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Bodo vs Igbo


Igbo vs Bodo


Countries

Countries
Assam, India  
Nigeria  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Assam, India  
Nigeria  

Second Language
Not Available  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Africa  

Minority Language
Not Available  
Equatorial Guinea  

Regulated By
Not Available  
Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture  

Interesting Facts
  • In ancient times, Bodo language was written using Assamese script and Roman script.
  • Bodo Language is written using Devanagari script since 1963.
  
  • In Igbo, there is complicated system of high and low tones indicating differences in meaning and grammatical relationships.
  • Igbo has inexhaustible and rich linguistic features like idioms, proverbs, aphorisms, anecdotes etc.
  

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  
Igbo-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
45  
25
36  
18

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
20  
17
8  
5

How Many Consonants
25  
15
28  
18

Scripts
Devanagari  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available  
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available  
52 weeks  
12

Greetings

Hello
Not Available  
kedụ  

Thank You
Not Available  
dalụ  

How Are You?
Nungni khabora ma?  
kedụ ka ịmere  

Good Night
मोजां हर (Mwjang Hor)  
ka chi fo  

Good Evening
Not Available  
mgbede ọma  

Good Afternoon
Not Available  
ehihie ọma  

Good Morning
मोजां फुं (Mwjang Fung)  
ụtụtụ ọma  

Please
अननानै (Onnanwi)  
Biko  

Sorry
Not Available  
Ndo  

Bye
Not Available  
Not Available  

I Love You
अननाइ नों (onnai Nwng)  
a hụrụ m gị n'anya  

Excuse Me
Not Available  
ngọpụ  

Dialects

Dialect 1
(Sønabari) Western Boro dialect  
Enuani  

Where They Speak
Bongaigaon, Kokrajhar  
Nigeria  

Dialect 2
(Sanzari) Eastern Boro dialect  
Ngwa  

Where They Speak
Barpeta, Darrang, Kamrup, Nalbari  
Nigeria  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
1,500,000.00  
22

Dialect 3
(Hazari) Southern Boro dialect  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Assam, India, Nepal  
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
20  
18

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
0.60 million  
99+
25.00 million  
40

Speaking Population
Not Available  
Not Available  

Native Speakers
0.60 million  
99+
25.00 million  
32

Native Name
बड़ो (boṛo)  
igbo  

Alternative Names
Bara, Bodi, Boro, Boroni, Kachari, Mech, Meche, Mechi, Meci  
Ibo  

French Name
Not Available  
igbo  

German Name
Not Available  
Ibo-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[bɔɽo]  
[iɡ͡boː]  

Ethnicity
Bodo, Mech, (Assamese)  
Igbo people  

History

Origin
1913  
30th Century BC  

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman  
Kwa  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Not Available  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Not Available  
Standard Igbo  

Language Position
Not Available  
57  
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
Not Available  
ig  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
Not Available  
ibo  

ISO 639 2/B
Not Available  
ibo  

ISO 639 3
brx  
ibo  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
bodo1269  
nucl1417  

Linguasphere
Not Available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
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Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
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Agglutinative  

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Bodo and Igbo Language History

Comparison of Bodo vs Igbo language history gives us differences between origin of Bodo and Igbo language. History of Bodo language states that this language originated in 1913 whereas history of Igbo language states that this language originated in 30th Century 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 Igbo Language History.

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

Bodo vs Igbo Difficulty

The Bodo vs Igbo difficulty level basically depends on the number of Bodo Alphabets and Igbo 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 Igbo are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Bodo and Igbo, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Bodo is Not Available while to learn Igbo time required is 52 weeks.

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