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Bhojpuri vs Assamese


Assamese vs Bhojpuri


Countries

Countries
India, No official status  
India  

Total No. Of Countries
0  
15
1  
14

National Language
India  
Bangladesh, India  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Fiji, Guyana, Jamaica, Mauritius, Nepal, Pakistan, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago  
Bangladesh, Bhutan  

Regulated By
-  
Asam Sahitya Sabha  

Interesting Facts
  • Bhojpuri was anciently written in Kaithi scripts.
  • In Mughal Era, Kaithi script was used in administrative purposes for writing in Bhojpuri language.
  
  • 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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Similar To
Maithili and Magahi  
Bengali and Oriya  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
43  
23
52  
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
11  
8
11  
8

How Many Consonants
34  
24
41  
30

Scripts
Devanagari  
Bengali  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
प्रणाम (prannam)  
nomoskaar  

Thank You
धन्वाद (dhanvaad)  
ḍhonyobaaḍ  

How Are You?
का हाल बा? (kaa haal ba?)  
aapuni kene aase?  

Good Night
राम राम (raam raam)  
subhoraattri  

Good Evening
राम राम (raam raam)  
subha gadhuli  

Good Afternoon
राम राम (raam raam)  
subha abeli  

Good Morning
राम राम (raam raam)  
suprobhaat  

Please
मेहरबानी करके (meharbani karke)  
anugroha kori  

Sorry
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)  
moi ḍukkhita  

Bye
प्रणाम (prannam)  
biḍai  

I Love You
हम तोहसे प्यार करेनी (hum tohse pyaar kareni)  
moi tomaak bhaalpaao  

Excuse Me
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)  
kyoma koribo  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Caribbean Hindustani  
Kamrupi  

Where They Speak
Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago  
Western Assam  

How Many People Speak
16,000.00  
99+
6,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Fiji Hindi  
Goalpariya  

Where They Speak
Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States of America  
Western Assam  

How Many People Speak
380,000.00  
99+
16,000,000.00  
30

Dialect 3
Tharu Bhojpuri  
Bhakatiya  

Where They Speak
India  
Assam  

How Many People Speak
38,000,000.00  
16
16,000,000.00  
27

Total No. Of Dialects
13  
13
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
40.00 million  
31
15.30 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.43 %  
33
0.24 %  
99+

Native Speakers
40.00 million  
24
15.00 million  
40

Second Language Speakers
38.00 million  
23
15.00 million  
34

Native Name
भोजपुरी (bʰojpurī)  
অসমীয়া (asamīẏa)  

Alternative Names
Bajpuri, Bhojapuri, Bhozpuri, Bihari, Deswali, Khotla, Piscimas  
Asambe, Asami, Asamiya  

French Name
bhojpuri  
assamais  

German Name
Bhojpuri  
Assamesisch  

Pronunciation
/boʊdʒˈpʊəri/  
[ɔxɔmɔnɔ]  

Ethnicity
Bhojpuri speakers  
Assamese people  

History

Origin
19th Century  
7th century A.D  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
-  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Kamarupa  

Standard Forms
Bhojpuri  
Assamese  

Language Position
37  
34
65  
99+

Signed Forms
Bhojpuri Sign Language  
Signed Assamese  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data Available  
as  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
bho  
asm  

ISO 639 2/B
bho  
asm  

ISO 639 3
bho  
asm  

ISO 639 6
bho  
asm  

Glottocode
bhoj1246  
assa1263  

Linguasphere
59-AAF-sa  
59-AAF-w  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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Bhojpuri and Assamese Language History

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

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

Bhojpuri vs Assamese Difficulty

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

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