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Sanskrit and Assamese


Assamese and Sanskrit


Countries

Countries
India  
India  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
India  
Bangladesh, India  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Bangladesh, Bhutan  

Regulated By
-  
Asam Sahitya Sabha  

Interesting Facts
  • Sanskrit language has highest number of vocabularies than any other language.
  • Sanskrit Language has proved to help in speech therapy, also it increases concentration and helps to learn maths and science better.
  
  • 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
Old German Language  
Bengali and Oriya  

Derived From
Prakrit Language  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
52  
31
52  
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
16  
13
11  
8

How Many Consonants
36  
26
41  
30

Scripts
Devanagari  
Bengali  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
20 weeks  
5
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
नमस्कारः (namaskāraḥ)  
nomoskaar  

Thank You
धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh)  
ḍhonyobaaḍ  

How Are You?
कथमस्ति भवान् (kathamasti bhawān)  
aapuni kene aase?  

Good Night
शुभरात्री (shubharātrī)  
subhoraattri  

Good Evening
शुभः सायंकालः  
subha gadhuli  

Good Afternoon
शुभ दुपार  
subha abeli  

Good Morning
सुप्रभातम् (suprabhātam)  
suprobhaat  

Please
कृपया (kripayā)  
anugroha kori  

Sorry
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)  
moi ḍukkhita  

Bye
पुनः मिलामः(punah milamah)  
biḍai  

I Love You
त्वामनुरजामि (twāmanurajāmi)  
moi tomaak bhaalpaao  

Excuse Me
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)  
kyoma koribo  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Not present  
Kamrupi  

Where They Speak
-  
Western Assam  

How Many People Speak
140,000.00  
99+
6,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Not present  
Goalpariya  

Where They Speak
-  
Western Assam  

How Many People Speak
140,000.00  
99+
16,000,000.00  
30

Dialect 3
Not present  
Bhakatiya  

Where They Speak
-  
Assam  

How Many People Speak
140,000.00  
99+
16,000,000.00  
27

Total No. Of Dialects
0  
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
14.10 million  
99+
15.30 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.01 %  
99+
0.24 %  
99+

Native Speakers
14.10 million  
99+
15.00 million  
40

Second Language Speakers
-  
15.00 million  
34

Native Name
संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam)  
অসমীয়া (asamīẏa)  

Alternative Names
Saṃskṛtam, Sanskritam  
Asambe, Asami, Asamiya  

French Name
sanskrit  
assamais  

German Name
Sanskrit  
Assamesisch  

Pronunciation
[səmskr̩t̪əm]  
[ɔxɔmɔnɔ]  

Ethnicity
Sanskrit speakers  
Assamese people  

History

Origin
2000 B.C.  
7th century A.D  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Indic  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Vedic Sanskrit  
Kamarupa  

Standard Forms
Sanskrit  
Assamese  

Language Position
23  
21
65  
99+

Signed Forms
-  
Signed Assamese  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
sa  
as  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
san  
asm  

ISO 639 2/B
san  
asm  

ISO 639 3
san  
asm  

ISO 639 6
san  
asm  

Glottocode
sans1269  
assa1263  

Linguasphere
No data available  
59-AAF-w  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Ancient  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
-  

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All Sanskrit 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 Sanskrit and Assamese dialects. Various dialects of Sanskrit and Assamese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Sanskrit are spoken in different Sanskrit Speaking Countries whereas Assamese Dialects are spoken in different Assamese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Sanskrit vs Assamese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Assamese dialects include: Kamrupi , Goalpariya. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Sanskrit and Assamese Speaking population

Sanskrit and Assamese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Sanskrit and Assamese languages can be compared. The total count of Sanskrit and Assamese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Sanskrit language is 0.01 % 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 Sanskrit and Assamese on Sanskrit vs Assamese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Sanskrit and Assamese Language Codes

Sanskrit and Assamese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Sanskrit and Assamese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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