Cantonese and Assamese
Countries
Hong Kong, Macau
India
National Language
China, Guangdong
Bangladesh, India
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Hawaii
Bangladesh, Bhutan
Regulated By
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division
Asam Sahitya Sabha
Interesting Facts
- Cantonese have lot of slangs, many of them include words that do not make sense at all and some also have English in them.
- Even though Cantonese and Mandarin are dialects of Chinese, Cantonese has 8 tones instead of Mandarin's 4.
- 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.
Similar To
Chinese Language
Bengali and Oriya
Derived From
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Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Cantonese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Assamese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Bengali
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
How Are You?
你好吗？
aapuni kene aase?
Good Night
晚安
subhoraattri
Good Evening
晚上好
subha gadhuli
Good Afternoon
下午好
subha abeli
Good Morning
早上好
suprobhaat
I Love You
我爱你
moi tomaak bhaalpaao
Excuse Me
原谅我
kyoma koribo
Dialect 1
Guangzhou
Kamrupi
Where They Speak
outside mainland China
Western Assam
Dialect 2
Xiguan
Goalpariya
Where They Speak
Hong Kong
Western Assam
Dialect 3
Hong Kong
Bhakatiya
Where They Speak
Hong Kong
Assam
Native Name
Kwang Tung Wa
অসমীয়া (asamīẏa)
Alternative Names
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese
Asambe, Asami, Asamiya
French Name
cantonais
assamais
German Name
Kantonesisch
Assamesisch
Pronunciation
[kʰɐn˧˥tʰœːn˧˥sɨ˧˥]
[ɔxɔmɔnɔ]
Ethnicity
Han Chinese
Assamese people
Origin
17th century
7th century A.D
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Indo-European Family
Early Forms
No early forms
Kamarupa
Standard Forms
Standard Cantonese
Assamese
Signed Forms
Signed Cantonese
Signed Assamese
ISO 639 1
No data available
as
ISO 639 3
No data available
asm
Glottocode
cant1236
assa1263
Linguasphere
No data available
59-AAF-w
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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All Cantonese and Assamese 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 Cantonese and Assamese dialects. Various dialects of Cantonese and Assamese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Cantonese are spoken in different Cantonese Speaking Countries whereas Assamese Dialects are spoken in different Assamese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Cantonese vs Assamese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Cantonese dialects include: Guangzhou, Xiguan. Assamese dialects include: Kamrupi , Goalpariya. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Cantonese and Assamese Speaking population
Cantonese and Assamese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Cantonese and Assamese languages can be compared. The total count of Cantonese and Assamese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Cantonese language is 16.00 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Assamese language is 0.24 %. 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 Cantonese and Assamese on Cantonese vs Assamese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Cantonese and Assamese Language Codes
Cantonese and Assamese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Cantonese and Assamese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.