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English vs Assamese


Countries

Countries
India  
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
33  
2

National Language
Bangladesh, India  
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America  

Minority Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan  
South Africa  

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.
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  • Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
  • English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
  

Similar To
Bengali and Oriya  
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and German Languages  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
Latin  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
52  
31
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
11  
8
5  
2

How Many Consonants
41  
30
21  
11

Scripts
Bengali  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
7  
6

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
6 weeks  
3

Greetings

Hello
nomoskaar  
Hello  

Thank You
ḍhonyobaaḍ  
Thank you  

How Are You?
aapuni kene aase?  
How are you?  

Good Night
subhoraattri  
Good Night  

Good Evening
subha gadhuli  
Good Evening  

Good Afternoon
subha abeli  
Good Afternoon  

Good Morning
suprobhaat  
Good Morning  

Please
anugroha kori  
Please  

Sorry
moi ḍukkhita  
Sorry  

Bye
biḍai  
Bye  

I Love You
moi tomaak bhaalpaao  
I love you  

Excuse Me
kyoma koribo  
Excuse Me  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kamrupi  
American English  

Where They Speak
Western Assam  
United States of America  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
99+
225,000,000.00  
4

Dialect 2
Goalpariya  
Hiberno-English  

Where They Speak
Western Assam  
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom  

How Many People Speak
16,000,000.00  
30
4,500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Bhakatiya  
Welsh English  

Where They Speak
Assam  
United Kingdom  

How Many People Speak
16,000,000.00  
27
2,500,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
188  
34

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
15.30 million  
99+
1,200.00 million  
1

Speaking Population
0.24 %  
99+
5.43 %  
4

Native Speakers
15.00 million  
40
400.00 million  
3

Second Language Speakers
15.00 million  
34
400.00 million  
1

Native Name
অসমীয়া (asamīẏa)  
English  

Alternative Names
Asambe, Asami, Asamiya  
English  

French Name
assamais  
anglais  

German Name
Assamesisch  
Englisch  

Pronunciation
[ɔxɔmɔnɔ]  
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/  

Ethnicity
Assamese people  
English people  

History

Origin
7th century A.D  
5th Century AD  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
-  

Branch
Indic  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Kamarupa  
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English  

Standard Forms
Assamese  
Standard English  

Language Position
65  
99+
3  
3

Signed Forms
Signed Assamese  
Signed English  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
as  
en  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
asm  
eng  

ISO 639 2/B
asm  
eng  

ISO 639 3
asm  
eng  

ISO 639 6
asm  
engs  

Glottocode
assa1263  
stan1293  

Linguasphere
59-AAF-w  
52-ABA  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic  

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Assamese and English Language History

Comparison of Assamese vs English language history gives us differences between origin of Assamese and English language. History of Assamese language states that this language originated in 7th century A.D whereas history of English language states that this language originated in 5th Century AD. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Assamese and English Language History.

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Assamese and English Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Assamese and English greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Assamese and English language. Assamese word for "Hello" is nomoskaar or English word for "Thank You" is Thank you. Find more of such common Assamese Greetings and English Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Assamese vs English Difficulty

The Assamese vs English difficulty level basically depends on the number of Assamese Alphabets and English Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Assamese and English are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Assamese and English, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Assamese is 44 weeks while to learn English time required is 6 weeks.

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