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Yoruba vs Bodo


Bodo vs 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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Yoruba and Bodo Language History

Comparison of Yoruba vs Bodo language history gives us differences between origin of Yoruba and Bodo language. History of Yoruba language states that this language originated in 4 BC 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 Yoruba and Bodo Language History.

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Yoruba 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 Yoruba and Bodo greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Yoruba and Bodo language. Yoruba word for "Hello" is Ẹ n lẹ or Bodo word for "Thank You" is Not Available. Find more of such common Yoruba Greetings and Bodo Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Yoruba vs Bodo Difficulty

The Yoruba vs Bodo difficulty level basically depends on the number of Yoruba 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 Yoruba and Bodo are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Yoruba and Bodo, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Yoruba is 30 weeks while to learn Bodo time required is Not Available.

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