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Santali vs Bodo


Bodo vs Santali


Countries

Countries
India  
Assam, India  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal  
Assam, India  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not Available  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not Available  

Regulated By
Not Available  
Not Available  

Interesting Facts
  • Santali language was an oral language till nineteenth century.
  • Before the invention of Santali alphabets, Santali was written with the Bengali or Odia alphabets.
  
  • In ancient times, Bodo language was written using Assamese script and Roman script.
  • Bodo Language is written using Devanagari script since 1963.
  

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

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30  
12
45  
25

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
20  
17

How Many Consonants
21  
11
25  
15

Scripts
Bengali, Devanagari, Latin, Ol Chiki, Oriya  
Devanagari  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Greetings

Hello
Henda ho  
Not Available  

Thank You
Adi Johar  
Not Available  

How Are You?
Cet’leka menama?  
Nungni khabora ma?  

Good Night
Boge Ninda  
मोजां हर (Mwjang Hor)  

Good Evening
Boge Ayup’  
Not Available  

Good Afternoon
Not Available  
Not Available  

Good Morning
Boge Setak’  
मोजां फुं (Mwjang Fung)  

Please
Not Available  
अननानै (Onnanwi)  

Sorry
Not Available  
Not Available  

Bye
Not Available  
Not Available  

I Love You
Not Available  
अननाइ नों (onnai Nwng)  

Excuse Me
Not Available  
Not Available  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Mahali  
(Sønabari) Western Boro dialect  

Where They Speak
India  
Bongaigaon, Kokrajhar  

Dialect 2
Not present  
(Sanzari) Eastern Boro dialect  

Where They Speak
Not Available  
Barpeta, Darrang, Kamrup, Nalbari  

Dialect 3
Not present  
(Hazari) Southern Boro dialect  

Where They Speak
Not Available  
Assam, India, Nepal  

Total No. Of Dialects
1  
1
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
6.30 million  
99+
0.60 million  
99+

Speaking Population
Not Available  
Not Available  

Native Speakers
6.30 million  
99+
0.60 million  
99+

Native Name
संथाली (sãtʰālī)  
बड़ो (boṛo)  

Alternative Names
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal  
Bara, Bodi, Boro, Boroni, Kachari, Mech, Meche, Mechi, Meci  

French Name
santal  
Not Available  

German Name
Santali  
Not Available  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
[bɔɽo]  

Ethnicity
Santal and Teraibasi Santali  
Bodo, Mech, (Assamese)  

History

Origin
20th century  
1913  

Language Family
Austroasiatic Family  
Sino-Tibetan Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Tibeto-Burman  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Not Available  

Standard Forms
Santali  
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available  
Not Available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
sat  
Not Available  

ISO 639 2/B
sat  
Not Available  

ISO 639 3
sat  
brx  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
sant1410  
bodo1269  

Linguasphere
No data available  
Not Available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Not Available  

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Santali and Bodo Language History

Comparison of Santali vs Bodo language history gives us differences between origin of Santali and Bodo language. History of Santali language states that this language originated in 20th century 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 Santali and Bodo Language History.

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

Santali vs Bodo Difficulty

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

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