Countries
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
  
Assam, India
  
National Language
Somalia
  
Assam, India
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not Available
  
Speaking Continents
Africa, Middle East
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Yemen
  
Not Available
  
Regulated By
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- Somali language is one of the best documented Afro-Asiatic languages.
- One of the most widely spoken of the Cushitic languages is the Somali Language.
  
- In ancient times, Bodo language was written using Assamese script and Roman script.
- Bodo Language is written using Devanagari script since 1963.
  
Similar To
Afar and Oromo Language
  
Dimasa language, Garo language, Kokborok language
  
Derived From
Arabic Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Somali-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Bodo-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Hello
  
Not Available
  
Thank You
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
  
Not Available
  
How Are You?
Sidee tahay ?
  
Nungni khabora ma?
  
Good Night
Habeenka Good
  
मोजां हर (Mwjang Hor)
  
Good Evening
Evening Good
  
Not Available
  
Good Afternoon
galab wanaagsan
  
Not Available
  
Good Morning
Subax wanaagsan
  
मोजां फुं (Mwjang Fung)
  
Please
Fadlan
  
अननानै (Onnanwi)
  
Sorry
sorry
  
Not Available
  
Bye
caraysiiyo
  
Not Available
  
I Love You
Waan ku jeclahay
  
अननाइ नों (onnai Nwng)
  
Excuse Me
iga raali ahow
  
Not Available
  
Dialect 1
Northern Somali
  
(Sønabari) Western Boro dialect
  
Where They Speak
Gabon, Standard Somali
  
Bongaigaon, Kokrajhar
  
Dialect 2
Benaadir
  
(Sanzari) Eastern Boro dialect
  
Where They Speak
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
  
Barpeta, Darrang, Kamrup, Nalbari
  
Dialect 3
Af-Ashraaf
  
(Hazari) Southern Boro dialect
  
Where They Speak
Standard Somali
  
Assam, India, Nepal
  
How Many People Speak?
13.00 million
  
99+
0.60 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
8.00 million
  
99+
0.60 million
  
99+
Native Name
af Soomaali
  
बड़ो (boṛo)
  
Alternative Names
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
  
Bara, Bodi, Boro, Boroni, Kachari, Mech, Meche, Mechi, Meci
  
French Name
somali
  
Not Available
  
German Name
Somali
  
Not Available
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[bɔɽo]
  
Ethnicity
Somalis
  
Bodo, Mech, (Assamese)
  
Origin
19th century
  
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
Somali
  
Not Available
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Somali Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
so
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
som
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 2/B
som
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 3
som
  
brx
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
soma1255
  
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
  
Somali 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 Somali and Bodo greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Somali and Bodo language. Somali word for "Hello" is Hello or Bodo word for "Thank You" is Not Available. Find more of such common Somali Greetings and Bodo Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Somali vs Bodo Difficulty
The Somali vs Bodo difficulty level basically depends on the number of Somali 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 Somali and Bodo are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Somali and Bodo, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Somali is 52 weeks while to learn Bodo time required is Not Available.