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Bodo vs Zulu


Zulu vs Bodo


Countries

Countries
Assam, India   
South Africa   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Assam, India   
South Africa   

Second Language
Not Available   
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Africa   

Minority Language
Not Available   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Pan South African Language Board   

Interesting Facts
  • In ancient times, Bodo language was written using Assamese script and Roman script.
  • Bodo Language is written using Devanagari script since 1963.
  
  • The meaning of word "Zulu" means "Sky"and Zulu was the name of the ancestor who founded the Zulu royal line in about 1670.
  • Zulu language has many loanwords borrowed from Afrikaans and English Languages.
  

Similar To
Dimasa language, Garo language, Kokborok language   
Xhosa Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
45   
25
57   
34

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
20   
17
7   
4

How Many Consonants
25   
15
50   
35

Scripts
Devanagari   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available   
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available   
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Not Available   
Sawubona   

Thank You
Not Available   
Ngiyabonga   

How Are You?
Nungni khabora ma?   
unjani   

Good Night
मोजां हर (Mwjang Hor)   
okuhle ebusuku   

Good Evening
Not Available   
okuhle kusihlwa   

Good Afternoon
Not Available   
okuhle ntambama   

Good Morning
मोजां फुं (Mwjang Fung)   
okuhle ekuseni   

Please
अननानै (Onnanwi)   
Ngiyacela   

Sorry
Not Available   
Ngiyaxolisa   

Bye
Not Available   
bye   

I Love You
अननाइ नों (onnai Nwng)   
Ngiyakuthanda wena   

Excuse Me
Not Available   
Uxolo   

Dialects

Dialect 1
(Sønabari) Western Boro dialect   
Qwabe   

Where They Speak
Bongaigaon, Kokrajhar   
Gabon, South Africa   

Dialect 2
(Sanzari) Eastern Boro dialect   
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu   

Where They Speak
Barpeta, Darrang, Kamrup, Nalbari   
Georgia, South Africa   

Dialect 3
(Hazari) Southern Boro dialect   
Ndebele   

Where They Speak
Assam, India, Nepal   
Zimbabwe   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
4   
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
0.60 million   
99+
30.00 million   
36

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.16 %   
99+

Native Speakers
0.60 million   
99+
12.00 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
16.00 million   
17

Native Name
बड़ो (boṛo)   
isiZulu   

Alternative Names
Bara, Bodi, Boro, Boroni, Kachari, Mech, Meche, Mechi, Meci   
Isizulu, Zunda   

French Name
Not Available   
zoulou   

German Name
Not Available   
Zulu-Sprache   

Pronunciation
[bɔɽo]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Bodo, Mech, (Assamese)   
Zulu people   

History

Origin
1913   
19   

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family   
Niger-Congo Family   

Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman   
Benue-Congo   

Branch
Not Available   
Beatu   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Not Available   
urban Zulu   

Standard Forms
Not Available   
Deep Zulu   

Language Position
Not Available   
87   
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
Not Available   
zu   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
Not Available   
zul   

ISO 639 2/B
Not Available   
zul   

ISO 639 3
brx   
zul   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
bodo1269   
zulu1248   

Linguasphere
Not Available   
99-AUT-fg   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

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Bodo and Zulu Language History

Comparison of Bodo vs Zulu language history gives us differences between origin of Bodo and Zulu language. History of Bodo language states that this language originated in 1913 whereas history of Zulu language states that this language originated in 19. 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 Zulu Language History.

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

Bodo vs Zulu Difficulty

The Bodo vs Zulu difficulty level basically depends on the number of Bodo Alphabets and Zulu 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 Zulu are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Bodo and Zulu, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Bodo is Not Available while to learn Zulu time required is 44 weeks.

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