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Zulu vs Bodo


Bodo vs 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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Zulu and Bodo Language History

Comparison of Zulu vs Bodo language history gives us differences between origin of Zulu and Bodo language. History of Zulu language states that this language originated in 19 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 Zulu and Bodo Language History.

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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.

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