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Somali vs Bodo


Bodo vs Somali


Countries

Countries
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia  
Assam, India  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
1  
14

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

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

Alphabets
26  
8
45  
25

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
20  
17

How Many Consonants
21  
11
25  
15

Scripts
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya  
Devanagari  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
Not Available  

Time Taken to Learn
52 weeks  
12
Not Available  

Greetings

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  

Dialects

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  

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
3  
3

How Many People Speak

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)  

History

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
83  
99+
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Somali Sign Language  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

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  

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Somali and Bodo Language History

Comparison of Somali vs Bodo language history gives us differences between origin of Somali and Bodo language. History of Somali language states that this language originated in 19th 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 Somali and Bodo Language History.

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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.

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