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
Karbi language
surface form: Garo language

Karbi language
surface form: Kokborok language
country India
glottocode bodo1270
governingBody Bodo Sahitya Sabha
hasDialects Bodo self-linksurface differs
surface form: Eastern Bodo

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

Bodoland Territorial Region
spokenBy Bodo people
spokenIn Assam
India
Northeast India
surface form: Northeastern India
subfamily Bodo self-linksurface differs
surface form: Bodo–Garo
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
this entity surface form: Bodo people
Sino-Tibetan languages includesLanguage Bodo
this entity surface form: Bodo language
Sino-Tibetan languages spokenBy Bodo
this entity surface form: Bodo people
Bodo subfamily Bodo self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: Bodo language
this entity surface form: Bodo–Garo
Bodo hasStandardForm Bodo self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: Bodo language
this entity surface form: Standard Bodo
Bodo hasDialects Bodo self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: Bodo language
this entity surface form: Western Bodo
Bodo hasDialects Bodo self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: Bodo language
this entity surface form: Eastern Bodo
Bodo people language Bodo
this entity surface form: Bodo language
Dimasa language closelyRelatedTo Bodo
this entity surface form: Bodo language
Bodo Sahitya Sabha languageOfWorkOrName Bodo
this entity surface form: Bodo language
Mech (historical name) refersTo Bodo
this entity surface form: Bodo language
Mech (historical name) alternativeNameOf Bodo
this entity surface form: Bodo language
Dimasa closelyRelatedTo Bodo
this entity surface form: Bodo language