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English vs Assamese


Assamese vs English


Countries

Countries
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe   
India   

Total No. Of Countries
33   
2
1   
14

National Language
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America   
Bangladesh, India   

Second Language
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America   
Asia   

Minority Language
South Africa   
Bangladesh, Bhutan   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Asam Sahitya Sabha   

Interesting Facts
  • Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
  • English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
  
  • 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
Latin   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
52   
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
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
7   
6
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
6 weeks   
3
Not Available   

Greetings

Hello
Hello   
nomoskaar   

Thank You
Thank you   
ḍhonyobaaḍ   

How Are You?
How are you?   
aapuni kene aase?   

Good Night
Good Night   
subhoraattri   

Good Evening
Good Evening   
subha gadhuli   

Good Afternoon
Good Afternoon   
subha abeli   

Good Morning
Good Morning   
suprobhaat   

Please
Please   
anugroha kori   

Sorry
Sorry   
moi ḍukkhita   

Bye
Bye   
biḍai   

I Love You
I love you   
moi tomaak bhaalpaao   

Excuse Me
Excuse Me   
kyoma koribo   

Dialects

Dialect 1
American English   
Kamrupi   

Where They Speak
United States of America   
Western Assam   

How Many People Speak
225,000,000.00   
3
6,000,000.00   
16

Dialect 2
Hiberno-English   
Goalpariya   

Where They Speak
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom   
Western Assam   

How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00   
15
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Welsh English   
Bhakatiya   

Where They Speak
United Kingdom   
Assam   

How Many People Speak
2,500,000.00   
14
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
188   
34
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1,200.00 million   
1
15.30 million   
99+

Speaking Population
5.43 %   
4
0.24 %   
99+

Native Speakers
400.00 million   
3
15.00 million   
40

Second Language Speakers
400.00 million   
1
Not Available   

Native Name
English   
অসমীয়া (asamīẏa)   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Asambe, Asami, Asamiya   

French Name
anglais   
assamais   

German Name
Englisch   
Assamesisch   

Pronunciation
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Assamese people   

History

Origin
5th Century AD   
7th century A.D   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Not Available   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English   
Kamarupa   

Standard Forms
Standard English   
Assamese   

Language Position
3   
3
65   
99+

Signed Forms
Signed English   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
en   
as   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
eng   
asm   

ISO 639 2/B
eng   
asm   

ISO 639 3
eng   
asm   

ISO 639 6
engs   
Not Available   

Glottocode
stan1293   
assa1263   

Linguasphere
52-ABA   
59-AAF-w   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic   
Not Available   

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English and Assamese Language History

Comparison of English vs Assamese language history gives us differences between origin of English and Assamese language. History of English language states that this language originated in 5th Century AD 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 English and Assamese Language History.

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

English vs Assamese Difficulty

The English vs Assamese difficulty level basically depends on the number of English 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 English and Assamese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in English and Assamese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn English is 6 weeks while to learn Assamese time required is Not Available.

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