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Khmer vs Bodo


Bodo vs Khmer


Countries

Countries
Cambodia  
Assam, India  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam  
Assam, India  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not Available  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Australia, France, United States of America  
Not Available  

Regulated By
Not Available  
Not Available  

Interesting Facts
  • Khmer is not the tonal language.
  • Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.
  
  • In ancient times, Bodo language was written using Assamese script and Roman script.
  • Bodo Language is written using Devanagari script since 1963.
  

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

Derived From
Pali and Sanskrit Languages  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
53  
32
45  
25

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
20  
17
20  
17

How Many Consonants
33  
23
25  
15

Scripts
Khmer  
Devanagari  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
Not Available  

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
Not Available  

Greetings

Hello
ND  
Not Available  

Thank You
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)  
Not Available  

How Are You?
អ្នក​សុខសប្បាយ​ទេ  
Nungni khabora ma?  

Good Night
ND  
मोजां हर (Mwjang Hor)  

Good Evening
ND  
Not Available  

Good Afternoon
ND  
Not Available  

Good Morning
ND  
मोजां फुं (Mwjang Fung)  

Please
ND  
अननानै (Onnanwi)  

Sorry
ND  
Not Available  

Bye
ND  
Not Available  

I Love You
ND  
अननाइ नों (onnai Nwng)  

Excuse Me
ND  
Not Available  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Khmer  
(Sønabari) Western Boro dialect  

Where They Speak
Australia, Cambodia, France, Thailand, United States of America  
Bongaigaon, Kokrajhar  

How Many People Speak
1,400,000.00  
26
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Khmer Krom  
(Sanzari) Eastern Boro dialect  

Where They Speak
Vietnam  
Barpeta, Darrang, Kamrup, Nalbari  

How Many People Speak
1,200,000.00  
24
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Western Khmer  
(Hazari) Southern Boro dialect  

Where They Speak
Cambodia, Thailand  
Assam, India, Nepal  

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
3  
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.24 %  
99+
Not Available  

Native Speakers
13.00 million  
99+
0.60 million  
99+

Native Name
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)  
बड़ो (boṛo)  

Alternative Names
Cambodian, Khmer  
Bara, Bodi, Boro, Boroni, Kachari, Mech, Meche, Mechi, Meci  

French Name
khmer central  
Not Available  

German Name
Kambodschanisch  
Not Available  

Pronunciation
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]  
[bɔɽo]  

Ethnicity
Khmer, Northern Khmer  
Bodo, Mech, (Assamese)  

History

Origin
14  
1913  

Language Family
Austroasiatic Family  
Sino-Tibetan Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Tibeto-Burman  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Khmer  
Not Available  

Standard Forms
Modern Khmer  
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
km  
Not Available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
khm  
Not Available  

ISO 639 2/B
khm  
Not Available  

ISO 639 3
khm  
brx  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
khme1253  
bodo1269  

Linguasphere
Not Available  
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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Khmer and Bodo Language History

Comparison of Khmer vs Bodo language history gives us differences between origin of Khmer and Bodo language. History of Khmer language states that this language originated in 14 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 Khmer and Bodo Language History.

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

Khmer vs Bodo Difficulty

The Khmer vs Bodo difficulty level basically depends on the number of Khmer 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 Khmer and Bodo are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Khmer and Bodo, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Khmer is 44 weeks while to learn Bodo time required is Not Available.

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