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Javanese vs Bodo


Bodo vs Javanese


Countries

Countries
Indonesia  
Assam, India  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Indonesia  
Assam, India  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not Available  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Malaysia, Netherlands, Singapore, Suriname  
Not Available  

Regulated By
Not Available  
Not Available  

Interesting Facts
  • The Javanese group is the largest ethnic group in Indonesian.
  • The earliest writing in Javanese dates from the 4th Century AD, at that time Javanese was written with the Pallava alphabet.
  
  • In ancient times, Bodo language was written using Assamese script and Roman script.
  • Bodo Language is written using Devanagari script since 1963.
  

Similar To
Madurese, Sundanese and Balinese Languages  
Dimasa language, Garo language, Kokborok language  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
27  
9
45  
25

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
20  
17

How Many Consonants
21  
11
25  
15

Scripts
Arabic, Javanese, Latin  
Devanagari  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
Not Available  

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks  
10
Not Available  

Greetings

Hello
Halo  
Not Available  

Thank You
matur nuwun  
Not Available  

How Are You?
piye kabare?  
Nungni khabora ma?  

Good Night
wengi sing apik  
मोजां हर (Mwjang Hor)  

Good Evening
Sugeng sọnten  
Not Available  

Good Afternoon
Sugeng siang  
Not Available  

Good Morning
Sugeng énjing  
मोजां फुं (Mwjang Fung)  

Please
Not Available  
अननानै (Onnanwi)  

Sorry
Nyuwun pangapunten  
Not Available  

Bye
Kepanggih malih benjang  
Not Available  

I Love You
Kula tresna panjengan  
अननाइ नों (onnai Nwng)  

Excuse Me
Nuwun séwu  
Not Available  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Pekalongan  
(Sønabari) Western Boro dialect  

Where They Speak
Indonesia  
Bongaigaon, Kokrajhar  

Dialect 2
Cirebon  
(Sanzari) Eastern Boro dialect  

Where They Speak
Indonesia  
Barpeta, Darrang, Kamrup, Nalbari  

Dialect 3
Arekan  
(Hazari) Southern Boro dialect  

Where They Speak
Indonesia  
Assam, India, Nepal  

Total No. Of Dialects
16  
15
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
82.00 million  
19
0.60 million  
99+

Speaking Population
1.25 %  
13
Not Available  

Native Speakers
76.00 million  
13
0.60 million  
99+

Native Name
basa Jawa  
बड़ो (boṛo)  

Alternative Names
Djawa, Jawa  
Bara, Bodi, Boro, Boroni, Kachari, Mech, Meche, Mechi, Meci  

French Name
javanais  
Not Available  

German Name
Javanisch  
Not Available  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
[bɔɽo]  

Ethnicity
Javanese (Mataram, Osing, Tenggerese, Boyanese, Samin, Cirebonese, Banyumasan, etc)  
Bodo, Mech, (Assamese)  

History

Origin
450 AD  
1913  

Language Family
Austronesian Family  
Sino-Tibetan Family  

Subgroup
Indonesian  
Tibeto-Burman  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Not Available  

Standard Forms
Javanese  
Not Available  

Language Position
11  
10
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
jv  
Not Available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
jav  
Not Available  

ISO 639 2/B
jav  
Not Available  

ISO 639 3
jav  
brx  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
java1253  
bodo1269  

Linguasphere
No data available  
Not Available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
Not Available  

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Javanese and Bodo Language History

Comparison of Javanese vs Bodo language history gives us differences between origin of Javanese and Bodo language. History of Javanese language states that this language originated in 450 AD 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 Javanese and Bodo Language History.

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

Javanese vs Bodo Difficulty

The Javanese vs Bodo difficulty level basically depends on the number of Javanese 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 Javanese and Bodo are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Javanese and Bodo, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Javanese is 36 weeks while to learn Bodo time required is Not Available.

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