Assamese)   
Han   

History

Origin
1913   
1250 BC   

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family   
Sino-Tibetan 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 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
Not Available   
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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