Bodo

E30589

Sino-Tibetan language language

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

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Sino-Tibetan language → language →
alternativeName	Boro → Boro language → Mech (historical name) →
belongsToBranch	Bodo–Konyak–Jingpho branch →
closelyRelatedTo	Dimasa language → Garo language → Kokborok language →
country	India →
glottocode	bodo1270 →
governingBody	Bodo Sahitya Sabha →
hasDialects	Eastern Bodo → Western Bodo →
hasEthnicGroup	Bodo people →
hasMinorityLanguageStatusIn	Meghalaya → Nagaland → West Bengal →
hasPhonologicalFeature	tonal language →
hasStandardForm	Standard 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 →
officialStatusIn	Assam → Bodoland Territorial Region →
previousWritingSystem	Assamese script → Latin script →
recognizedAs	scheduled language of India →
region	Assam plains → Bodoland Territorial Region →
spokenBy	Bodo people →
spokenIn	Assam → India → Northeastern India →
subfamily	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 →

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Bodo language ("Western Bodo") → Bodo language ("Eastern Bodo") →	hasDialects
Assam ("Bodo people") →	ethnicGroup
Bodo language ("Standard Bodo") →	hasStandardForm
Sino-Tibetan languages ("Bodo language") →	includesLanguage
Eighth Schedule of the Constitution of India →	languageListed
Assam →	officialLanguage
Sino-Tibetan languages ("Bodo people") →	spokenBy
Bodo language ("Bodo–Garo") →	subfamily