Countries
Madagascar
  
Assam, India
  
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 in
Malagasy-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Bodo-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
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
  
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
  
How Many People Speak?
Not Available
  
0.60 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
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)
  
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
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
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
  
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.