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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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