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Bodo vs Chinese


Countries

Countries
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan   
Assam, India   

Total No. Of Countries
5   
10
1   
14

National Language
China, Taiwan   
Assam, India   

Second Language
Republic of Brazil   
Not Available   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
Indonesia, Malaysia   
Not Available   

Regulated By
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
  • In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
  
  • In ancient times, Bodo language was written using Assamese script and Roman script.
  • Bodo Language is written using Devanagari script since 1963.
  

Similar To
Not Available   
Dimasa language, Garo language, Kokborok language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
45   
25

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
24   
19
20   
17

How Many Consonants
23   
13
25   
15

Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives   
Devanagari   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
Not Available   

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks   
13
Not Available   

Greetings

Hello
您好 (Nín hǎo)   
Not Available   

Thank You
谢谢 (Xièxiè)   
Not Available   

How Are You?
你好吗? (Nǐ hǎo ma?)   
Nungni khabora ma?   

Good Night
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)   
मोजां हर (Mwjang Hor)   

Good Evening
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)   
Not Available   

Good Afternoon
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)   
Not Available   

Good Morning
早安 (Zǎo ān)   
मोजां फुं (Mwjang Fung)   

Please
请 (Qǐng)   
अननानै (Onnanwi)   

Sorry
遗憾 (Yíhàn)   
Not Available   

Bye
再见 (Zàijiàn)   
Not Available   

I Love You
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)   
अननाइ नों (onnai Nwng)   

Excuse Me
劳驾 (Láojià)   
Not Available   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Mandarin   
(Sønabari) Western Boro dialect   

Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan   
Bongaigaon, Kokrajhar   

How Many People Speak
960,000,000.00   
1
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Wu   
(Sanzari) Eastern Boro dialect   

Where They Speak
China, United States of America   
Barpeta, Darrang, Kamrup, Nalbari   

How Many People Speak
80,000,000.00   
1
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Yue   
(Hazari) Southern Boro dialect   

Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam   
Assam, India, Nepal   

How Many People Speak
60,000,000.00   
2
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
10   
10
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1,051.00 million   
2
0.60 million   
99+

Speaking Population
16.00 %   
2
Not Available   

Native Speakers
873.00 million   
1
0.60 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
178.00 million   
3
Not Available   

Native Name
中文 (zhōngwén)   
बड़ो (boṛo)   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Bara, Bodi, Boro, Boroni, Kachari, Mech, Meche, Mechi, Meci   

French Name
chinois   
Not Available   

German Name
Chinesisch   
Not Available   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[bɔɽo]   

Ethnicity
Han   
Bodo, Mech, (Assamese)   

History

Origin
1250 BC   
1913   

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family   
Sino-Tibetan Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Tibeto-Burman   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Not Available   

Standard Forms
Standard Chinese   
Not Available   

Language Position
1   
1
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
zh   
Not Available   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
zho   
Not Available   

ISO 639 2/B
chi   
Not Available   

ISO 639 3
zho   
brx   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
sini1245   
bodo1269   

Linguasphere
79-AAA   
Not Available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating   
Not Available   

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Chinese and Bodo Language History

Comparison of Chinese vs Bodo language history gives us differences between origin of Chinese and Bodo language. History of Chinese language states that this language originated in 1250 BC whereas history of Bodo language states that this language originated in 1913. 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 Chinese and Bodo Language History.

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

Chinese vs Bodo Difficulty

The Chinese vs Bodo difficulty level basically depends on the number of Chinese 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 Chinese and Bodo are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Chinese and Bodo, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Chinese is 88 weeks while to learn Bodo time required is Not Available.

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