Boro language

E166029

Boro language is a Tibeto-Burman language spoken primarily by the Boro people of Assam in northeastern India.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Boro language canonical 3
Bodo language 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Tibeto-Burman language ⓘ
language ⓘ
alternateName Bodo ⓘ
Bodo language ⓘ
linked to: Boro language

Boro ⓘ
censusSource 2011 Census of India ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Dimasa language ⓘ
Garo language ⓘ
Kokborok ⓘ
Tiwa language ⓘ
linked to: Zaiwa language
country India ⓘ
ethnicGroup Boro people ⓘ
linked to: Bodo people
family Tibeto-Burman ⓘ
formerWritingSystem Assamese script ⓘ
linked to: Bengali script

Latin script ⓘ
glottocode bodo1269 ⓘ
governingBody Bodo Sahitya Sabha ⓘ
hasDialects Eastern Boro ⓘ
Southern Boro ⓘ
Western Boro ⓘ
hasScriptType abugida ⓘ
includedIn Eighth Schedule of the Constitution of India ⓘ
iso639-1Code none ⓘ
iso639-2Code brx ⓘ
iso639-3Code brx ⓘ
languageFamily Sino-Tibetan ⓘ
linguisticTypology SOV word order ⓘ
numberOfSpeakers approximately 1.5 million ⓘ
over 1 million ⓘ
officialStatusIn Assam ⓘ
phonologicalFeature tone language ⓘ
primaryRegion Assam ⓘ
recognizedAs scheduled language of India ⓘ
recognizedBy Government of Assam ⓘ
Government of India ⓘ
region Bodoland Territorial Region ⓘ
scriptAdopted Devanagari script ⓘ
scriptAdoptionPeriod 1970s ⓘ
spokenBy Boro people ⓘ
linked to: Bodo people
spokenIn Assam ⓘ
India ⓘ
northeastern India ⓘ
status official language of Bodoland Territorial Region ⓘ
subfamily Bodo–Garo ⓘ
usedFor education in Assam ⓘ
primary education in Bodoland Territorial Region ⓘ
usedIn Bodo literature ⓘ
writingSystem Devanagari script ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Bodo language → alternativeName → Boro language ⓘ
subject linked to: Bodo
Boro language → alternateName → Bodo language ⓘ
linked to: Boro language
Eastern Boro → subdivisionOf → Boro language ⓘ
Southern Boro → subdivisionOf → Boro language ⓘ