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Bodo

Sino-Tibetan (Tibeto-Burman, Bodo-Garo)

FamilySino-Tibetan (Tibeto-Burman, Bodo-Garo) Speakers~1.5M ScriptDevanagari (Bodo Devanagari standard) CountriesIndia (Assam, Meghalaya) Official inIndia (8th Schedule) Vitalitysafe ISO 639-3brx

Bodo is a major Tibeto-Burman language of northeast India, recognized in the Eighth Schedule of the Indian Constitution since 2003. Spoken by the Bodo people of Assam — the largest of the indigenous Bodo-Kachari peoples — it is the medium of instruction in many schools across the Bodoland Territorial Region. Bodo uses Devanagari script with adaptations for tones and aspirated affricates, and has produced a growing literature, news media, and popular cinema in the post-Bodo Accord era.

Where it is spoken

31 core words in Bodo

Water

दै

/dai/

Fire

वाथार

/watʰaɾ/

Sun

सान

/san/

Moon

ओखाफोर

/okʰapʰoɾ/

Star

हाथोरखि

/hatʰorkʰi/

Mother

आय

/aj/

Father

आफा

/apʰa/

I

आं

/aŋ/

You

नों

/nɯŋ/

Name

मुं

/muŋ/

Eye

मेगन

/meɡon/

Hand

आखाइ

/akʰai/

Heart

फिथा

/pʰitʰa/

Love

अननाय

/onːai/

Tree

बिजि

/bidʒi/

House

नो

/no/

Dog

सैमा

/saima/

Cat

मौजि

/maudʒi/

Eat

जा

/dʒa/

Drink

लोङ

/loŋ/

One

से

/se/

Two

नै

/nɯi/

Hello

खुलुमबाय

/kʰulumbai/

Thank you

साबार

/sabaɾ/

Good

मोजां

/modʒaŋ/

Words compared

Compared with related Sino-Tibetan (Tibeto-Burman, Bodo-Garo) languages

Meaning BodoGaroMeiteiHoMundariBaltiSherpa
Water दै /dai/ chi· /tʃi/ ꯏꯁꯤꯡ /isiŋ/ daa /daː/ daa /daː/ ཆུ /tɕʰu/ ཆུ /tɕʰu/
Fire वाथार /watʰaɾ/ wa·al /waal/ ꯃꯩ /mei/ sengel /seŋɡel/ sengel /seŋɡel/ མེ /me/ མེ /me/
Sun सान /san/ sal /sal/ ꯅꯨꯃꯤꯠ /numit/ singi /siŋɡi/ singi /siŋɡi/ ཉི་མ /ɲima/ ཉི་མ /ɲima/
Moon ओखाफोर /okʰapʰoɾ/ ja·tong /dʒatoŋ/ ꯊꯥ /tʰaː/ chando /tʃando/ chando /tʃando/ ཟླ་བ /dawa/ ཟླ་བ /dawa/
Star हाथोरखि /hatʰorkʰi/ a·ski /aʔski/ ꯊꯋꯥꯟꯃꯤꯆꯥꯛ /tʰawanmitɕak/ ipil /ipil/ ipil /ipil/ སྐར་མ /skarma/ སྐར་མ /karma/
Mother आय /aj/ ama /ama/ ꯏꯃꯥ /ima/ ayu /aju/ ayo /ajo/ ཨ་མ /ama/ ཨ་མ /ama/
Father आफा /apʰa/ apa /apa/ ꯏꯄꯥ /ipa/ apu /apu/ apu /apu/ ཨ་ཕ /apʰa/ ཨ་པ /apa/
I आं /aŋ/ anga /aŋa/ ꯑꯩ /əi/ aiñ /aiɲ/ aiñ /aiɲ/ /ŋa/ /ŋa/
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