Nepali and Assamese
Countries
India, Nepal
India
National Language
Nepal
Bangladesh, India
Second Language
Republic of Brazil
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
People's Republic of China
Bangladesh, Bhutan
Regulated By
Language Academy of Nepal
Asam Sahitya Sabha
Interesting Facts
- Before the term "Nepali" was coined, historically the language was first called the Khas language, Gorkhali or Gukhali.
- Nepali has borrowed many loanwords from neighboring Tibeto-Burmese languages.
- 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.
Similar To
Hindi
Bengali and Oriya
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Devanagari
Bengali
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
Hello
नमस्ते (namaste)
nomoskaar
Thank You
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)
ḍhonyobaaḍ
How Are You?
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)
aapuni kene aase?
Good Night
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)
subhoraattri
Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)
subha gadhuli
Good Afternoon
Good afternoon
subha abeli
Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)
suprobhaat
Please
कृपया
anugroha kori
Sorry
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
moi ḍukkhita
Bye
नमस्ते (namaste)
biḍai
I Love You
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)
moi tomaak bhaalpaao
Excuse Me
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
kyoma koribo
Where They Speak
Nepal
Western Assam
Dialect 2
Bajhangi
Goalpariya
Where They Speak
India, Nepal
Western Assam
Dialect 3
Baitadeli
Bhakatiya
Where They Speak
Nepal
Assam
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
नेपाली (nēpālī)
অসমীয়া (asamīẏa)
Alternative Names
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate
Asambe, Asami, Asamiya
French Name
népalais
assamais
German Name
Nepali
Assamesisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
Ethnicity
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu
Assamese people
Origin
19 BC
7th century A.D
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Indo-Iranian
Early Forms
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha
Kamarupa
Standard Forms
Nepali
Assamese
Signed Forms
Signed Nepali
Not Available
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
nepa1254
assa1263
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Not Available
All Nepali 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 Nepali and Assamese dialects. Various dialects of Nepali and Assamese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Nepali are spoken in different Nepali Speaking Countries whereas Assamese Dialects are spoken in different Assamese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Nepali vs Assamese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Nepali dialects include: Doteli, Bajhangi. Assamese dialects include: Kamrupi , Goalpariya. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Nepali and Assamese Speaking population
Nepali and Assamese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Nepali and Assamese languages can be compared. The total count of Nepali and Assamese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Nepali language is 0.25 % 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 Nepali and Assamese on Nepali vs Assamese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Nepali and Assamese Language Codes
Nepali and Assamese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Nepali and Assamese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.