Countries
Assam, India
  
India, Nepal
  
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
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Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Bodo-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Maithili-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
How Many Consonants
Not Available
  
Scripts
Devanagari
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
  
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
  
How Many People Speak?
0.60 million
  
99+
32.00 million
  
35
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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
  
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Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
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.