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Assamese and Chinese


Countries

Countries
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan  
India  

Total No. Of Countries
5  
10
1  
14

National Language
China, Taiwan  
Bangladesh, India  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Indonesia, Malaysia  
Bangladesh, Bhutan  

Regulated By
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council  
Asam Sahitya Sabha  

Interesting Facts
  • Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
  • In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
  
  • 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
Japanese and Korean Languages  
Bengali and Oriya  

Derived From
-  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26  
8
52  
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
24  
19
11  
8

How Many Consonants
23  
13
41  
30

Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives  
Bengali  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
19
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
您好 (Nín hǎo)  
nomoskaar  

Thank You
谢谢 (Xièxiè)  
ḍhonyobaaḍ  

How Are You?
你好吗? (Nǐ hǎo ma?)  
aapuni kene aase?  

Good Night
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)  
subhoraattri  

Good Evening
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)  
subha gadhuli  

Good Afternoon
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)  
subha abeli  

Good Morning
早安 (Zǎo ān)  
suprobhaat  

Please
请 (Qǐng)  
anugroha kori  

Sorry
遗憾 (Yíhàn)  
moi ḍukkhita  

Bye
再见 (Zàijiàn)  
biḍai  

I Love You
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)  
moi tomaak bhaalpaao  

Excuse Me
劳驾 (Láojià)  
kyoma koribo  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Mandarin  
Kamrupi  

Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan  
Western Assam  

How Many People Speak
960,000,000.00  
1
6,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Wu  
Goalpariya  

Where They Speak
China, United States of America  
Western Assam  

How Many People Speak
80,000,000.00  
6
16,000,000.00  
30

Dialect 3
Yue  
Bhakatiya  

Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam  
Assam  

How Many People Speak
60,000,000.00  
12
16,000,000.00  
27

Total No. Of Dialects
10  
10
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1,051.00 million  
2
15.30 million  
99+

Speaking Population
16.00 %  
2
0.24 %  
99+

Native Speakers
873.00 million  
1
15.00 million  
40

Second Language Speakers
178.00 million  
3
15.00 million  
34

Native Name
中文 (zhōngwén)  
অসমীয়া (asamīẏa)  

Alternative Names
Zhongwen, Hanyu  
Asambe, Asami, Asamiya  

French Name
chinois  
assamais  

German Name
Chinesisch  
Assamesisch  

Pronunciation
[ʈʂʰíŋ] [huà]  
[ɔxɔmɔnɔ]  

Ethnicity
Han  
Assamese people  

History

Origin
1250 BC  
7th century A.D  

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
-  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Kamarupa  

Standard Forms
Standard Chinese  
Assamese  

Language Position
1  
1
65  
99+

Signed Forms
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))  
Signed Assamese  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
zh  
as  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
zho  
asm  

ISO 639 2/B
chi  
asm  

ISO 639 3
zho  
asm  

ISO 639 6
zho  
asm  

Glottocode
sini1245  
assa1263  

Linguasphere
79-AAA  
59-AAF-w  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating  
-  

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All Chinese 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 Chinese and Assamese dialects. Various dialects of Chinese and Assamese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Chinese are spoken in different Chinese Speaking Countries whereas Assamese Dialects are spoken in different Assamese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Chinese vs Assamese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Chinese dialects include: Mandarin, Wu. Assamese dialects include: Kamrupi , Goalpariya. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Chinese and Assamese Speaking population

Chinese and Assamese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Chinese and Assamese languages can be compared. The total count of Chinese and Assamese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Chinese 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 Chinese and Assamese on Chinese vs Assamese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Chinese and Assamese Language Codes

Chinese and Assamese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Chinese and Assamese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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