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Malagasy vs Bodo


Bodo vs Malagasy


Countries

Countries
Madagascar   
Assam, India   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte   
Assam, India   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not Available   

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Asia   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not Available   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • Malagasy language was originated in southeast Asia, since it shares several common words and meanings with Indonesian Languages.
  • About 93% of the basic vocabulary is of Malayo-Polynesian origin in Malagasy language.
  
  • In ancient times, Bodo language was written using Assamese script and Roman script.
  • Bodo Language is written using Devanagari script since 1963.
  

Similar To
Not Available   
Dimasa language, Garo language, Kokborok language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
21   
3
45   
25

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
20   
17

How Many Consonants
20   
10
25   
15

Scripts
Latin   
Devanagari   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
Not Available   

Greetings

Hello
Salama!   
Not Available   

Thank You
Misaotra   
Not Available   

How Are You?
Manao ahoana!   
Nungni khabora ma?   

Good Night
Alina tsara   
मोजां हर (Mwjang Hor)   

Good Evening
Manao ahoana e   
Not Available   

Good Afternoon
Manao ahoana e   
Not Available   

Good Morning
Maraina tsara   
मोजां फुं (Mwjang Fung)   

Please
azafady   
अननानै (Onnanwi)   

Sorry
Miala tsiny   
Not Available   

Bye
Veloma!   
Not Available   

I Love You
Tiako ianao.   
अननाइ नों (onnai Nwng)   

Excuse Me
Azafady   
Not Available   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Eastern Malagasy   
(Sønabari) Western Boro dialect   

Where They Speak
Merina   
Bongaigaon, Kokrajhar   

How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00   
17
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Western Malagasy   
(Sanzari) Eastern Boro dialect   

Where They Speak
Sakalava   
Barpeta, Darrang, Kamrup, Nalbari   

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

Dialect 3
Not Available   
(Hazari) Southern Boro dialect   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Assam, India, Nepal   

Total No. Of Dialects
2   
2
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
Not Available   
0.60 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.28 %   
40
Not Available   

Native Speakers
18.00 million   
38
0.60 million   
99+

Native Name
Fiteny Malagasy   
बड़ो (boṛo)   

Alternative Names
Malagasy Sign Language   
Bara, Bodi, Boro, Boroni, Kachari, Mech, Meche, Mechi, Meci   

French Name
malgache   
Not Available   

German Name
Malagassi-Sprache   
Not Available   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[bɔɽo]   

Ethnicity
Malagasy people   
Bodo, Mech, (Assamese)   

History

Origin
1000 AD   
1913   

Language Family
Austronesian Family   
Sino-Tibetan Family   

Subgroup
Austronesian   
Tibeto-Burman   

Branch
Indonesian   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Not Available   

Standard Forms
standard Malagasy   
Not Available   

Language Position
84   
99+
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
mg   
Not Available   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mlg   
Not Available   

ISO 639 2/B
mlg   
Not Available   

ISO 639 3
mlg   
brx   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
mala1537   
bodo1269   

Linguasphere
No data available   
Not Available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Object-Subject   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

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Malagasy and Bodo Language History

Comparison of Malagasy vs Bodo language history gives us differences between origin of Malagasy and Bodo language. History of Malagasy language states that this language originated in 1000 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 Malagasy and Bodo Language History.

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

Malagasy vs Bodo Difficulty

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

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