Countries
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
  
Assam, India
  
National Language
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
  
Assam, India
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not Available
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not Available
  
Regulated By
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
- The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
- In ancient times, Bodo language was written using Assamese script and Roman script.
- Bodo Language is written using Devanagari script since 1963.
  
Similar To
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
  
Dimasa language, Garo language, Kokborok language
  
Derived From
Arabic Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Swahili-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Bodo-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Habari
  
Not Available
  
Thank You
Asante
  
Not Available
  
How Are You?
Habari gani?
  
Nungni khabora ma?
  
Good Night
Usiku mwema
  
मोजां हर (Mwjang Hor)
  
Good Evening
Habari za jioni
  
Not Available
  
Good Afternoon
nzuri Alasiri
  
Not Available
  
Good Morning
Habari za asubuhi
  
मोजां फुं (Mwjang Fung)
  
Please
tafadhali
  
अननानै (Onnanwi)
  
Sorry
pole
  
Not Available
  
Bye
bye
  
Not Available
  
I Love You
nakupenda
  
अननाइ नों (onnai Nwng)
  
Excuse Me
Samahani
  
Not Available
  
Dialect 1
Kiunguja
  
(Sønabari) Western Boro dialect
  
Where They Speak
Zanzibar island
  
Bongaigaon, Kokrajhar
  
Dialect 2
Kimrima
  
(Sanzari) Eastern Boro dialect
  
Where They Speak
Dar es Salaam
  
Barpeta, Darrang, Kamrup, Nalbari
  
Dialect 3
Kimgao
  
(Hazari) Southern Boro dialect
  
Where They Speak
Kilwa
  
Assam, India, Nepal
  
How Many People Speak?
150.00 million
  
13
0.60 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
15.00 million
  
40
0.60 million
  
99+
Native Name
Not Available
  
बड़ो (boṛo)
  
Alternative Names
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
  
Bara, Bodi, Boro, Boroni, Kachari, Mech, Meche, Mechi, Meci
  
French Name
swahili
  
Not Available
  
German Name
Swahili
  
Not Available
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[bɔɽo]
  
Ethnicity
Swahili people or Waswahili
  
Bodo, Mech, (Assamese)
  
Origin
6th century
  
1913
  
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
  
Sino-Tibetan Family
  
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
  
Tibeto-Burman
  
Branch
Bantu
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Not Available
  
Standard Forms
Swahili
  
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
sw
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
swa
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 2/B
swa
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 3
swa
  
brx
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
swah1254
  
bodo1269
  
Linguasphere
99-AUS-m
  
Not Available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Swahili 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 Swahili and Bodo greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Swahili and Bodo language. Swahili word for "Hello" is Habari or Bodo word for "Thank You" is Not Available. Find more of such common Swahili Greetings and Bodo Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Swahili vs Bodo Difficulty
The Swahili vs Bodo difficulty level basically depends on the number of Swahili 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 Swahili and Bodo are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Swahili and Bodo, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Swahili is 36 weeks while to learn Bodo time required is Not Available.