| Bodo बोड़ो |
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| Spoken in: | India, with a few small communities in Nepal | |
| Total speakers: | 1,350,478+ 1,350,478 in India (2001), 3,301 in Nepal (2001) |
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| Language family: | Sino-Tibetan Tibeto-Burman Jingpho-Konyak-Bodo Konyak-Bodo-Garo Bodo-Garo Bodo |
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| Official status | ||
| Official language in: | Assam (India) | |
| Regulated by: | no official regulation | |
| Language codes | ||
| ISO 639-1: | none | |
| ISO 639-2: | sit | |
| ISO 639-3: | brx | |
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Bodo, 'pronounced BO-RO is a Tibeto-Burman language spoken by the Bodo people of north-eastern India, Nepal and Bangladesh. The Tibeto-Burman family of languages (often considered a sub-group of the Sino-Tibetan Language family) is spoken in various central and south Asian countries including The Bodos (pronounced BO-ros) are an Ethnic and linguistic community early settlers of Assam in the North-East of India. India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country Nepal (नेपाल) is a Landlocked country in South Asia. ( Bengali: বাংলাদেশ inc-Latn Bangladesh) officially The language is one of the official languages of the Indian state of Assam, and is one of 22 scheduled languages given a special constitutional status in India. Assam) ( Assamese: অসম Ôxôm) is a northeastern state of India with its capital at Dispur, a suburb of the city The Constitution of India ( Hindi: भारतीय़ संविधान see names in other Indian languages) is the supreme law of India.
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Classification and related languages
Bodo language, a branch of the Tibeto-Burman family of language is a rich language. The Tibeto-Burman family of languages (often considered a sub-group of the Sino-Tibetan Language family) is spoken in various central and south Asian countries including It is a major language of the Bodo group under the Assam-Burmese group of language. It shares some common features in respect of vocabulary, phonology, morphology and syntax with other sister languages of the Bodo group.
It is closely related to the Dimasa language of Assam and the Garo language of Meghalaya. Dimasa language is a Tibeto-Burman language spoken by the Dimasa people in the state of Assam in North East India. Assam) ( Assamese: অসম Ôxôm) is a northeastern state of India with its capital at Dispur, a suburb of the city Garo (also spelled as Garrow, or else known by the people's own name for themselves Mande) is the language of the majority of the people of the Garo Hills Meghalaya is a small state in north-eastern India. The word "Meghalaya" literally means "The Abode of Clouds" in Sanskrit and It is also a very closely related language of Kokborok language spoken in Tripura. Kokborok (also spelled Kok Borok) also known as Tiprakok or Tripuri is the native language of the Tripuri people in the Indian state of ( Bengali script: ত্রিপুরা is a state in North-East India.
History
In the aftermath of socio-political awakening and movement launched by the Bodo organizations since 1913, the language was introduced as the medium of instruction (1963) in the primary schools in Bodo dominated areas. Currently, the Bodo language serves as a medium of instruction up to the secondary level and an associated ojih fficial language in the state of Assam. Assam) ( Assamese: অসম Ôxôm) is a northeastern state of India with its capital at Dispur, a suburb of the city The language has attained a position of pride with the opening of the Post-Graduate course in Bodo language and literature in the University of Guwahati in 1996. WikipediaWikiProject Indian cities for details --> Guwahati ( Assamese: গুৱাহাটী previously spelled Gauhati) is a major city in The Bodo language has to its credit large number of books of poetry, drama, short stories, novels, biography, travelogues, children's literature and literary criticism. Though the spoken language has been affected by other cummunities, especially the bengalis, in and around Kokrajhar, it is still to be heard in its pure form, in and around Udalguri district.
Dialects
Chote, Mech. Related to Dimasa, Tripuri, Lalunga, Boro. Dimasa language is a Tibeto-Burman language spoken by the Dimasa people in the state of Assam in North East India. The Tripuri (Tipra or Tipperah people are the original inhabitants of the Kingdom of Tripura in Bangladesh and North-East India.
Script
The language is officially written using the Devanagari script, although it also has a long history of using the Roman script. Some researchers have suggested that the language originally used a now-lost script called Deodhai. Deodhai was a language script used by ancient Bodos. Nowadays some of the Bodos use the Latin alphabet and some the Devanagari script.
See also
External links
- Abley, Mark (2006) The Verbs of Boro, Lost Magazine, March 2006
- Bodoland.org
- Boro Language
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