Assamese and Cantonese
Countries
India
Hong Kong, Macau
National Language
Bangladesh, India
China, Guangdong
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan
Hawaii
Regulated By
Asam Sahitya Sabha
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division
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.
- Cantonese have lot of slangs, many of them include words that do not make sense at all and some also have English in them.
- Even though Cantonese and Mandarin are dialects of Chinese, Cantonese has 8 tones instead of Mandarin's 4.
Similar To
Bengali and Oriya
Chinese Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Cantonese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Bengali
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
How Are You?
aapuni kene aase?
你好吗？
Good Night
subhoraattri
晚安
Good Evening
subha gadhuli
晚上好
Good Afternoon
subha abeli
下午好
Good Morning
suprobhaat
早上好
I Love You
moi tomaak bhaalpaao
我爱你
Excuse Me
kyoma koribo
原谅我
Dialect 1
Kamrupi
Guangzhou
Where They Speak
Western Assam
outside mainland China
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Goalpariya
Xiguan
Where They Speak
Western Assam
Hong Kong
Dialect 3
Bhakatiya
Hong Kong
Where They Speak
Assam
Hong Kong
Native Name
অসমীয়া (asamīẏa)
Kwang Tung Wa
Alternative Names
Asambe, Asami, Asamiya
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese
French Name
assamais
Not Available
German Name
Assamesisch
Not Available
Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
Ethnicity
Assamese people
Not Available
Origin
7th century A.D
17th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Not Available
Branch
Indic
Not Available
Early Forms
Kamarupa
No early forms
Standard Forms
Assamese
Standard Cantonese
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Not Available
ISO 639 1
as
No data available
ISO 639 2/T
asm
Not Available
ISO 639 2/B
asm
Not Available
ISO 639 3
asm
No data available
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
assa1263
cant1236
Linguasphere
59-AAF-w
No data available
Language Type
Living
Not Available
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
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All Assamese and Cantonese 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 Cantonese dialects. Various dialects of Assamese and Cantonese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Assamese are spoken in different Assamese Speaking Countries whereas Cantonese Dialects are spoken in different Cantonese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Assamese vs Cantonese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Assamese dialects include: Kamrupi, Goalpariya. Cantonese dialects include: Guangzhou , Xiguan. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Assamese and Cantonese Speaking population
Assamese and Cantonese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Assamese and Cantonese languages can be compared. The total count of Assamese and Cantonese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Assamese language is 0.24 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Cantonese language is 16.00 %. 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 Cantonese on Assamese vs Cantonese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Assamese and Cantonese Language Codes
Assamese and Cantonese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Assamese and Cantonese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.