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Zulu and Bodo


Bodo and Zulu


Countries

Countries
South Africa  
Assam, India  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
South Africa  
Assam, India  

Second Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe  
Not Available  

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Asia  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not Available  

Regulated By
Pan South African Language Board  
Not Available  

Interesting Facts
  • The meaning of word "Zulu" means "Sky"and Zulu was the name of the ancestor who founded the Zulu royal line in about 1670.
  • Zulu language has many loanwords borrowed from Afrikaans and English Languages.
  
  • In ancient times, Bodo language was written using Assamese script and Roman script.
  • Bodo Language is written using Devanagari script since 1963.
  

Similar To
Xhosa Language  
Dimasa language, Garo language, Kokborok language  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
57  
34
45  
25

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
20  
17

How Many Consonants
50  
35
25  
15

Scripts
Latin  
Devanagari  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
Not Available  

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
Not Available  

Greetings

Hello
Sawubona  
Not Available  

Thank You
Ngiyabonga  
Not Available  

How Are You?
unjani  
Nungni khabora ma?  

Good Night
okuhle ebusuku  
मोजां हर (Mwjang Hor)  

Good Evening
okuhle kusihlwa  
Not Available  

Good Afternoon
okuhle ntambama  
Not Available  

Good Morning
okuhle ekuseni  
मोजां फुं (Mwjang Fung)  

Please
Ngiyacela  
अननानै (Onnanwi)  

Sorry
Ngiyaxolisa  
Not Available  

Bye
bye  
Not Available  

I Love You
Ngiyakuthanda wena  
अननाइ नों (onnai Nwng)  

Excuse Me
Uxolo  
Not Available  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Qwabe  
(Sønabari) Western Boro dialect  

Where They Speak
Gabon, South Africa  
Bongaigaon, Kokrajhar  

Dialect 2
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu  
(Sanzari) Eastern Boro dialect  

Where They Speak
Georgia, South Africa  
Barpeta, Darrang, Kamrup, Nalbari  

Dialect 3
Ndebele  
(Hazari) Southern Boro dialect  

Where They Speak
Zimbabwe  
Assam, India, Nepal  

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
3  
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.16 %  
99+
Not Available  

Native Speakers
12.00 million  
99+
0.60 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
16.00 million  
17
Not Available  

Native Name
isiZulu  
बड़ो (boṛo)  

Alternative Names
Isizulu, Zunda  
Bara, Bodi, Boro, Boroni, Kachari, Mech, Meche, Mechi, Meci  

French Name
zoulou  
Not Available  

German Name
Zulu-Sprache  
Not Available  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
[bɔɽo]  

Ethnicity
Zulu people  
Bodo, Mech, (Assamese)  

History

Origin
19  
1913  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Sino-Tibetan Family  

Subgroup
Benue-Congo  
Tibeto-Burman  

Branch
Beatu  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
urban Zulu  
Not Available  

Standard Forms
Deep Zulu  
Not Available  

Language Position
87  
99+
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
zu  
Not Available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
zul  
Not Available  

ISO 639 2/B
zul  
Not Available  

ISO 639 3
zul  
brx  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
zulu1248  
bodo1269  

Linguasphere
99-AUT-fg  
Not Available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Not Available  

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All Zulu 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 Zulu and Bodo dialects. Various dialects of Zulu and Bodo language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Zulu are spoken in different Zulu Speaking Countries whereas Bodo Dialects are spoken in different Bodo speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Zulu vs Bodo Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Zulu dialects include: Qwabe, central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu. 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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Zulu and Bodo Speaking population

Zulu and Bodo speaking population is one of the factors based on which Zulu and Bodo languages can be compared. The total count of Zulu and Bodo Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Zulu language is 0.16 % 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 Zulu and Bodo on Zulu vs Bodo where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Zulu and Bodo Language Codes

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

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