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Assamese and Bengali


Bengali and Assamese


Countries

Countries
India   
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
4   
11

National Language
Bangladesh, India   
Bangladesh, India   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
India   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan   
Australia, Canada, Italy, Japan, Kuwait, Malaysia, Maldives, Nepal, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States of America   

Regulated By
Asam Sahitya Sabha   
Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi   

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.
    •   
  • Bengali language is the World's sweetest language.
  • 21st February is celebrated as an International Mother Language day, which is based on Bengali language.
  

Similar To
Bengali and Oriya   
Assamese and Oriya   

Derived From
Sanskrit Language   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Assamese-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Bengali-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
52   
31
51   
30

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
11   
8
11   
8

How Many Consonants
41   
30
40   
29

Scripts
Bengali   
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
2   
1

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available   
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
nomoskaar   
হ্যালো (Hyālō)   

Thank You
ḍhonyobaaḍ   
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)   

How Are You?
aapuni kene aase?   
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)   

Good Night
subhoraattri   
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)   

Good Evening
subha gadhuli   
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)   

Good Afternoon
subha abeli   
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)   

Good Morning
suprobhaat   
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)   

Please
anugroha kori   
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)   

Sorry
moi ḍukkhita   
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)   

Bye
biḍai   
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)   

I Love You
moi tomaak bhaalpaao   
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)   

Excuse Me
kyoma koribo   
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kamrupi   
Chakma   

Where They Speak
Western Assam   
Bangladesh, Burma, India   

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00   
16
330,000.00   
36

Dialect 2
Goalpariya   
Hajong   

Where They Speak
Western Assam   
Bangladesh, India   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
71,000.00   
36

Dialect 3
Bhakatiya   
Rarhi   

Where They Speak
Assam   
India   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
25   
21

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
15.30 million   
99+
215.00 million   
9

Speaking Population
0.24 %   
99+
3.11 %   
8

Native Speakers
15.00 million   
40
196.00 million   
7

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
19.00 million   
16

Native Name
অসমীয়া (asamīẏa)   
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)   

Alternative Names
Asambe, Asami, Asamiya   
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa   

French Name
assamais   
bengali   

German Name
Assamesisch   
Bengali   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not available   

Ethnicity
Assamese people   
Bengalis (Bengali people)   

History

Origin
7th century A.D   
1000–1200 CE   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Indic   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Kamarupa   
Abahatta, Old Bengali   

Standard Forms
Assamese   
Bengali   

Language Position
65   
99+
4   
4

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
as   
bn   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
asm   
ben   

ISO 639 2/B
asm   
ben   

ISO 639 3
asm   
ben   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
assa1263   
beng1280   

Linguasphere
59-AAF-w   
59-AAF-u   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

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

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Assamese and Bengali Speaking population

Assamese and Bengali speaking population is one of the factors based on which Assamese and Bengali languages can be compared. The total count of Assamese and Bengali Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Assamese language is 0.24 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Bengali language is 3.11 %. 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 Bengali on Assamese vs Bengali where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Assamese and Bengali Language Codes

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

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