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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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