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Bodo vs Santali


Santali vs Bodo


Countries

Countries
Assam, India  
India  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Assam, India  
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal  

Second Language
Not Available  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

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.
  
  • 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
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
45  
25
30  
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
20  
17
6  
3

How Many Consonants
25  
15
21  
11

Scripts
Devanagari  
Bengali, Devanagari, Latin, Ol Chiki, Oriya  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Greetings

Hello
Not Available  
Henda ho  

Thank You
Not Available  
Adi Johar  

How Are You?
Nungni khabora ma?  
Cet’leka menama?  

Good Night
मोजां हर (Mwjang Hor)  
Boge Ninda  

Good Evening
Not Available  
Boge Ayup’  

Good Afternoon
Not Available  
Not Available  

Good Morning
मोजां फुं (Mwjang Fung)  
Boge Setak’  

Please
अननानै (Onnanwi)  
Not Available  

Sorry
Not Available  
Not Available  

Bye
Not Available  
Not Available  

I Love You
अननाइ नों (onnai Nwng)  
Not Available  

Excuse Me
Not Available  
Not Available  

Dialects

Dialect 1
(Sønabari) Western Boro dialect  
Mahali  

Where They Speak
Bongaigaon, Kokrajhar  
India  

Dialect 2
(Sanzari) Eastern Boro dialect  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Barpeta, Darrang, Kamrup, Nalbari  
Not Available  

Dialect 3
(Hazari) Southern Boro dialect  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Assam, India, Nepal  
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
1  
1

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
0.60 million  
99+
6.30 million  
99+

Speaking Population
Not Available  
Not Available  

Native Speakers
0.60 million  
99+
6.30 million  
99+

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
Not Available  
santal  

German Name
Not Available  
Santali  

Pronunciation
[bɔɽo]  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Bodo, Mech, (Assamese)  
Santal and Teraibasi Santali  

History

Origin
1913  
20th century  

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family  
Austroasiatic Family  

Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman  
Not Available  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Not Available  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Not Available  
Santali  

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  
sat  

ISO 639 2/B
Not Available  
sat  

ISO 639 3
brx  
sat  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
bodo1269  
sant1410  

Linguasphere
Not Available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Not Available  

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Bodo and Santali Language History

Comparison of Bodo vs Santali language history gives us differences between origin of Bodo and Santali language. History of Bodo language states that this language originated in 1913 whereas history of Santali language states that this language originated in 20th 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 Santali Language History.

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

Bodo vs Santali Difficulty

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

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