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Assamese vs Nepali


Nepali vs Assamese


Countries

Countries
India  
India, Nepal  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
Bangladesh, India  
Nepal  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Republic of Brazil  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan  
People's Republic of China  

Regulated By
Asam Sahitya Sabha  
Language Academy of Nepal  

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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  • Before the term "Nepali" was coined, historically the language was first called the Khas language, Gorkhali or Gukhali.
  • Nepali has borrowed many loanwords from neighboring Tibeto-Burmese languages.
  

Similar To
Bengali and Oriya  
Hindi  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
52  
31
48  
28

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
11  
8
12  
9

How Many Consonants
41  
30
36  
26

Scripts
Bengali  
Devanagari  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
nomoskaar  
नमस्ते (namaste)  

Thank You
ḍhonyobaaḍ  
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)  

How Are You?
aapuni kene aase?  
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)  

Good Night
subhoraattri  
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)  

Good Evening
subha gadhuli  
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)  

Good Afternoon
subha abeli  
Good afternoon  

Good Morning
suprobhaat  
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)  

Please
anugroha kori  
कृपया  

Sorry
moi ḍukkhita  
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)  

Bye
biḍai  
नमस्ते (namaste)  

I Love You
moi tomaak bhaalpaao  
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)  

Excuse Me
kyoma koribo  
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kamrupi  
Doteli  

Where They Speak
Western Assam  
Nepal  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
99+
790,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Goalpariya  
Bajhangi  

Where They Speak
Western Assam  
India, Nepal  

How Many People Speak
16,000,000.00  
30
17,000,000.00  
29

Dialect 3
Bhakatiya  
Baitadeli  

Where They Speak
Assam  
Nepal  

How Many People Speak
16,000,000.00  
27
17,000,000.00  
26

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
12  
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
15.30 million  
99+
30.00 million  
36

Speaking Population
0.24 %  
99+
0.25 %  
99+

Native Speakers
15.00 million  
40
25.00 million  
32

Second Language Speakers
15.00 million  
34
5.00 million  
99+

Native Name
অসমীয়া (asamīẏa)  
नेपाली (nēpālī)  

Alternative Names
Asambe, Asami, Asamiya  
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate  

French Name
assamais  
népalais  

German Name
Assamesisch  
Nepali  

Pronunciation
[ɔxɔmɔnɔ]  
[neˈpali]  

Ethnicity
Assamese people  
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu  

History

Origin
7th century A.D  
19 BC  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Indic  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Kamarupa  
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha  

Standard Forms
Assamese  
Nepali  

Language Position
65  
99+
59  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Assamese  
Signed Nepali  

Scope
Individual  
Individual, Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
as  
ne  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
asm  
nep  

ISO 639 2/B
asm  
nep  

ISO 639 3
asm  
npi  

ISO 639 6
asm  
nep  

Glottocode
assa1263  
nepa1254  

Linguasphere
59-AAF-w  
12  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Agglutinative  

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Assamese and Nepali Language History

Comparison of Assamese vs Nepali language history gives us differences between origin of Assamese and Nepali language. History of Assamese language states that this language originated in 7th century A.D whereas history of Nepali language states that this language originated in 19 BC. 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 Nepali Language History.

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

Assamese vs Nepali Difficulty

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

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