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Bodo vs Maithili


Maithili vs Bodo


Countries

Countries
Assam, India   
India, Nepal   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
2   
13

National Language
Assam, India   
India, Nepal   

Second Language
Not Available   
Nepal   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
Not Available   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • In ancient times, Bodo language was written using Assamese script and Roman script.
  • Bodo Language is written using Devanagari script since 1963.
  
  • Earlier, Maithili language was considered as the dialect of Hindi and Bengali, however in the year 2003 Maithili achieved an independent language status in India.
  • Maithili has rich literature.
  

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

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
45   
25
47   
27

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
20   
17
8   
5

How Many Consonants
25   
15
Not Available   

Scripts
Devanagari   
Devanagari   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Greetings

Hello
Not Available   
pranam   

Thank You
Not Available   
dhanyabad   

How Are You?
Nungni khabora ma?   
Aahan kehan chhi ?   

Good Night
मोजां हर (Mwjang Hor)   
Śubharātri   

Good Evening
Not Available   
shubh sandhya   

Good Afternoon
Not Available   
dopahar ke bad namaskar   

Good Morning
मोजां फुं (Mwjang Fung)   
Suprabhaat   

Please
अननानै (Onnanwi)   
kripaya   

Sorry
Not Available   
maf karai   

Bye
Not Available   
Alavidā   

I Love You
अननाइ नों (onnai Nwng)   
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi   

Excuse Me
Not Available   
kripaya   

Dialects

Dialect 1
(Sønabari) Western Boro dialect   
Tharuwat   

Where They Speak
Bongaigaon, Kokrajhar   
Nepal   

Dialect 2
(Sanzari) Eastern Boro dialect   
Madhubani   

Where They Speak
Barpeta, Darrang, Kamrup, Nalbari   
North India   

Dialect 3
(Hazari) Southern Boro dialect   
Khortha   

Where They Speak
Assam, India, Nepal   
Deoghar, France   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
15   
14

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
0.60 million   
99+
32.00 million   
35

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.41 %   
33

Native Speakers
0.60 million   
99+
27.00 million   
30

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
2.80 million   
33

Native Name
बड़ो (boṛo)   
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)   

Alternative Names
Bara, Bodi, Boro, Boroni, Kachari, Mech, Meche, Mechi, Meci   
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia   

French Name
Not Available   
maithili   

German Name
Not Available   
Maithili   

Pronunciation
[bɔɽo]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Bodo, Mech, (Assamese)   
Maithil   

History

Origin
1913   
14th century   

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family   
Indo-European 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 Maithili   

Language Position
Not Available   
40   
31

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   
mai   

ISO 639 2/B
Not Available   
mai   

ISO 639 3
brx   
mai   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
bodo1269   
mait1250   

Linguasphere
Not Available   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

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Bodo and Maithili Language History

Comparison of Bodo vs Maithili language history gives us differences between origin of Bodo and Maithili language. History of Bodo language states that this language originated in 1913 whereas history of Maithili language states that this language originated in 14th 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 Maithili Language History.

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

Bodo vs Maithili Difficulty

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

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