Countries
South Africa
  
Assam, India
  
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 in
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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
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
  
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
  
How Many People Speak?
30.00 million
  
36
0.60 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
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)
  
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
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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
  
Zulu 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 Zulu and Bodo greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Zulu and Bodo language. Zulu word for "Hello" is Sawubona or Bodo word for "Thank You" is Not Available. Find more of such common Zulu Greetings and Bodo Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Zulu vs Bodo Difficulty
The Zulu vs Bodo difficulty level basically depends on the number of Zulu 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 Zulu and Bodo are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Zulu and Bodo, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Zulu is 44 weeks while to learn Bodo time required is Not Available.