Countries
Assam, India
  
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
  
National Language
Assam, India
  
Somalia
  
Second Language
Not Available
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Africa, Middle East
  
Minority Language
Not Available
  
Yemen
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
  
Interesting Facts
- In ancient times, Bodo language was written using Assamese script and Roman script.
- Bodo Language is written using Devanagari script since 1963.
  
- Somali language is one of the best documented Afro-Asiatic languages.
- One of the most widely spoken of the Cushitic languages is the Somali Language.
  
Similar To
Dimasa language, Garo language, Kokborok language
  
Afar and Oromo Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Arabic Language
  
Alphabets in
Bodo-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Somali-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Devanagari
  
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Not Available
  
Hello
  
Thank You
Not Available
  
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
  
How Are You?
Nungni khabora ma?
  
Sidee tahay ?
  
Good Night
मोजां हर (Mwjang Hor)
  
Habeenka Good
  
Good Evening
Not Available
  
Evening Good
  
Good Afternoon
Not Available
  
galab wanaagsan
  
Good Morning
मोजां फुं (Mwjang Fung)
  
Subax wanaagsan
  
Please
अननानै (Onnanwi)
  
Fadlan
  
Sorry
Not Available
  
sorry
  
Bye
Not Available
  
caraysiiyo
  
I Love You
अननाइ नों (onnai Nwng)
  
Waan ku jeclahay
  
Excuse Me
Not Available
  
iga raali ahow
  
Dialect 1
(Sønabari) Western Boro dialect
  
Northern Somali
  
Where They Speak
Bongaigaon, Kokrajhar
  
Gabon, Standard Somali
  
Dialect 2
(Sanzari) Eastern Boro dialect
  
Benaadir
  
Where They Speak
Barpeta, Darrang, Kamrup, Nalbari
  
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
  
Dialect 3
(Hazari) Southern Boro dialect
  
Af-Ashraaf
  
Where They Speak
Assam, India, Nepal
  
Standard Somali
  
How Many People Speak?
0.60 million
  
99+
13.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
0.60 million
  
99+
8.00 million
  
99+
Native Name
बड़ो (boṛo)
  
af Soomaali
  
Alternative Names
Bara, Bodi, Boro, Boroni, Kachari, Mech, Meche, Mechi, Meci
  
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
  
French Name
Not Available
  
somali
  
German Name
Not Available
  
Somali
  
Pronunciation
[bɔɽo]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Bodo, Mech, (Assamese)
  
Somalis
  
Origin
1913
  
19th century
  
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
  
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman
  
Cushitic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Not Available
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Not Available
  
Somali
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Somali Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
Not Available
  
so
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
Not Available
  
som
  
ISO 639 2/B
Not Available
  
som
  
ISO 639 3
brx
  
som
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
bodo1269
  
soma1255
  
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
  
Bodo and Somali 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 Somali greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Bodo and Somali language. Bodo word for "Hello" is Not Available or Somali word for "Thank You" is Waad ku mahadsan tahay. Find more of such common Bodo Greetings and Somali Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Bodo vs Somali Difficulty
The Bodo vs Somali difficulty level basically depends on the number of Bodo Alphabets and Somali 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 Somali are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Bodo and Somali, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Bodo is Not Available while to learn Somali time required is 52 weeks.