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Dzongkha vs Bodo


Bodo vs Dzongkha


Countries

Countries
Bhutan  
Assam, India  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Bhutan  
Assam, India  

Second Language
India  
Not Available  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
India  
Not Available  

Regulated By
Dzongkha Development Commission  
Not Available  

Interesting Facts
  • Standard romanization of the Dzongkha language is Roman Dzongkha.
  
  • In ancient times, Bodo language was written using Assamese script and Roman script.
  • Bodo Language is written using Devanagari script since 1963.
  

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

Derived From
Tibetan Language  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
95  
39
45  
25

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
20  
17

How Many Consonants
30  
20
25  
15

Scripts
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille  
Devanagari  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Greetings

Hello
Kuzoozangpo La  
Not Available  

Thank You
Kaadinchhey La  
Not Available  

How Are You?
Ga Day Bay Zhu Yoe Ga ?  
Nungni khabora ma?  

Good Night
lek shom ay zim  
मोजां हर (Mwjang Hor)  

Good Evening
Not Available  
Not Available  

Good Afternoon
Not Available  
Not Available  

Good Morning
Not Available  
मोजां फुं (Mwjang Fung)  

Please
Not Available  
अननानै (Onnanwi)  

Sorry
Tsip maza  
Not Available  

Bye
Log Jay Gay  
Not Available  

I Love You
Nga cheu lu ga  
अननाइ नों (onnai Nwng)  

Excuse Me
Tsip maza  
Not Available  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Laya  
(Sønabari) Western Boro dialect  

Where They Speak
Bhutan  
Bongaigaon, Kokrajhar  

How Many People Speak
1,100.00  
99+
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Lunana  
(Sanzari) Eastern Boro dialect  

Where They Speak
Bhutan  
Barpeta, Darrang, Kamrup, Nalbari  

How Many People Speak
700.00  
99+
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Adap  
(Hazari) Southern Boro dialect  

Where They Speak
Bhutan  
Assam, India, Nepal  

Total No. Of Dialects
Not Available  
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
0.64 million  
99+
0.60 million  
99+

Speaking Population
Not Available  
Not Available  

Native Speakers
0.17 million  
99+
0.60 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
0.47 million  
37
Not Available  

Native Name
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)  
बड़ो (boṛo)  

Alternative Names
Bhotia of Bhutan, Bhotia of Dukpa, Bhutanese, Drukha, Drukke, Dukpa, Jonkha, Rdzongkha, Zongkhar  
Bara, Bodi, Boro, Boroni, Kachari, Mech, Meche, Mechi, Meci  

French Name
dzongkha  
Not Available  

German Name
Dzongkha  
Not Available  

Pronunciation
Not available  
[bɔɽo]  

Ethnicity
Ngalop people  
Bodo, Mech, (Assamese)  

History

Origin
17th Century  
1913  

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family  
Sino-Tibetan Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Tibeto-Burman  

Branch
Tibeto-Burman  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Not Available  

Standard Forms
Dzongkha  
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
dz  
Not Available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
dzo  
Not Available  

ISO 639 2/B
dzo  
Not Available  

ISO 639 3
dzo  
brx  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
nucl1307  
bodo1269  

Linguasphere
No data Available  
Not Available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Not Available  

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Dzongkha and Bodo Language History

Comparison of Dzongkha vs Bodo language history gives us differences between origin of Dzongkha and Bodo language. History of Dzongkha language states that this language originated in 17th Century 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 Dzongkha and Bodo Language History.

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

Dzongkha vs Bodo Difficulty

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

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