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Assamese
Assamese

Igbo
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Countries

Countries

India
Nigeria

Total No. Of Countries

11
0 46
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National Language

Bangladesh, India
Nigeria

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Asia
Africa

Minority Language

Bangladesh, Bhutan
Equatorial Guinea

Regulated By

Asam Sahitya Sabha
Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture

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.
  • In Igbo, there is complicated system of high and low tones indicating differences in meaning and grammatical relationships.
  • Igbo has inexhaustible and rich linguistic features like idioms, proverbs, aphorisms, anecdotes etc.

Similar To

Bengali and Oriya
Yoruba and Hausa Languages

Derived From

Sanskrit Language
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Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

5236
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

118
0 32
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How Many Consonants

4128
9 60
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Scripts

Bengali
Latin

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal
-

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

33
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks52 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

nomoskaar
kedụ

Thank You

ḍhonyobaaḍ
dalụ

How Are You?

aapuni kene aase?
kedụ ka ịmere

Good Night

subhoraattri
ka chi fo

Good Evening

subha gadhuli
mgbede ọma

Good Afternoon

subha abeli
ehihie ọma

Good Morning

suprobhaat
ụtụtụ ọma

Please

anugroha kori
Biko

Sorry

moi ḍukkhita
Ndo

Bye

biḍai
Kachifo

I Love You

moi tomaak bhaalpaao
a hụrụ m gị n'anya

Excuse Me

kyoma koribo
ngọpụ

Dialects

Dialect 1

Kamrupi
Enuani

Where They Speak

Western Assam
Nigeria

How Many People Speak

6,000,000.0028,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Goalpariya
Ngwa

Where They Speak

Western Assam
Nigeria

How Many People Speak

16,000,000.001,500,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Bhakatiya
Not present

Where They Speak

Assam
-

How Many People Speak

16,000,000.0024.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

320
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

15.30 million25.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.24 %0.09 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

15.00 million25.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

15.00 million24.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

অসমীয়া (asamīẏa)
igbo

Alternative Names

Asambe, Asami, Asamiya
Ibo

French Name

assamais
igbo

German Name

Assamesisch
Ibo-Sprache

Pronunciation

[ɔxɔmɔnɔ]
[iɡ͡boː]

Ethnicity

Assamese people
Igbo people

History

Origin

7th century A.D
30th Century BC

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family

Subgroup

Indo-Iranian
Kwa

Branch

Indic
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Language Forms

Early Forms

Kamarupa
No early forms

Standard Forms

Assamese
Standard Igbo

Language Position

6557
1 120
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Signed Forms

Signed Assamese
Igbo Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

as
ig

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

asm
ibo

ISO 639 2/B

asm
ibo

ISO 639 3

asm
ibo

ISO 639 6

asm
ibo

Glottocode

assa1263
nucl1417

Linguasphere

59-AAF-w
No data available

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Object-Verb
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Language Morphological Typology

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Agglutinative

Assamese and Igbo Alphabets

Assamese and Igbo Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Assamese and Igbo. In Assamese Alphabets there are 52 letters while in Igbo Alphabets there are 36 letters. To learn Assamese and Igbo languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Assamese and Igbo languages. The Assamese phonology consist Assamese vowels and Assamese consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Assamese greetings vs Igbo greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Assamese and Igbo are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Assamese and Igbo Speaking population

Assamese and Igbo speaking population is one of the factors based on which Assamese and Igbo languages can be compared. The total count of Assamese and Igbo Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Assamese language is 0.24 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Igbo language is 0.09 %. 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 Igbo on Assamese vs Igbo where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Assamese and Igbo Language Codes

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