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Assamese and Urdu


Urdu and Assamese


Countries

Countries
India  
India, Pakistan  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
Bangladesh, India  
Pakistan  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Pakistan  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia, Oceania  

Minority Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan  
India  

Regulated By
Asam Sahitya Sabha  
National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language, India, National Language Authority, Pakistan  

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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  • Urdu is a language of beauty and grace, that adds meaning to prose and charm to poetry.
  • Different languages such as Arabic, Persian and Turkish gave birth and richness to Urdu.
  

Similar To
Bengali and Oriya  
Arabic and Hindi Languages  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
Ghaznavid Persian Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
52  
31
52  
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
11  
8
10  
7

How Many Consonants
41  
30
40  
29

Scripts
Bengali  
Arabic  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
nomoskaar  
خوش آمديد  

Thank You
ḍhonyobaaḍ  
آپ کا شکریہ  

How Are You?
aapuni kene aase?  
آپ کیسے ہیں؟  

Good Night
subhoraattri  
گڈ نائٹ  

Good Evening
subha gadhuli  
سلام علیکم  

Good Afternoon
subha abeli  
گڈ آفٹر نون  

Good Morning
suprobhaat  
گڈ مارننگ  

Please
anugroha kori  
براہ مہربانی  

Sorry
moi ḍukkhita  
معاف کرنا  

Bye
biḍai  
الوداع  

I Love You
moi tomaak bhaalpaao  
مجھے تم سے محبت  

Excuse Me
kyoma koribo  
معاف کیجئے گا  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kamrupi  
Dakhini  

Where They Speak
Western Assam  
India  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
99+
11,000,000.00  
36

Dialect 2
Goalpariya  
Hyderabadi Urdu  

Where They Speak
Western Assam  
India  

How Many People Speak
16,000,000.00  
30
69,000,000.00  
12

Dialect 3
Bhakatiya  
Rekhta  

Where They Speak
Assam  
South Asia  

How Many People Speak
16,000,000.00  
27
69,000,000.00  
11

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
15.30 million  
99+
104.00 million  
15

Speaking Population
0.24 %  
99+
0.99 %  
21

Native Speakers
15.00 million  
40
61.00 million  
19

Second Language Speakers
15.00 million  
34
43.00 million  
20

Native Name
অসমীয়া (asamīẏa)  
اُردُو  

Alternative Names
Asambe, Asami, Asamiya  
Bihari  

French Name
assamais  
ourdou  

German Name
Assamesisch  
Urdu  

Pronunciation
[ɔxɔmɔnɔ]  
[ˈʊrd̪u]  

Ethnicity
Assamese people  
Urdu-speaking people  

History

Origin
7th century A.D  
12th Century CE  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Indic  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Kamarupa  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Assamese  
Modern Standard Urdu  

Language Position
65  
99+
20  
18

Signed Forms
Signed Assamese  
Signed Urdu  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
as  
ur  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
asm  
urd  

ISO 639 2/B
asm  
urd  

ISO 639 3
asm  
urd  

ISO 639 6
asm  
urd  

Glottocode
assa1263  
urdu1245  

Linguasphere
59-AAF-w  
59-AAF-q  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Fusional  

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

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Assamese and Urdu Speaking population

Assamese and Urdu speaking population is one of the factors based on which Assamese and Urdu languages can be compared. The total count of Assamese and Urdu Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Assamese language is 0.24 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Urdu language is 0.99 %. 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 Urdu on Assamese vs Urdu where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Assamese and Urdu Language Codes

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

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