Countries
India, Nepal
Assam, India
National Language
Nepal
Assam, India
Second Language
Republic of Brazil
Not Available
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
People's Republic of China
Not Available
Regulated By
Language Academy of Nepal
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Interesting Facts
- Before the term "Nepali" was coined, historically the language was first called the Khas language, Gorkhali or Gukhali.
- Nepali has borrowed many loanwords from neighboring Tibeto-Burmese languages.
- In ancient times, Bodo language was written using Assamese script and Roman script.
- Bodo Language is written using Devanagari script since 1963.
Similar To
Hindi
Dimasa language, Garo language, Kokborok language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
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Alphabets in
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Scripts
Devanagari
Devanagari
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Language Levels
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Time Taken to Learn
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Hello
नमस्ते (namaste)
Not Available
Thank You
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)
Not Available
How Are You?
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)
Nungni khabora ma?
Good Night
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)
मोजां हर (Mwjang Hor)
Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)
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Good Afternoon
Good afternoon
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Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)
मोजां फुं (Mwjang Fung)
Please
कृपया
अननानै (Onnanwi)
Sorry
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
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Bye
नमस्ते (namaste)
Not Available
I Love You
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)
अननाइ नों (onnai Nwng)
Excuse Me
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
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Dialect 1
Doteli
(Sønabari) Western Boro dialect
Where They Speak
Nepal
Bongaigaon, Kokrajhar
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Bajhangi
(Sanzari) Eastern Boro dialect
Where They Speak
India, Nepal
Barpeta, Darrang, Kamrup, Nalbari
Dialect 3
Baitadeli
(Hazari) Southern Boro dialect
Where They Speak
Nepal
Assam, India, Nepal
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
नेपाली (nēpālī)
बड़ो (boṛo)
Alternative Names
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate
Bara, Bodi, Boro, Boroni, Kachari, Mech, Meche, Mechi, Meci
French Name
népalais
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German Name
Nepali
Not Available
Pronunciation
Not Available
[bɔɽo]
Ethnicity
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu
Bodo, Mech, (Assamese)
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Tibeto-Burman
Branch
Indic
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Early Forms
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha
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Standard Forms
Nepali
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Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Signed Nepali
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Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 1
ne
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ISO 639 2/T
nep
Not Available
ISO 639 2/B
nep
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ISO 639 6
Not Available
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Glottocode
nepa1254
bodo1269
Linguasphere
12
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Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
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Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
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All Nepali 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 Nepali and Bodo dialects. Various dialects of Nepali and Bodo language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Nepali are spoken in different Nepali Speaking Countries whereas Bodo Dialects are spoken in different Bodo speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Nepali vs Bodo Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Nepali dialects include: Doteli, Bajhangi. Bodo dialects include: (Sønabari) Western Boro dialect , (Sanzari) Eastern Boro dialect. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Nepali and Bodo Speaking population
Nepali and Bodo speaking population is one of the factors based on which Nepali and Bodo languages can be compared. The total count of Nepali and Bodo Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Nepali language is 0.25 % 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 Nepali and Bodo on Nepali vs Bodo where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Nepali and Bodo Language Codes
Nepali and Bodo language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Nepali and Bodo Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.