Bodo
Bodo is a Sino-Tibetan language spoken in the northeast of India and in Nepal. It is spoken in Assam, where it is one of the official languages, and also in Alipurduar, Cooch Behar, Jalpaiguri and parts of West Bengal, where it is known as Mech. It is also one of the 22 scheduled languages of India.
There are three main dialects of Bodo: Western Bodo, Eastern Bodo and Southern Bodo. Bodo was formerly written with the Assamese or the Latin alphabets, and since 1963 it has been written with the Devanagari alphabet. It was first written by Christian missionary in the late 19th century. Some believe a script called Deodhai was used by the ancient Bodo people, however details of it have been lost.
Bodo has been used as a medium of instruction in primary schools in Bodo-speaking areas since 1963. It is also used in secondary schools and in one university
Number of speakers: 1,482,929 via: Census 2011
ISO 639-3 Language Code: brx
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Omniglot
OLAC
PLS
Glottolog
ScriptSource
Examples
Typeset Text
Universal Declaration of Human Rights: Bodo
(Translation in progress)
Images
Particular forms/combinations
Handwriting Sample
Full Image via: YouTube
Typography Sample
Example of Bodo text
via: Internet Archive
Text Files
Bodo Word Frequency List
via: http://crubadan.org
PDFs
The Bodo – Bodo language magazine
via: Internet Archive
Naithi Mulug Davha – Bodo language book
via: Internet Archive
Darrangni Rifinay – Anthology of Bodo selected prose
via: Internet Archive
Abwi – Bodo language illustrated book
via: Internet Archive
Fwifin – Bodo language verse
via: Internet Archive
Accident – Collection of one-act plays in Bodo
via: Internet Archive
Boro Gelnay Methath – Nursery rhymes in Boro
via: Internet Archive
Recall Vocabulary in Boro – Hand-written orthographic reference
via: Internet Archive
Websites in Bodo
http://bbridul.blogspot.com
http://bridul.blogspot.in
http://doeaccassam.ac.in/CCCBodo/ch3/ch3_10.htm
http://doeaccassam.ac.in/CCCBodo/ch5_quiz/ch5_quiz_1.htm
http://hellopoetry.com/bidindra-basumatary/
http://hellopoetry.com/ronjoy-brahma6f/
http://hellopoetry.com/search/collections/?q=bodo
http://ildc.in/bodo/bodownload.html
http://ildc.in/bodo/bointroduction.html
http://ildc.in/bodo/fontsdownload2000.htm
http://incubator.wikimedia.org
http://india4jesus.com
http://lilappp.cdac.in
http://spoken-tutorial.org
http://spoken-tutorial.org
http://www.ansh.com
http://www.chiphung.com
http://www.gotquestions.org
http://www.iitg.ernet.in
http://www.kni.in
http://www.ntm.org.in
http://www.ugc.ac.in
Bibliography / Resources
Pramod Chandra Bhattacharya. 1977. A Descriptive Analysis of the Boro Language. Gauhati: Gauhati, Assam: Department of Publication, Gauhati University. 24+380pp. (Originally presented at the author’s thesis, Univ. of Gauhati, 1965 Includes bibliographical references (p. [363]-371) and index).
Pramod Chandra Bhattacharya. 1965. A Descriptive Analysis of the Boro Language. (Doctoral dissertation, University of Gauhati).
Bhrama, Mihir Kumar. 2015. The structure of southern dialect of Bodo. (Doctoral dissertation, Silchar: Assam University; 361pp.)
Brahma, Partima. 2013. Phonology and morphology of Bodo and Dimasa: A comparative study. (Doctoral dissertation, Silchar: Assam University; xiv+391pp.)
D. N. S. Bhat. 1968. Boro Vocabulary (With a Grammatical Sketch). (Silver and Jubilee Series, 59.) Poona: Deccan College. xii+177pp.
Basumatary, Birhash Giri. 2006. Boro dialects of Brahmaputra valley a linguistic study. (Doctoral dissertation, Gauhati University; 242pp.)
Phukan Basumatary. 2005. An Introduction to the Boro Language. New Delhi: Mittal Publications. vi+99pp.
Kiryu, Kazuyuki. 2008. An Outline of the Meche Language: grammar, text and glossary. Tsuyama: Mimasaka University. vi+150pp.
Mochari, Moniram (ed.) 1985. Bodo-English dictionary. Kokrajhar, Assam, India: Bodo Catholic Youth Association. ii+510pp.
Brahma, Promod Chandra. 1996. Bodo-English-Hindi dictionary. Kokrajhar: Bodo Sahitya Sabha. xxx+457pp.
Brahma, Cherry. 2002. Core lexicon of bodo: A bilingual dictionary of Bodo-English. (MA thesis, New Delhi: Jawaharlal Nehru University; 440pp.)
Sarma, Chandan. 2013. A study on dialect variation of Bodo language and associated grapheme-to-phoneme (G2P) rules for Bodo TTS system. (Doctoral dissertation, Gauhati University; 205pp.)
Prafulla Basumatary. 2017. Verbal Semantics in a Tibeto-Burman Language: The Bodo Verb. (Contemporary Studies in Descriptive Linguistics.) Peter Lang AG.
Subbarao, K. V. and Th. Sarju Devi and Rose Mary Achumi. 2000. Word order in Himalayan languages. Paper delivered at Sixth Himalayan Languages Symposium, University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee.
Charu Chandra Sanyal. 1973. Meches. In The Meches and the Totos, two sub-Himalayan tribes of north Bengal, 1-114. Darjeeling: University of North Bengal.
A. Campbell. 1839. Note on the Mechis, together with a small Vocabulary of the Language. Journal of the Asiatic Society 8. 623-631.
Dalton, Edward Tuite. 1872. Descriptive ethnology of Bengal. Calcutta: Calcutta, Office of the Superintendent of Government Printing. vi+340pp.
George A. Grierson. 1903. Tibeto-Burman Family: Specimens of the Bodo, Nāgā, and Kachin Groups. (Linguistic Survey of India, III(II).) In Grierson, G.A. (ed.) Calcutta: Office of the Superintendent of Government Printing. 534pp.
G. H. Damant. 1880. Notes on the Locality and Population of the Tribes Dwelling between the Brahmaputra and Ningthi Rivers. Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland, N.S. 12. 228-258.
Bhat, D.N.S. 1968. Boro Vocabulary [with a grammatical sketch]. Pune: Deccan College.
Phukan Chandra Basumatary. 2004. A study in cultural and linguistic affinities of the Boros and the Rabhas of Assam. (Doctoral dissertation, Gauhati University; 234pp.)
Wood, Daniel Cody. 2008. An initial reconstruction of Proto-Boro-Garo. (MA thesis, Eugene: University of Oregon; 155pp.)
L. O. Skrefsrud. 1890. Mecherne i Assam og deres Sprog. Nordisk Tidskrift for Filologi, N.S. 9. 223-236.
Bara, Madhu Rāma. 2001. The historical development of the Boro language: Madhu Ram Baro. Hajo: Priyadini Publ. 120pp.
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