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Urdu vs Assamese


Assamese vs Urdu


Countries

Countries
India, Pakistan  
India  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
Pakistan  
Bangladesh, India  

Second Language
Pakistan  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Oceania  
Asia  

Minority Language
India  
Bangladesh, Bhutan  

Regulated By
National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language, India, National Language Authority, Pakistan  
Asam Sahitya Sabha  

Interesting Facts
  • Urdu is a language of beauty and grace, that adds meaning to prose and charm to poetry.
  • Different languages such as Arabic, Persian and Turkish gave birth and richness to Urdu.
  
  • 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
Arabic and Hindi Languages  
Bengali and Oriya  

Derived From
Ghaznavid Persian Language  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
52  
31
52  
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10  
7
11  
8

How Many Consonants
40  
29
41  
30

Scripts
Arabic  
Bengali  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
خوش آمديد  
nomoskaar  

Thank You
آپ کا شکریہ  
ḍhonyobaaḍ  

How Are You?
آپ کیسے ہیں؟  
aapuni kene aase?  

Good Night
گڈ نائٹ  
subhoraattri  

Good Evening
سلام علیکم  
subha gadhuli  

Good Afternoon
گڈ آفٹر نون  
subha abeli  

Good Morning
گڈ مارننگ  
suprobhaat  

Please
براہ مہربانی  
anugroha kori  

Sorry
معاف کرنا  
moi ḍukkhita  

Bye
الوداع  
biḍai  

I Love You
مجھے تم سے محبت  
moi tomaak bhaalpaao  

Excuse Me
معاف کیجئے گا  
kyoma koribo  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Dakhini  
Kamrupi  

Where They Speak
India  
Western Assam  

How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00  
36
6,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Hyderabadi Urdu  
Goalpariya  

Where They Speak
India  
Western Assam  

How Many People Speak
69,000,000.00  
12
16,000,000.00  
30

Dialect 3
Rekhta  
Bhakatiya  

Where They Speak
South Asia  
Assam  

How Many People Speak
69,000,000.00  
11
16,000,000.00  
27

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
104.00 million  
15
15.30 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.99 %  
21
0.24 %  
99+

Native Speakers
61.00 million  
19
15.00 million  
40

Second Language Speakers
43.00 million  
20
15.00 million  
34

Native Name
اُردُو  
অসমীয়া (asamīẏa)  

Alternative Names
Bihari  
Asambe, Asami, Asamiya  

French Name
ourdou  
assamais  

German Name
Urdu  
Assamesisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈʊrd̪u]  
[ɔxɔmɔnɔ]  

Ethnicity
Urdu-speaking people  
Assamese people  

History

Origin
12th Century CE  
7th century A.D  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Indic  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Kamarupa  

Standard Forms
Modern Standard Urdu  
Assamese  

Language Position
20  
18
65  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Urdu  
Signed Assamese  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ur  
as  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
urd  
asm  

ISO 639 2/B
urd  
asm  

ISO 639 3
urd  
asm  

ISO 639 6
urd  
asm  

Glottocode
urdu1245  
assa1263  

Linguasphere
59-AAF-q  
59-AAF-w  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
-  

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Urdu and Assamese Language History

Comparison of Urdu vs Assamese language history gives us differences between origin of Urdu and Assamese language. History of Urdu language states that this language originated in 12th Century CE 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 Urdu and Assamese Language History.

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

Urdu vs Assamese Difficulty

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

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