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Maithili and Bodo


Bodo and Maithili


Countries

Countries
India, Nepal   
Assam, India   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

National Language
India, Nepal   
Assam, India   

Second Language
Nepal   
Not Available   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not Available   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • Earlier, Maithili language was considered as the dialect of Hindi and Bengali, however in the year 2003 Maithili achieved an independent language status in India.
  • Maithili has rich literature.
  
  • In ancient times, Bodo language was written using Assamese script and Roman script.
  • Bodo Language is written using Devanagari script since 1963.
  

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

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
47   
27
45   
25

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
20   
17

How Many Consonants
Not Available   
25   
15

Scripts
Devanagari   
Devanagari   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Greetings

Hello
pranam   
Not Available   

Thank You
dhanyabad   
Not Available   

How Are You?
Aahan kehan chhi ?   
Nungni khabora ma?   

Good Night
Śubharātri   
मोजां हर (Mwjang Hor)   

Good Evening
shubh sandhya   
Not Available   

Good Afternoon
dopahar ke bad namaskar   
Not Available   

Good Morning
Suprabhaat   
मोजां फुं (Mwjang Fung)   

Please
kripaya   
अननानै (Onnanwi)   

Sorry
maf karai   
Not Available   

Bye
Alavidā   
Not Available   

I Love You
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi   
अननाइ नों (onnai Nwng)   

Excuse Me
kripaya   
Not Available   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Tharuwat   
(Sønabari) Western Boro dialect   

Where They Speak
Nepal   
Bongaigaon, Kokrajhar   

Dialect 2
Madhubani   
(Sanzari) Eastern Boro dialect   

Where They Speak
North India   
Barpeta, Darrang, Kamrup, Nalbari   

Dialect 3
Khortha   
(Hazari) Southern Boro dialect   

Where They Speak
Deoghar, France   
Assam, India, Nepal   

Total No. Of Dialects
15   
14
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
32.00 million   
35
0.60 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.41 %   
33
Not Available   

Native Speakers
27.00 million   
30
0.60 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
2.80 million   
33
Not Available   

Native Name
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)   
बड़ो (boṛo)   

Alternative Names
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia   
Bara, Bodi, Boro, Boroni, Kachari, Mech, Meche, Mechi, Meci   

French Name
maithili   
Not Available   

German Name
Maithili   
Not Available   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[bɔɽo]   

Ethnicity
Maithil   
Bodo, Mech, (Assamese)   

History

Origin
14th century   
1913   

Language Family
Indo-European 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 Maithili   
Not Available   

Language Position
40   
31
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available   
Not Available   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mai   
Not Available   

ISO 639 2/B
mai   
Not Available   

ISO 639 3
mai   
brx   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
mait1250   
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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All Maithili and Bodo Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Maithili and Bodo dialects. Various dialects of Maithili and Bodo language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Maithili are spoken in different Maithili Speaking Countries whereas Bodo Dialects are spoken in different Bodo speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Maithili vs Bodo Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Maithili dialects include: Tharuwat, Madhubani. Bodo dialects include: (Sønabari) Western Boro dialect , (Sanzari) Eastern Boro dialect. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Maithili and Bodo Speaking population

Maithili and Bodo speaking population is one of the factors based on which Maithili and Bodo languages can be compared. The total count of Maithili and Bodo Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Maithili language is 0.41 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Bodo language is Not Available. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Maithili and Bodo on Maithili vs Bodo where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Maithili and Bodo Language Codes

Maithili and Bodo language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Maithili and Bodo Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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