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Assamese vs Indonesian


Indonesian vs Assamese


Countries

Countries
India  
Indonesia  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Bangladesh, India  
Indonesia  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
East Timor, Indonesia  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan  
Denmark, East Timor, Netherlands  

Regulated By
Asam Sahitya Sabha  
Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa  

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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  • The modern Indonesian language uses many loan words from Persian, Chinese and Arabic.
  • In Indonesian language, spelling is phonetically precise, so that words are spelled as they sound.
  

Similar To
Bengali and Oriya  
Malay language  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
Malay and Dutch Languages  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
52  
31
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
11  
8
6  
3

How Many Consonants
41  
30
19  
9

Scripts
Bengali  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
7  
6

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
36 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
nomoskaar  
Halo  

Thank You
ḍhonyobaaḍ  
Terima kasih  

How Are You?
aapuni kene aase?  
Apa kabar?  

Good Night
subhoraattri  
Selamat Malam  

Good Evening
subha gadhuli  
Malam yang baik  

Good Afternoon
subha abeli  
Selamat Sore  

Good Morning
suprobhaat  
Selamat Pagi  

Please
anugroha kori  
mohon Untuk  

Sorry
moi ḍukkhita  
maaf  

Bye
biḍai  
Selamat tinggal  

I Love You
moi tomaak bhaalpaao  
Aku cinta kamu  

Excuse Me
kyoma koribo  
Permisi  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kamrupi  
Sundanese  

Where They Speak
Western Assam  
Indonesia  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
99+
38,000,000.00  
19

Dialect 2
Goalpariya  
Balinese  

Where They Speak
Western Assam  
Bali, Indonesia, Lombok and Java, Nusa Penida  

How Many People Speak
16,000,000.00  
30
3,300,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Bhakatiya  
Minangkabau  

Where They Speak
Assam  
Indonesia, Malaysia  

How Many People Speak
16,000,000.00  
27
6,000,000.00  
34

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
46  
30

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
15.30 million  
99+
163.00 million  
11

Speaking Population
0.24 %  
99+
1.16 %  
15

Native Speakers
15.00 million  
40
23.00 million  
34

Second Language Speakers
15.00 million  
34
140.00 million  
4

Native Name
অসমীয়া (asamīẏa)  
Bahasa Melayu  

Alternative Names
Asambe, Asami, Asamiya  
Bahasa Indonesia  

French Name
assamais  
indonésien  

German Name
Assamesisch  
Bahasa Indonesia  

Pronunciation
[ɔxɔmɔnɔ]  
[bahaˈsa indoneˈsia]  

Ethnicity
Assamese people  
Indonesians  

History

Origin
7th century A.D  
7th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Austronesian Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Indonesian  

Branch
Indic  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Kamarupa  
Old Malay  

Standard Forms
Assamese  
Indonesian  

Language Position
65  
99+
56  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Assamese  
Sistem Isyarat Bahasa Indonesia (SIBI, "Signed Indonesian")  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
as  
id  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
asm  
ind  

ISO 639 2/B
asm  
ind  

ISO 639 3
asm  
ind  

ISO 639 6
asm  
ind  

Glottocode
assa1263  
indo1316  

Linguasphere
59-AAF-w  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Agglutinative  

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Assamese and Indonesian Language History

Comparison of Assamese vs Indonesian language history gives us differences between origin of Assamese and Indonesian language. History of Assamese language states that this language originated in 7th century A.D whereas history of Indonesian language states that this language originated in 7th Century. 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 Indonesian Language History.

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Assamese and Indonesian 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 Indonesian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Assamese and Indonesian language. Assamese word for "Hello" is nomoskaar or Indonesian word for "Thank You" is Terima kasih. Find more of such common Assamese Greetings and Indonesian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Assamese vs Indonesian Difficulty

The Assamese vs Indonesian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Assamese Alphabets and Indonesian 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 Indonesian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Assamese and Indonesian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Assamese is 44 weeks while to learn Indonesian time required is 36 weeks.

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