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Assamese and Amharic


Amharic and Assamese


Countries

Countries
India  
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Bangladesh, India  
Ethiopia  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Africa  

Minority Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Asam Sahitya Sabha  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • 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.
    •   
  • Amharic ranks as second most spoken Semitic language in the world.
  • Amharic has its own writing system named “fidel” and it uses Amharic alphabets to write.
  

Similar To
Bengali and Oriya  
Tigrinya and Oromo Languages  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
-  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Assamese-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Amharic-1.jpg#200  

Alphabets
52  
31
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
11  
8
7  
4

How Many Consonants
41  
30
31  
21

Scripts
Bengali  
Ethiopic  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
nomoskaar  
Selam  

Thank You
ḍhonyobaaḍ  
amesege'nallo'  

How Are You?
aapuni kene aase?  
Dehina newot?  

Good Night
subhoraattri  
Dehna dur  

Good Evening
subha gadhuli  
melkam meshe't  

Good Afternoon
subha abeli  
i'ndemin walu  

Good Morning
suprobhaat  
i'ndemin adäru  

Please
anugroha kori  
i'bakwon  

Sorry
moi ḍukkhita  
aznallehu  

Bye
biḍai  
tschao  

I Love You
moi tomaak bhaalpaao  
afekirishalehu  

Excuse Me
kyoma koribo  
yiqirta  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kamrupi  
Gondar  

Where They Speak
Western Assam  
Gondar  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
99+
22,000,000.00  
27

Dialect 2
Goalpariya  
Gojjami  

Where They Speak
Western Assam  
Ethiopia  

How Many People Speak
16,000,000.00  
30
22,000,000.00  
24

Dialect 3
Bhakatiya  
Showa  

Where They Speak
Assam  
Ethiopia  

How Many People Speak
16,000,000.00  
27
22,000,000.00  
22

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
5  
5

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
15.30 million  
99+
18.70 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.24 %  
99+
0.37 %  
37

Native Speakers
15.00 million  
40
25.00 million  
32

Second Language Speakers
15.00 million  
34
10.00 million  
99+

Native Name
অসমীয়া (asamīẏa)  
አማርኛ  

Alternative Names
Asambe, Asami, Asamiya  
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian  

French Name
assamais  
amharique  

German Name
Assamesisch  
Amharisch  

Pronunciation
[ɔxɔmɔnɔ]  
[amarɨɲɲa]  

Ethnicity
Assamese people  
Amharas  

History

Origin
7th century A.D  
13th century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Afro-Asiatic Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Semitic  

Branch
Indic  
Ethiopic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Kamarupa  
Ge'ez  

Standard Forms
Assamese  
Amharic  

Language Position
65  
99+
55  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Assamese  
Signed Amharic  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
as  
am  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
asm  
amh  

ISO 639 2/B
asm  
amh  

ISO 639 3
asm  
amh  

ISO 639 6
asm  
amh  

Glottocode
assa1263  
amha1245  

Linguasphere
59-AAF-w  
12-ACB-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Fusional  

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All Assamese and Amharic 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 Assamese and Amharic dialects. Various dialects of Assamese and Amharic language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Assamese are spoken in different Assamese Speaking Countries whereas Amharic Dialects are spoken in different Amharic speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Assamese vs Amharic Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Assamese dialects include: Kamrupi, Goalpariya. Amharic dialects include: Gondar , Gojjami. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Assamese and Amharic Speaking population

Assamese and Amharic speaking population is one of the factors based on which Assamese and Amharic languages can be compared. The total count of Assamese and Amharic Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Assamese language is 0.24 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Amharic language is 0.37 %. 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 Assamese and Amharic on Assamese vs Amharic where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Assamese and Amharic Language Codes

Assamese and Amharic language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Assamese and Amharic Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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