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Assamese and Vietnamese


Vietnamese and Assamese


Countries

Countries
India  
Vietnam  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Bangladesh, India  
Vietnam  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Australia, East Asia, North America, Southeast Asia, Western Europe  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan  
Czech Republic  

Regulated By
Asam Sahitya Sabha  
-  

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.
    •   
  • The vocabulary of Vietnamese language is influenced by Chinese Language.
  • The only language in East Asia that uses the Latin alphabet is Vietnamese.
  

Similar To
Bengali and Oriya  
Chinese Language  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
Chinese Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
52  
31
37  
19

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
11  
8
12  
9

How Many Consonants
41  
30
21  
11

Scripts
Bengali  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
nomoskaar  
Xin chào  

Thank You
ḍhonyobaaḍ  
Cam on  

How Are You?
aapuni kene aase?  
Bạn khỏe không?  

Good Night
subhoraattri  
Chúc ngủ ngon  

Good Evening
subha gadhuli  
Chào buổi tối  

Good Afternoon
subha abeli  
Chào buổi trưa  

Good Morning
suprobhaat  
Chào buổi sáng  

Please
anugroha kori  
xin vui lòng  

Sorry
moi ḍukkhita  
Xin lỗi  

Bye
biḍai  
Tạm biệt  

I Love You
moi tomaak bhaalpaao  
tôi yêu bạn  

Excuse Me
kyoma koribo  
Xin loi  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kamrupi  
Northern Vietnamese  

Where They Speak
Western Assam  
Dong Bac, Haiphong, Hanoi, Red River Delta, Tay Bac  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
99+
76,000,000.00  
11

Dialect 2
Goalpariya  
North-central Vietnamese  

Where They Speak
Western Assam  
Ha Tinh, Nghe An, Thanh Hoa  

How Many People Speak
16,000,000.00  
30
76,000,000.00  
9

Dialect 3
Bhakatiya  
Mid-Central Vietnamese  

Where They Speak
Assam  
Hue, Quang Tri, Thua Thien  

How Many People Speak
16,000,000.00  
27
76,000,000.00  
8

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
5  
5

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
15.30 million  
99+
91.00 million  
16

Speaking Population
0.24 %  
99+
1.14 %  
17

Native Speakers
15.00 million  
40
75.00 million  
14

Second Language Speakers
15.00 million  
34
16.00 million  
33

Native Name
অসমীয়া (asamīẏa)  
tiếng việt (㗂越)  

Alternative Names
Asambe, Asami, Asamiya  
Annamese, Ching, Gin, Jing, Kinh, Viet  

French Name
assamais  
vietnamien  

German Name
Assamesisch  
Vietnamesisch  

Pronunciation
[ɔxɔmɔnɔ]  
[tĭəŋ vìəˀt] (Northern) [tǐəŋ jìək] (Southern)  

Ethnicity
Assamese people  
Vietnamese (Kinh) people  

History

Origin
7th century A.D  
c. 1440  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Austroasiatic Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
-  

Branch
Indic  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Kamarupa  
Pre-Vietnamese, Proto-Vietnamese, Archaic Vietnamese, Ancient Vietnamese, Middle Vietnamese, Modern Vietnamese  

Standard Forms
Assamese  
Standard Vietnamese  

Language Position
65  
99+
14  
13

Signed Forms
Signed Assamese  
Vietnamese sign languages  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
as  
vi  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
asm  
vie  

ISO 639 2/B
asm  
vie  

ISO 639 3
asm  
vie  

ISO 639 6
asm  
vie  

Glottocode
assa1263  
viet1252  

Linguasphere
59-AAF-w  
46-EBA  

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

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Assamese and Vietnamese Speaking population

Assamese and Vietnamese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Assamese and Vietnamese languages can be compared. The total count of Assamese and Vietnamese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Assamese language is 0.24 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Vietnamese language is 1.14 %. 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 Vietnamese on Assamese vs Vietnamese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Assamese and Vietnamese Language Codes

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

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