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Oromo vs Bodo


Bodo vs Oromo


Countries

Countries
Ethiopia, Kenya  
Assam, India  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
Ethiopia  
Assam, India  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not Available  

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Asia  

Minority Language
Somalia  
Not Available  

Regulated By
Not Available  
Not Available  

Interesting Facts
  • Oromo language is the third most spoken language in Africa.
  • Oromo is most spoken language in Cushitic Family.
  
  • In ancient times, Bodo language was written using Assamese script and Roman script.
  • Bodo Language is written using Devanagari script since 1963.
  

Similar To
Somali Language  
Dimasa language, Garo language, Kokborok language  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
34  
16
45  
25

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10  
7
20  
17

How Many Consonants
24  
14
25  
15

Scripts
Latin  
Devanagari  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
Not Available  

Greetings

Hello
akkam  
Not Available  

Thank You
Galatoomi  
Not Available  

How Are You?
Attam jirta/jirtu?  
Nungni khabora ma?  

Good Night
Nagayattii buli  
मोजां हर (Mwjang Hor)  

Good Evening
Akkam waarite  
Not Available  

Good Afternoon
Attam oolte / ooltan  
Not Available  

Good Morning
Attam bulte/bultan  
मोजां फुं (Mwjang Fung)  

Please
Maaloo  
अननानै (Onnanwi)  

Sorry
naa dhiisi  
Not Available  

Bye
Nagayattii!  
Not Available  

I Love You
Sin jaaladha  
अननाइ नों (onnai Nwng)  

Excuse Me
Maaloo na dabarsi  
Not Available  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Borana  
(Sønabari) Western Boro dialect  

Where They Speak
Ethiopia, Kenya  
Bongaigaon, Kokrajhar  

How Many People Speak
4,000,000.00  
19
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Orma  
(Sanzari) Eastern Boro dialect  

Where They Speak
Kenya  
Barpeta, Darrang, Kamrup, Nalbari  

How Many People Speak
66,000.00  
37
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Wata  
(Hazari) Southern Boro dialect  

Where They Speak
Kenya  
Assam, India, Nepal  

How Many People Speak
13,000.00  
33
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
17  
16
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
25.00 million  
40
0.60 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.36 %  
36
Not Available  

Native Speakers
24.00 million  
33
0.60 million  
99+

Native Name
Afaan Oromo  
बड़ो (boṛo)  

Alternative Names
Afaan Oromoo  
Bara, Bodi, Boro, Boroni, Kachari, Mech, Meche, Mechi, Meci  

French Name
galla  
Not Available  

German Name
Galla-Sprache  
Not Available  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
[bɔɽo]  

Ethnicity
Oromos  
Bodo, Mech, (Assamese)  

History

Origin
16  
1913  

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family  
Sino-Tibetan Family  

Subgroup
Cushitic  
Tibeto-Burman  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Not Available  

Standard Forms
Afaan Oromo  
Not Available  

Language Position
91  
99+
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Not Available  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
om  
Not Available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
orm  
Not Available  

ISO 639 2/B
orm  
Not Available  

ISO 639 3
orm  
brx  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
nucl1736  
bodo1269  

Linguasphere
No data available  
Not Available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Not Available  

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Oromo and Bodo Language History

Comparison of Oromo vs Bodo language history gives us differences between origin of Oromo and Bodo language. History of Oromo language states that this language originated in 16 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 Oromo and Bodo Language History.

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

Oromo vs Bodo Difficulty

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

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