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Maithili vs Bodo


Bodo vs 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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Maithili and Bodo Language History

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

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

Maithili vs Bodo Difficulty

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

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