Bodo

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Bodo is a Sino-Tibetan language spoken primarily by the Bodo people in northeastern India, especially in Assam and surrounding regions.

All labels observed (7)

Label Occurrences
Bodo canonical 14
Bodo language 7
Bodo people 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Sino-Tibetan language
language
alternativeName Boro
Boro language
Mech (historical name)
belongsToBranch Bodo–Konyak–Jingpho branch
closelyRelatedTo Dimasa language
Garo language
linked to: Karbi language

Kokborok language
linked to: Karbi language
country India
glottocode bodo1270
governingBody Bodo Sahitya Sabha
hasDialects Eastern Bodo
linked to: Bodo

Western Bodo
linked to: Bodo
hasEthnicGroup Bodo people
hasMinorityLanguageStatusIn Meghalaya
Nagaland
West Bengal
hasPhonologicalFeature tonal language
hasStandardForm Standard Bodo
linked to: Bodo
hasWritingSystem Devanagari script
ISO639-1Code None
ISO639-2Code bod
ISO639-3Code brx
languageFamily Sino-Tibetan
listedIn Eighth Schedule of the Constitution of India
nativeTo Assam
Northeastern India
linked to: Northeast India
officialStatusIn Assam
Bodoland Territorial Region
previousWritingSystem Assamese script
Latin script
recognizedAs scheduled language of India
region Assam plains
linked to: Brahmaputra Valley

Bodoland Territorial Region
spokenBy Bodo people
spokenIn Assam
India
Northeastern India
linked to: Northeast India
subfamily Bodo–Garo
linked to: Bodo
usedAsMediumOfInstruction primary education in Bodo-majority areas of Assam
usedIn Bodo literature
Bodo-language newspapers
Bodo-language radio broadcasts
usedInAdministration local administration in Bodo-majority areas
usedInEducationLevel school education in Assam
usedInMedia regional television programs
writingDirection left-to-right
writingSystemAdoptedIn Devanagari script adopted in 1975

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (27)

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

Assam officialLanguage Bodo
Assam ethnicGroup Bodo people
linked to: Bodo
Sino-Tibetan languages includesLanguage Bodo language
linked to: Bodo
Sino-Tibetan languages spokenBy Bodo people
linked to: Bodo
Bodo language subfamily Bodo–Garo
subject linked to: Bodo
linked to: Bodo
Bodo language hasStandardForm Standard Bodo
subject linked to: Bodo
linked to: Bodo
Bodo language hasDialects Western Bodo
subject linked to: Bodo
linked to: Bodo
Bodo language hasDialects Eastern Bodo
subject linked to: Bodo
linked to: Bodo
Bodo people language Bodo language
linked to: Bodo
Dimasa language closelyRelatedTo Bodo language
linked to: Bodo
Bodo Sahitya Sabha languageOfWorkOrName Bodo language
linked to: Bodo
Mech (historical name) refersTo Bodo language
linked to: Bodo
Mech (historical name) alternativeNameOf Bodo language
linked to: Bodo
Dimasa closelyRelatedTo Bodo language
linked to: Bodo