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Dutch vs Assamese


Assamese vs Dutch


Countries

Countries
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname  
India  

Total No. Of Countries
6  
9
1  
14

National Language
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname  
Bangladesh, India  

Second Language
South Africa  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe, North America, South America  
Asia  

Minority Language
France, Germany, Indonesia  
Bangladesh, Bhutan  

Regulated By
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)  
Asam Sahitya Sabha  

Interesting Facts
  • Dutch language consist of extremely long words. The longest dutch word in the dictionary is 53 letters long.
  • There exists 75% borrowed words in Dutch language, and a lot of those are French, English and Hebrew.
  
  • 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
German and English Languages  
Bengali and Oriya  

Derived From
-  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26  
8
52  
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
11  
8

How Many Consonants
21  
11
41  
30

Scripts
Latin  
Bengali  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Hallo  
nomoskaar  

Thank You
dankjewel  
ḍhonyobaaḍ  

How Are You?
hoe gaat het met je?  
aapuni kene aase?  

Good Night
goede Nacht  
subhoraattri  

Good Evening
goedenavond  
subha gadhuli  

Good Afternoon
goedemiddag  
subha abeli  

Good Morning
goedemorgen  
suprobhaat  

Please
alsjeblieft  
anugroha kori  

Sorry
sorry  
moi ḍukkhita  

Bye
vaarwel  
biḍai  

I Love You
Ik hou van jou  
moi tomaak bhaalpaao  

Excuse Me
pardon  
kyoma koribo  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gronings  
Kamrupi  

Where They Speak
Netherlands  
Western Assam  

How Many People Speak
590,000.00  
99+
6,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Low Saxon  
Goalpariya  

Where They Speak
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands  
Western Assam  

How Many People Speak
4,000,000.00  
99+
16,000,000.00  
30

Dialect 3
Limburgian  
Bhakatiya  

Where They Speak
Belgium, Netherlands  
Assam  

How Many People Speak
1,300,000.00  
99+
16,000,000.00  
27

Total No. Of Dialects
7  
7
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
28.00 million  
38
15.30 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.32 %  
40
0.24 %  
99+

Native Speakers
22.00 million  
35
15.00 million  
40

Second Language Speakers
6.00 million  
99+
15.00 million  
34

Native Name
Nederlands  
অসমীয়া (asamīẏa)  

Alternative Names
Hollands, Nederlands  
Asambe, Asami, Asamiya  

French Name
néerlandais; flamand  
assamais  

German Name
Niederländisch  
Assamesisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]  
[ɔxɔmɔnɔ]  

Ethnicity
Dutch people  
Assamese people  

History

Origin
AD 450-500  
7th century A.D  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Germanic  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Western  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch  
Kamarupa  

Standard Forms
Standard Dutch  
Assamese  

Language Position
48  
99+
65  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)  
Signed Assamese  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
nl  
as  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nld  
asm  

ISO 639 2/B
dut  
asm  

ISO 639 3
nld  
asm  

ISO 639 6
nld  
asm  

Glottocode
mode1257  
assa1263  

Linguasphere
52-ACB-a  
59-AAF-w  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Historical  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
-  

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Dutch and Assamese Language History

Comparison of Dutch vs Assamese language history gives us differences between origin of Dutch and Assamese language. History of Dutch language states that this language originated in AD 450-500 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 Dutch and Assamese Language History.

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

Dutch vs Assamese Difficulty

The Dutch vs Assamese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Dutch 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 Dutch and Assamese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Dutch and Assamese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Dutch is 24 weeks while to learn Assamese time required is 44 weeks.

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