- Bodo language
language
name=Bodo
nativename=बोड़ो
states=India , with a few small communities inNepal
speakers=1,350,478+
1,350,478 in India (2001), 3,301 in Nepal (2001)
familycolor=Sino-Tibetan
fam2=Tibeto-Burman
fam3=Jingpho-Konyak-Bodo
fam4=Konyak-Bodo-Garo
fam5=Bodo-Garo
nation=Assam (India )
iso2=sit|iso3=brxBodo, pronounced BO-RO is a Tibeto-Burman language spoken by the
Bodo people of north-easternIndia ,Nepal andBangladesh . The language is one of the official languages of the Indian state ofAssam , and is one of 22 scheduled languages given a special constitutional status in India.Classification and related languages
Bodo language, a branch of the
Sino-Tibetan family of language is a rich language. 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 ofAssam and theGaro language ofMeghalaya . It is also a very closely related language ofKokborok language spoken inTripura .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 . The language has attained a position of pride with the opening of the Post-Graduate course in Bodo language and literature in the University ofGuwahati in 1996. 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 .Script
The language is officially written using the
Devanagari script , although it also has a long history of using theRoman script . Some researchers have suggested that the language originally used a now-lost script called Deodhai.Fact|date=February 2007See also
*
Bodo people
*Bodo Sahitya Sabha
*Kokborok language External links
*Abley, Mark (2006) " [http://www.lostmag.com/issue4/verbs.php The Verbs of Boro] ", [http://www.lostmag.com/aboutus.php Lost Magazine] , March 2006
* [http://www.bodoland.org/ Bodoland.org]
* [http://www.iitg.ernet.in/rcilts/boro.htm Boro Language]
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