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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  
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Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating  
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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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