Countries
Assam, India
India
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Assam, India
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal
Second Language
-
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
-
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
-
-
Interesting Facts
- In ancient times, Bodo language was written using Assamese script and Roman script.
- Bodo Language is written using Devanagari script since 1963.
- Santali language was an oral language till nineteenth century.
- Before the invention of Santali alphabets, Santali was written with the Bengali or Odia alphabets.
Similar To
Dimasa language, Garo language, Kokborok language
Munda Language
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4530
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
206
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2521
9
60
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Scripts
Devanagari
Bengali, Devanagari, Latin, Ol Chiki, Oriya
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
56
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
34 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
नमस्कार
Henda ho
Thank You
धन्यवाद
Adi Johar
How Are You?
Nungni khabora ma?
Cet’leka menama?
Good Night
मोजां हर (Mwjang Hor)
Boge Ninda
Good Evening
बोडो
Boge Ayup’
Good Afternoon
अन्धानि बार
संध्यायान
Good Morning
मोजां फुं (Mwjang Fung)
Boge Setak’
Please
अननानै (Onnanwi)
দয়া করে
Sorry
दु:खित
দুঃখিত
Bye
Lwrbw
Hariau
I Love You
अननाइ नों (onnai Nwng)
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ ᱯᱟᱹᱨᱥᱤ
Excuse Me
दु:खित
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲ
Dialect 1
(Sønabari) Western Boro dialect
Mahali
Where They Speak
Bongaigaon, Kokrajhar
India
How Many People Speak
1,500,000.006,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
(Sanzari) Eastern Boro dialect
Not present
Where They Speak
Barpeta, Darrang, Kamrup, Nalbari
-
How Many People Speak
1,500,000.006,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
(Hazari) Southern Boro dialect
Not present
Where They Speak
Assam, India, Nepal
-
How Many People Speak
1,300,000.006,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
31
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
0.60 million6.30 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.01 %0.02 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
0.60 million6.30 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
1.50 million6.50 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
बड़ो (boṛo)
संथाली (sãtʰālī)
Alternative Names
Bara, Bodi, Boro, Boroni, Kachari, Mech, Meche, Mechi, Meci
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal
French Name
bodo
santal
German Name
Bodo
Santali
Pronunciation
[bɔɽo]
[sɑnˈtɑli]
Ethnicity
Bodo, Mech, (Assamese)
Santal and Teraibasi Santali
Origin
1913
20th century
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Austroasiatic Family
Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
-
No early forms
Standard Forms
-
Santali
Language Position
3041
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Bodo
Santali Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
br
No data available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
brx
sat
ISO 639 2/B
brx
sat
ISO 639 3
brx
sat
ISO 639 6
brx
sat
Glottocode
bodo1269
sant1410
Linguasphere
59-AAB
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
-
-