Assamese and Xhosa
Countries
India
South Africa
National Language
Bangladesh, India
South Africa
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Lesotho, South Africa
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan
Botswana, Lesotho
Regulated By
Asam Sahitya Sabha
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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.
- Xhosa has 15 click sounds, borrowed from the khoi-khoi and san languages of the South Africa.
- The same sequence of consonants and vowels can have different meaning when said with different tones, so Xhosa is tonal.
Similar To
Bengali and Oriya
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Time Taken to Learn
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Thank You
ḍhonyobaaḍ
Ndiyabulela
How Are You?
aapuni kene aase?
Unjani
Good Night
subhoraattri
Ulale kakuhle
Good Evening
subha gadhuli
Ubusuku obuhle
Good Afternoon
subha abeli
Uben' emva kwemini entle
Good Morning
suprobhaat
Molo
Please
anugroha kori
Ndicela
Sorry
moi ḍukkhita
Ndicela uxolo
Bye
biḍai
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle
I Love You
moi tomaak bhaalpaao
Ndiyakuthanda
Excuse Me
kyoma koribo
Uxolo
Dialect 1
Kamrupi
Gcaleka
Where They Speak
Western Assam
South Africa
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Goalpariya
Thembu
Where They Speak
Western Assam
South Africa
Dialect 3
Bhakatiya
Hlubi
Where They Speak
Assam
South Africa
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
অসমীয়া (asamīẏa)
isiXhosa
Alternative Names
Asambe, Asami, Asamiya
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa
French Name
assamais
xhosa
German Name
Assamesisch
Xhosa-Sprache
Pronunciation
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Ethnicity
Assamese people
amaXhosa, amaBhaca
Origin
7th century A.D
16th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Benue-Congo
Early Forms
Kamarupa
No early forms
Standard Forms
Assamese
isiXhosa
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Signed Xhosa
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
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Glottocode
assa1263
xhos1239
Linguasphere
59-AAF-w
99-AUT-fa
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
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All Assamese and Xhosa 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 Xhosa dialects. Various dialects of Assamese and Xhosa language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Assamese are spoken in different Assamese Speaking Countries whereas Xhosa Dialects are spoken in different Xhosa speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Assamese vs Xhosa Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Assamese dialects include: Kamrupi, Goalpariya. Xhosa dialects include: Gcaleka , Thembu. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Assamese and Xhosa Speaking population
Assamese and Xhosa speaking population is one of the factors based on which Assamese and Xhosa languages can be compared. The total count of Assamese and Xhosa Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Assamese language is 0.24 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Xhosa language is 0.11 %. 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 Xhosa on Assamese vs Xhosa where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Assamese and Xhosa Language Codes
Assamese and Xhosa language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Assamese and Xhosa Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.