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Assamese and Chinese


Chinese and Assamese


Countries

Countries
India  
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
5  
10

National Language
Bangladesh, India  
China, Taiwan  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan  
Indonesia, Malaysia  

Regulated By
Asam Sahitya Sabha  
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council  

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.
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  • Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
  • In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
  

Similar To
Bengali and Oriya  
Japanese and Korean Languages  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
52  
31
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
11  
8
24  
19

How Many Consonants
41  
30
23  
13

Scripts
Bengali  
Chinese Characters and derivatives  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
88 weeks  
19

Greetings

Hello
nomoskaar  
您好 (Nín hǎo)  

Thank You
ḍhonyobaaḍ  
谢谢 (Xièxiè)  

How Are You?
aapuni kene aase?  
你好吗? (Nǐ hǎo ma?)  

Good Night
subhoraattri  
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)  

Good Evening
subha gadhuli  
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)  

Good Afternoon
subha abeli  
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)  

Good Morning
suprobhaat  
早安 (Zǎo ān)  

Please
anugroha kori  
请 (Qǐng)  

Sorry
moi ḍukkhita  
遗憾 (Yíhàn)  

Bye
biḍai  
再见 (Zàijiàn)  

I Love You
moi tomaak bhaalpaao  
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)  

Excuse Me
kyoma koribo  
劳驾 (Láojià)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kamrupi  
Mandarin  

Where They Speak
Western Assam  
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
99+
960,000,000.00  
1

Dialect 2
Goalpariya  
Wu  

Where They Speak
Western Assam  
China, United States of America  

How Many People Speak
16,000,000.00  
30
80,000,000.00  
6

Dialect 3
Bhakatiya  
Yue  

Where They Speak
Assam  
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam  

How Many People Speak
16,000,000.00  
27
60,000,000.00  
12

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
10  
10

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
15.30 million  
99+
1,051.00 million  
2

Speaking Population
0.24 %  
99+
16.00 %  
2

Native Speakers
15.00 million  
40
873.00 million  
1

Second Language Speakers
15.00 million  
34
178.00 million  
3

Native Name
অসমীয়া (asamīẏa)  
中文 (zhōngwén)  

Alternative Names
Asambe, Asami, Asamiya  
Zhongwen, Hanyu  

French Name
assamais  
chinois  

German Name
Assamesisch  
Chinesisch  

Pronunciation
[ɔxɔmɔnɔ]  
[ʈʂʰíŋ] [huà]  

Ethnicity
Assamese people  
Han  

History

Origin
7th century A.D  
1250 BC  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Sino-Tibetan Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
-  

Branch
Indic  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Kamarupa  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Assamese  
Standard Chinese  

Language Position
65  
99+
1  
1

Signed Forms
Signed Assamese  
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
as  
zh  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
asm  
zho  

ISO 639 2/B
asm  
chi  

ISO 639 3
asm  
zho  

ISO 639 6
asm  
zho  

Glottocode
assa1263  
sini1245  

Linguasphere
59-AAF-w  
79-AAA  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Analytic, Isolating  

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

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Assamese and Chinese Speaking population

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

Assamese and Chinese Language Codes

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

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