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Indonesian vs Assamese


Assamese vs Indonesian


Countries

Countries
Indonesia   
India   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Indonesia   
Bangladesh, India   

Second Language
East Timor, Indonesia   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
Denmark, East Timor, Netherlands   
Bangladesh, Bhutan   

Regulated By
Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa   
Asam Sahitya Sabha   

Interesting Facts
  • The modern Indonesian language uses many loan words from Persian, Chinese and Arabic.
  • In Indonesian language, spelling is phonetically precise, so that words are spelled as they sound.
  
  • 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
Malay language   
Bengali and Oriya   

Derived From
Malay and Dutch Languages   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
52   
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
11   
8

How Many Consonants
19   
9
41   
30

Scripts
Latin   
Bengali   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
7   
6
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks   
10
Not Available   

Greetings

Hello
Halo   
nomoskaar   

Thank You
Terima kasih   
ḍhonyobaaḍ   

How Are You?
Apa kabar?   
aapuni kene aase?   

Good Night
Selamat Malam   
subhoraattri   

Good Evening
Malam yang baik   
subha gadhuli   

Good Afternoon
Selamat Sore   
subha abeli   

Good Morning
Selamat Pagi   
suprobhaat   

Please
mohon Untuk   
anugroha kori   

Sorry
maaf   
moi ḍukkhita   

Bye
Selamat tinggal   
biḍai   

I Love You
Aku cinta kamu   
moi tomaak bhaalpaao   

Excuse Me
Permisi   
kyoma koribo   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Sundanese   
Kamrupi   

Where They Speak
Indonesia   
Western Assam   

How Many People Speak
38,000,000.00   
8
6,000,000.00   
16

Dialect 2
Balinese   
Goalpariya   

Where They Speak
Bali, Indonesia, Lombok and Java, Nusa Penida   
Western Assam   

How Many People Speak
3,300,000.00   
17
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Minangkabau   
Bhakatiya   

Where They Speak
Indonesia, Malaysia   
Assam   

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00   
7
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
46   
30
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
163.00 million   
11
15.30 million   
99+

Speaking Population
1.16 %   
14
0.24 %   
99+

Native Speakers
23.00 million   
34
15.00 million   
40

Second Language Speakers
140.00 million   
4
Not Available   

Native Name
Bahasa Melayu   
অসমীয়া (asamīẏa)   

Alternative Names
Bahasa Indonesia   
Asambe, Asami, Asamiya   

French Name
indonésien   
assamais   

German Name
Bahasa Indonesia   
Assamesisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Indonesians   
Assamese people   

History

Origin
7th Century   
7th century A.D   

Language Family
Austronesian Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Indonesian   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Not Available   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Malay   
Kamarupa   

Standard Forms
Indonesian   
Assamese   

Language Position
56   
99+
65   
99+

Signed Forms
Sistem Isyarat Bahasa Indonesia (SIBI, "Signed Indonesian")   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
id   
as   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ind   
asm   

ISO 639 2/B
ind   
asm   

ISO 639 3
ind   
asm   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
indo1316   
assa1263   

Linguasphere
No data available   
59-AAF-w   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative   
Not Available   

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Indonesian and Assamese Language History

Comparison of Indonesian vs Assamese language history gives us differences between origin of Indonesian and Assamese language. History of Indonesian language states that this language originated in 7th Century 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 Indonesian and Assamese Language History.

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

Indonesian vs Assamese Difficulty

The Indonesian vs Assamese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Indonesian 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 Indonesian and Assamese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Indonesian and Assamese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Indonesian is 36 weeks while to learn Assamese time required is Not Available.

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