Afrikaans and Assamese
Countries
South Africa
India
National Language
South Africa
Bangladesh, India
Second Language
Namibia, South Africa
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Bangladesh, Bhutan
Regulated By
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
Asam Sahitya Sabha
Interesting Facts
- Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
- Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
- Assamese was reinstated as the state language of Assam in 1873.
- Assamese language has its own stream of origin, it is evolved in a different way from rest of the Indo-Aryan languages of India.
Similar To
Dutch Language
Bengali and Oriya
Derived From
Dutch Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
Thank You
Dankie
ḍhonyobaaḍ
How Are You?
Hoe gaan dit
aapuni kene aase?
Good Night
goeie nag
subhoraattri
Good Evening
Goeienaand
subha gadhuli
Good Afternoon
Goeie middag
subha abeli
Good Morning
goeie more
suprobhaat
Please
asseblief
anugroha kori
Sorry
jammer
moi ḍukkhita
I Love You
Ek het jou lief
moi tomaak bhaalpaao
Excuse Me
Verskoon my
kyoma koribo
Dialect 1
Kaapse Afrikaans
Kamrupi
Where They Speak
Not Available
Western Assam
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Oranjeriverafrikaans
Goalpariya
Where They Speak
Not Available
Western Assam
Dialect 3
Baster Afrikaans
Bhakatiya
Where They Speak
Namibia
Assam
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Afrikaans
অসমীয়া (asamīẏa)
Alternative Names
Cape Dutch
Asambe, Asami, Asamiya
French Name
afrikaans
assamais
German Name
Afrikaans
Assamesisch
Pronunciation
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
Not Available
Ethnicity
Afrikaners
Assamese people
Origin
17th Century
7th century A.D
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Germanic
Indo-Iranian
Early Forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
Kamarupa
Standard Forms
Standard Afrikaans
Assamese
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
afrs
Not Available
Glottocode
afri1274
assa1263
Linguasphere
52-ACB-ba
59-AAF-w
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic
Not Available
All Afrikaans and Assamese Dialects
Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Afrikaans and Assamese dialects. Various dialects of Afrikaans and Assamese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Afrikaans are spoken in different Afrikaans Speaking Countries whereas Assamese Dialects are spoken in different Assamese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Afrikaans vs Assamese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Afrikaans dialects include: Kaapse Afrikaans, Oranjeriverafrikaans. Assamese dialects include: Kamrupi , Goalpariya. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Afrikaans and Assamese Speaking population
Afrikaans and Assamese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Afrikaans and Assamese languages can be compared. The total count of Afrikaans and Assamese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Afrikaans language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Assamese language is 0.24 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Afrikaans and Assamese on Afrikaans vs Assamese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Afrikaans and Assamese Language Codes
Afrikaans and Assamese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Afrikaans and Assamese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.