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Malayalam and Bodo


Bodo and Malayalam


Countries

Countries
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry   
Assam, India   

Total No. Of Countries
3   
12
1   
14

National Language
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry   
Assam, India   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not Available   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands   
Not Available   

Regulated By
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • Malayalam language has 54 literals. Same sounds have different versions to it.
  • Malayalam script is reffered as "Rod Script" and it is derived from the Grantha script, which was developed from Indic script of Brahmi.
  
  • In ancient times, Bodo language was written using Assamese script and Roman script.
  • Bodo Language is written using Devanagari script since 1963.
  

Similar To
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages   
Dimasa language, Garo language, Kokborok language   

Derived From
Sanskrit Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
53   
32
45   
25

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
15   
12
20   
17

How Many Consonants
41   
30
25   
15

Scripts
Brahmic family and derivatives   
Devanagari   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2   
1
Not Available   

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
Not Available   

Greetings

Hello
ഹലോ (halēā)   
Not Available   

Thank You
നന്ദി (nandi)   
Not Available   

How Are You?
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)   
Nungni khabora ma?   

Good Night
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)   
मोजां हर (Mwjang Hor)   

Good Evening
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)   
Not Available   

Good Afternoon
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)   
Not Available   

Good Morning
രാവിലെ (rāvile)   
मोजां फुं (Mwjang Fung)   

Please
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)   
अननानै (Onnanwi)   

Sorry
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)   
Not Available   

Bye
വിട (viṭa)   
Not Available   

I Love You
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)   
अननाइ नों (onnai Nwng)   

Excuse Me
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)   
Not Available   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Judeo-Malayalam   
(Sønabari) Western Boro dialect   

Where They Speak
Israel, kerala   
Bongaigaon, Kokrajhar   

Dialect 2
Mappila   
(Sanzari) Eastern Boro dialect   

Where They Speak
India   
Barpeta, Darrang, Kamrup, Nalbari   

Dialect 3
Pandy Malayalam   
(Hazari) Southern Boro dialect   

Where They Speak
France, kerala   
Assam, India, Nepal   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
38.00 million   
33
0.60 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.57 %   
27
Not Available   

Native Speakers
38.00 million   
26
0.60 million   
99+

Native Name
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)   
बड़ो (boṛo)   

Alternative Names
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla   
Bara, Bodi, Boro, Boroni, Kachari, Mech, Meche, Mechi, Meci   

French Name
malayalam   
Not Available   

German Name
Malayalam   
Not Available   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[bɔɽo]   

Ethnicity
Malayali   
Bodo, Mech, (Assamese)   

History

Origin
9th Century   
1913   

Language Family
Dravidian Family   
Sino-Tibetan Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Tibeto-Burman   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early form   
Not Available   

Standard Forms
Malayalam   
Not Available   

Language Position
29   
24
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ml   
Not Available   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mal   
Not Available   

ISO 639 2/B
mal   
Not Available   

ISO 639 3
mal   
brx   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
mala1464   
bodo1269   

Linguasphere
No data available   
Not Available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Not Available   

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All Malayalam 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 Malayalam and Bodo dialects. Various dialects of Malayalam and Bodo language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Malayalam are spoken in different Malayalam Speaking Countries whereas Bodo Dialects are spoken in different Bodo speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Malayalam vs Bodo Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Malayalam dialects include: Judeo-Malayalam, Mappila. 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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Malayalam and Bodo Speaking population

Malayalam and Bodo speaking population is one of the factors based on which Malayalam and Bodo languages can be compared. The total count of Malayalam and Bodo Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Malayalam language is 0.57 % 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 Malayalam and Bodo on Malayalam vs Bodo where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Malayalam and Bodo Language Codes

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

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