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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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