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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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