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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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