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Bodo vs Nepali


Nepali vs Bodo


Countries

Countries
Assam, India  
India, Nepal  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
Assam, India  
Nepal  

Second Language
Not Available  
Republic of Brazil  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Not Available  
People's Republic of China  

Regulated By
Not Available  
Language Academy of Nepal  

Interesting Facts
  • In ancient times, Bodo language was written using Assamese script and Roman script.
  • Bodo Language is written using Devanagari script since 1963.
  
  • Before the term "Nepali" was coined, historically the language was first called the Khas language, Gorkhali or Gukhali.
  • Nepali has borrowed many loanwords from neighboring Tibeto-Burmese languages.
  

Similar To
Dimasa language, Garo language, Kokborok language  
Hindi  

Derived From
Not Available  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
45  
25
48  
28

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
20  
17
12  
9

How Many Consonants
25  
15
36  
26

Scripts
Devanagari  
Devanagari  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available  
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available  
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Not Available  
नमस्ते (namaste)  

Thank You
Not Available  
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)  

How Are You?
Nungni khabora ma?  
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)  

Good Night
मोजां हर (Mwjang Hor)  
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)  

Good Evening
Not Available  
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)  

Good Afternoon
Not Available  
Good afternoon  

Good Morning
मोजां फुं (Mwjang Fung)  
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)  

Please
अननानै (Onnanwi)  
कृपया  

Sorry
Not Available  
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)  

Bye
Not Available  
नमस्ते (namaste)  

I Love You
अननाइ नों (onnai Nwng)  
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)  

Excuse Me
Not Available  
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
(Sønabari) Western Boro dialect  
Doteli  

Where They Speak
Bongaigaon, Kokrajhar  
Nepal  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
790,000.00  
30

Dialect 2
(Sanzari) Eastern Boro dialect  
Bajhangi  

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

Dialect 3
(Hazari) Southern Boro dialect  
Baitadeli  

Where They Speak
Assam, India, Nepal  
Nepal  

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
12  
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
0.60 million  
99+
30.00 million  
36

Speaking Population
Not Available  
0.25 %  
99+

Native Speakers
0.60 million  
99+
25.00 million  
32

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
5.00 million  
29

Native Name
बड़ो (boṛo)  
नेपाली (nēpālī)  

Alternative Names
Bara, Bodi, Boro, Boroni, Kachari, Mech, Meche, Mechi, Meci  
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate  

French Name
Not Available  
népalais  

German Name
Not Available  
Nepali  

Pronunciation
[bɔɽo]  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Bodo, Mech, (Assamese)  
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu  

History

Origin
1913  
19 BC  

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Not Available  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Not Available  
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha  

Standard Forms
Not Available  
Nepali  

Language Position
Not Available  
59  
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Signed Nepali  

Scope
Individual  
Individual, Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
Not Available  
ne  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
Not Available  
nep  

ISO 639 2/B
Not Available  
nep  

ISO 639 3
brx  
npi  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
bodo1269  
nepa1254  

Linguasphere
Not Available  
12  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Agglutinative  

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Bodo and Nepali Language History

Comparison of Bodo vs Nepali language history gives us differences between origin of Bodo and Nepali language. History of Bodo language states that this language originated in 1913 whereas history of Nepali language states that this language originated in 19 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 Nepali Language History.

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

Bodo vs Nepali Difficulty

The Bodo vs Nepali difficulty level basically depends on the number of Bodo Alphabets and Nepali 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 Nepali are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Bodo and Nepali, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Bodo is Not Available while to learn Nepali time required is 44 weeks.

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