Countries
Myanmar
  
Assam, India
  
National Language
Myanmar
  
Assam, India
  
Second Language
Bangladesh, Burma
  
Not Available
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Mon
  
Not Available
  
Regulated By
Myanmar Language Commission
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- The naming of people in Burmese is strange. There is no last name, often name is rhymed such as Ming Ming, Mo Mo or Jo Jo.
- It appears as odd language to many people because it has peculiar pitch register, tonal form as language.
  
- In ancient times, Bodo language was written using Assamese script and Roman script.
- Bodo Language is written using Devanagari script since 1963.
  
Similar To
Thai Language
  
Dimasa language, Garo language, Kokborok language
  
Derived From
Pali Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Burmese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Bodo-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Tangut
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)
  
Not Available
  
Thank You
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)
  
Not Available
  
How Are You?
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)
  
Nungni khabora ma?
  
Good Night
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)
  
मोजां हर (Mwjang Hor)
  
Good Evening
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)
  
Not Available
  
Good Afternoon
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)
  
Not Available
  
Good Morning
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)
  
मोजां फुं (Mwjang Fung)
  
Please
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)
  
अननानै (Onnanwi)
  
Sorry
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)
  
Not Available
  
Bye
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)
  
Not Available
  
I Love You
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)
  
अननाइ नों (onnai Nwng)
  
Excuse Me
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)
  
Not Available
  
Dialect 1
Arakanese
  
(Sønabari) Western Boro dialect
  
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar
  
Bongaigaon, Kokrajhar
  
How Many People Speak
2,000,000.00
  
24
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Tavoyan
  
(Sanzari) Eastern Boro dialect
  
Where They Speak
Myanmar
  
Barpeta, Darrang, Kamrup, Nalbari
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Intha
  
(Hazari) Southern Boro dialect
  
Where They Speak
Burma
  
Assam, India, Nepal
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
43.00 million
  
30
0.60 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
33.00 million
  
28
0.60 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
10.00 million
  
23
Not Available
  
Native Name
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)
  
बड़ो (boṛo)
  
Alternative Names
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa
  
Bara, Bodi, Boro, Boroni, Kachari, Mech, Meche, Mechi, Meci
  
French Name
birman
  
Not Available
  
German Name
Birmanisch
  
Not Available
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[bɔɽo]
  
Ethnicity
Bamar people
  
Bodo, Mech, (Assamese)
  
Origin
1113 AD
  
1913
  
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
  
Sino-Tibetan Family
  
Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman
  
Tibeto-Burman
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese
  
Not Available
  
Standard Forms
Modern Burmese
  
Not Available
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Burmese sign language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
my
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mya
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 2/B
bur
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 3
mya
  
brx
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
sout3159
  
bodo1269
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
Not Available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
  
Not Available
  
Burmese and Bodo 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 Burmese and Bodo greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Burmese and Bodo language. Burmese word for "Hello" is မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar) or Bodo word for "Thank You" is Not Available. Find more of such common Burmese Greetings and Bodo Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Burmese vs Bodo Difficulty
The Burmese vs Bodo difficulty level basically depends on the number of Burmese Alphabets and Bodo 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 Burmese and Bodo are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Burmese and Bodo, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Burmese is 44 weeks while to learn Bodo time required is Not Available.