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Bodo vs Japanese


Japanese vs Bodo


Countries

Countries
Assam, India   
Japan   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Assam, India   
Japan   

Second Language
Not Available   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia, Pacific   

Minority Language
Not Available   
Palau   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education   

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 Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
  • There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
  

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

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
45   
25
99   
40

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
20   
17
5   
2

How Many Consonants
25   
15
14   
4

Scripts
Devanagari   
Kana   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available   
5   
4

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available   
88 weeks   
13

Greetings

Hello
Not Available   
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)   

Thank You
Not Available   
ありがとう (Arigatō)   

How Are You?
Nungni khabora ma?   
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)   

Good Night
मोजां हर (Mwjang Hor)   
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)   

Good Evening
Not Available   
こんばんは (Konbanwa)   

Good Afternoon
Not Available   
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)   

Good Morning
मोजां फुं (Mwjang Fung)   
おはよう (Ohayō)   

Please
अननानै (Onnanwi)   
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)   

Sorry
Not Available   
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)   

Bye
Not Available   
さようなら (Sayōnara)   

I Love You
अननाइ नों (onnai Nwng)   
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)   

Excuse Me
Not Available   
すみません (Sumimasen)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
(Sønabari) Western Boro dialect   
Sanuki   

Where They Speak
Bongaigaon, Kokrajhar   
Kagawa   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
1,000,000.00   
28

Dialect 2
(Sanzari) Eastern Boro dialect   
Hakata   

Where They Speak
Barpeta, Darrang, Kamrup, Nalbari   
Fukuoka   

Dialect 3
(Hazari) Southern Boro dialect   
Kansai   

Where They Speak
Assam, India, Nepal   
kansai   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
31   
25

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
0.60 million   
99+
128.00 million   
14

Speaking Population
Not Available   
1.90 %   
10

Native Speakers
0.60 million   
99+
128.00 million   
9

Native Name
बड़ो (boṛo)   
日本語   

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

French Name
Not Available   
japonais   

German Name
Not Available   
Japanisch   

Pronunciation
[bɔɽo]   
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]   

Ethnicity
Bodo, Mech, (Assamese)   
Japanese (Yamato)   

History

Origin
1913   
1185   

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family   
Japonic Family   

Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Not Available   
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese   

Standard Forms
Not Available   
Japanese   

Language Position
Not Available   
8   
8

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed Japanese   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
Not Available   
ja   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
Not Available   
jpn   

ISO 639 2/B
Not Available   
jpn   

ISO 639 3
brx   
jpn   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
bodo1269   
nucl1643   

Linguasphere
Not Available   
45-CAA-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Agglutinative, Synthetic   

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Bodo and Japanese Language History

Comparison of Bodo vs Japanese language history gives us differences between origin of Bodo and Japanese language. History of Bodo language states that this language originated in 1913 whereas history of Japanese language states that this language originated in 1185. 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 Japanese Language History.

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

Bodo vs Japanese Difficulty

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

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