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Yoruba and Bodo


Bodo and Yoruba


Countries

Countries
Benin, Nigeria  
Assam, India  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
Nigeria  
Assam, India  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not Available  

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Asia  

Minority Language
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America  
Not Available  

Regulated By
Yoruba Academy  
Not Available  

Interesting Facts
  • One of the largest African ethnic groups is Yoruba in south of Sahara Desert.
  • In Yoruba language, same combination of vowels and consonants have different meanings depending on the pitch of the vowels, so it is tonal 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
Owo and Itsekiri languages  
Dimasa language, Garo language, Kokborok language  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Yoruba-Alphabet.jpg#200  
Bodo-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
29  
11
45  
25

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
20  
17

How Many Consonants
17  
7
25  
15

Scripts
Latin  
Devanagari  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
Not Available  

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks  
9
Not Available  

Greetings

Hello
Ẹ n lẹ  
Not Available  

Thank You
e dupe  
Not Available  

How Are You?
Bawo ni o se wa  
Nungni khabora ma?  

Good Night
Kasun layọ o  
मोजां हर (Mwjang Hor)  

Good Evening
ka a ale  
Not Available  

Good Afternoon
e kaasan  
Not Available  

Good Morning
e kaaro  
मोजां फुं (Mwjang Fung)  

Please
Jowo  
अननानै (Onnanwi)  

Sorry
binu  
Not Available  

Bye
bye  
Not Available  

I Love You
mo nifẹ rẹ  
अननाइ नों (onnai Nwng)  

Excuse Me
mo tọrọ gafara  
Not Available  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Itsekiri  
(Sønabari) Western Boro dialect  

Where They Speak
Nigeria  
Bongaigaon, Kokrajhar  

How Many People Speak
500,000.00  
34
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Ede  
(Sanzari) Eastern Boro dialect  

Where They Speak
Benin, Togo  
Barpeta, Darrang, Kamrup, Nalbari  

How Many People Speak
800,000.00  
27
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Ulukwumi  
(Hazari) Southern Boro dialect  

Where They Speak
Nigeria  
Assam, India, Nepal  

How Many People Speak
10,000.00  
34
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
20  
18
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
30.00 million  
36
0.60 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.42 %  
32
Not Available  

Native Speakers
28.00 million  
29
0.60 million  
99+

Native Name
Yorùbá  
बड़ो (boṛo)  

Alternative Names
Yariba, Yooba  
Bara, Bodi, Boro, Boroni, Kachari, Mech, Meche, Mechi, Meci  

French Name
yoruba  
Not Available  

German Name
Yoruba-Sprache  
Not Available  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
[bɔɽo]  

Ethnicity
Yoruba people  
Bodo, Mech, (Assamese)  

History

Origin
4 BC  
1913  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Sino-Tibetan Family  

Subgroup
Western Sudanic  
Tibeto-Burman  

Branch
Kwa  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Not Available  

Standard Forms
Yorùbá  
Not Available  

Language Position
49  
36
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Yoruba Sign Language  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
yo  
Not Available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
yor  
Not Available  

ISO 639 2/B
yor  
Not Available  

ISO 639 3
yor  
brx  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
yoru1245  
bodo1269  

Linguasphere
No data available  
Not Available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating  
Not Available  

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All Yoruba and Bodo Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Yoruba and Bodo dialects. Various dialects of Yoruba and Bodo language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Yoruba are spoken in different Yoruba Speaking Countries whereas Bodo Dialects are spoken in different Bodo speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Yoruba vs Bodo Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Yoruba dialects include: Itsekiri, Ede. Bodo dialects include: (Sønabari) Western Boro dialect , (Sanzari) Eastern Boro dialect. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Yoruba and Bodo Speaking population

Yoruba and Bodo speaking population is one of the factors based on which Yoruba and Bodo languages can be compared. The total count of Yoruba and Bodo Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Yoruba language is 0.42 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Bodo language is Not Available. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Yoruba and Bodo on Yoruba vs Bodo where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Yoruba and Bodo Language Codes

Yoruba and Bodo language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Yoruba and Bodo Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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