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Assamese vs Telugu


Countries

Countries
Andra Pradesh, India, Telangana, Yanam  
India  

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
1  
14

National Language
Andra Pradesh, India  
Bangladesh, India  

Second Language
Karnataka  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Odisha, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu  
Bangladesh, Bhutan  

Regulated By
Telugu Academy and Official Language Commission of Government of Andhra Pradesh  
Asam Sahitya Sabha  

Interesting Facts
  • Telugu is the only language in the Eastern world that has every single word that ends with a vowel sound. Telugu language is called "Italian of the East".
  • Telugu is one of the oldest language in India which is 2,400 years old.
  
  • 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
Tamil  
Bengali and Oriya  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
60  
35
52  
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
19  
16
11  
8

How Many Consonants
41  
30
41  
30

Scripts
Telugu Script  
Bengali  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
హలో (Halō)  
nomoskaar  

Thank You
ధన్యవాదాలు (Dhan'yavādālu)  
ḍhonyobaaḍ  

How Are You?
నువ్వు ఎలా ఉన్నావు? (Nuvvu elā unnāvu?)  
aapuni kene aase?  

Good Night
శుభ రాత్రి (Śubha rātri)  
subhoraattri  

Good Evening
శుభ సాయంత్రం (Śubha sāyantraṁ)  
subha gadhuli  

Good Afternoon
శుభ మద్యాహ్నం (Śubha madyāhnaṁ)  
subha abeli  

Good Morning
శుభోదయం (Śubhōdayaṁ)  
suprobhaat  

Please
దయచేసి (Dayacēsi)  
anugroha kori  

Sorry
క్షమించాలి (Kṣamin̄cāli)  
moi ḍukkhita  

Bye
బై (Bai)  
biḍai  

I Love You
నేను నిన్ను ప్రేమిస్తున్నాను (Nēnu ninnu prēmistunnānu)  
moi tomaak bhaalpaao  

Excuse Me
క్షమించండి (Kṣamin̄caṇḍi)  
kyoma koribo  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Waddar  
Kamrupi  

Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra  
Western Assam  

How Many People Speak
170,000.00  
99+
6,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Chenchu  
Goalpariya  

Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Orissa  
Western Assam  

How Many People Speak
26,000.00  
99+
16,000,000.00  
30

Dialect 3
Manna-Dora  
Bhakatiya  

Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu  
Assam  

How Many People Speak
30,000.00  
99+
16,000,000.00  
27

Total No. Of Dialects
38  
28
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
80.00 million  
20
15.30 million  
99+

Speaking Population
1.15 %  
16
0.24 %  
99+

Native Speakers
75.00 million  
14
15.00 million  
40

Second Language Speakers
5.00 million  
99+
15.00 million  
34

Native Name
తెలుగు (telugu)  
অসমীয়া (asamīẏa)  

Alternative Names
Andhra, Gentoo, Tailangi, Telangire, Telegu, Telgi, Tengu, Terangi, Tolangan  
Asambe, Asami, Asamiya  

French Name
télougou  
assamais  

German Name
Telugu-Sprache  
Assamesisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈteluɡu]  
[ɔxɔmɔnɔ]  

Ethnicity
Telugu people  
Assamese people  

History

Origin
c. 575  
7th century A.D  

Language Family
Dravidian Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
-  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Early Telugu epigraphy  
Kamarupa  

Standard Forms
Telugu  
Assamese  

Language Position
15  
14
65  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Telugu  
Signed Assamese  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
te  
as  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
tel  
asm  

ISO 639 2/B
tel  
asm  

ISO 639 3
tel  
asm  

ISO 639 6
tel  
asm  

Glottocode
telu1262  
assa1263  

Linguasphere
No data available  
59-AAF-w  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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Telugu and Assamese Language History

Comparison of Telugu vs Assamese language history gives us differences between origin of Telugu and Assamese language. History of Telugu language states that this language originated in c. 575 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 Telugu and Assamese Language History.

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

Telugu vs Assamese Difficulty

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

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