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Chinese vs Assamese


Assamese vs 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
Not Available   
Bengali and Oriya   

Derived From
Not Available   
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   
13
Not Available   

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   
16

Dialect 2
Wu   
Goalpariya   

Where They Speak
China, United States of America   
Western Assam   

How Many People Speak
80,000,000.00   
1
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Yue   
Bhakatiya   

Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam   
Assam   

How Many People Speak
60,000,000.00   
2
Not Available   

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
Not Available   

Native Name
中文 (zhōngwén)   
অসমীয়া (asamīẏa)   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Asambe, Asami, Asamiya   

French Name
chinois   
assamais   

German Name
Chinesisch   
Assamesisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Han   
Assamese people   

History

Origin
1250 BC   
7th century A.D   

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Not Available   
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))   
Not Available   

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
Not Available   
Not Available   

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   
Not Available   

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Chinese and Assamese Language History

Comparison of Chinese vs Assamese language history gives us differences between origin of Chinese and Assamese language. History of Chinese language states that this language originated in 1250 BC 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 Chinese and Assamese Language History.

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

Chinese vs Assamese Difficulty

The Chinese vs Assamese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Chinese 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 Chinese and Assamese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Chinese and Assamese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Chinese is 88 weeks while to learn Assamese time required is Not Available.

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