language

Bodo - Kokrajhar

Language Family: Tibeto-Burman
Subgroup: Bodo-Garo > Bodo
ISO 639-3: brx
Glottocode: bodo1269

Speakers

According to the 2011 Census of India, there are approximately 1,482,929 speakers of the Bodo language in India. While this figure represents the total Bodo-speaking population across varieties, the specific "Bodo - Kokrajhar" variety represents the standard northern dialect.

Distribution in India

The Bodo-Kokrajhar variety is primarily spoken in the Bodoland Territorial Region of Assam, with the Kokrajhar district acting as its primary linguistic and cultural hub. Speakers are also distributed across adjacent districts of Assam, as well as bordering areas in the states of West Bengal, Meghalaya, and Nagaland.

Major grammatical features

Phonology: Bodo is a tonal language, typically characterized by a contrast between two lexical tones (high and low). Its vowel inventory includes a distinctive high-back unrounded vowel /ɯ/. Consonants feature a contrast between aspirated and unaspirated voiceless stops in word-initial positions.
Morphology: The language is predominantly agglutinative and suffixing. Nouns are inflected for number, gender (for animate nouns), and case (including nominative, accusative, dative, genitive, locative, and instrumental). Bodo employs a robust system of numeral classifiers that categorize nouns based on shape, size, and animacy.
Syntax: The basic constituent word order is Subject-Object-Verb (SOV). Grammatical relations are marked postpositionally, and modifiers typically precede the head noun. Verbs are highly inflected for tense, aspect, mood, and transitivity/causation.

Direct relationships

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Project BoLIproject

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BoLI Kokrajhar Bodo Narrationdataset

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Uses prompt 10

Who all are invited to the birth ceremonies? · जन्म व नामकरण संस्कार में किन-किन को आमंत्रित किया जाता है ? · ಜನ್ಮ ಸಮಾರಂಭಗಳಿಗೆ ಯಾರನ್ನೆಲ್ಲಾ ಆಹ್ವಾನಿಸಲಾಗಿದೆ?questionnaire_item What is non-metal? Where do you use them? · अधातु क्या है? आप उनका प्रयोग कहां करते हैं?questionnaire_item Who performs the birth ceremony? · जन्म संस्कार कौन करता है? · ಜನ್ಮ ಸಮಾರಂಭವನ್ನು ಯಾರು ಮಾಡುತ್ತಾರೆ?questionnaire_item how do you use your phone camera and under what condition do you use it? · आप अपने फ़ोन के कैमरे का प्रयोग कैसे करते हैं और आप इसका प्रयोग किस स्थिति में करते हैं?questionnaire_item How is the feast or food prepared for during the marriage ceremonies? · विवाह समारोहों के दौरान दावत या भोजन कैसे तैयार किया जाता है?questionnaire_item how did you stay connected with people before mobile phones? · आप मोबाइल फोन से पहले लोगों से कैसे जुड़े रहे थे?questionnaire_item how do you keep time? · आप समय कैसे रखते हैं?questionnaire_item how do we generate electricity from solar energy? · हम सौर ऊर्जा से बिजली कैसे उत्पन्न करते हैं?questionnaire_item how is steam produced? · भाप का उत्पादन कैसे होता है?questionnaire_item what is rain water-harvesting? · वर्षा जल संचयन क्या है?questionnaire_item