Countries
South Africa
  
India
  
National Language
South Africa
  
Bangladesh, India
  
Second Language
Namibia, South Africa
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
  
Bangladesh, Bhutan
  
Regulated By
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
  
Asam Sahitya Sabha
  
Interesting Facts
- Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
- Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
  
- 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
Dutch Language
  
Bengali and Oriya
  
Derived From
Dutch Language
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Afrikaans-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Assamese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Bengali
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
hallo
  
nomoskaar
  
Thank You
Dankie
  
ḍhonyobaaḍ
  
How Are You?
Hoe gaan dit
  
aapuni kene aase?
  
Good Night
goeie nag
  
subhoraattri
  
Good Evening
Goeienaand
  
subha gadhuli
  
Good Afternoon
Goeie middag
  
subha abeli
  
Good Morning
goeie more
  
suprobhaat
  
Please
asseblief
  
anugroha kori
  
Sorry
jammer
  
moi ḍukkhita
  
Bye
Not Available
  
biḍai
  
I Love You
Ek het jou lief
  
moi tomaak bhaalpaao
  
Excuse Me
Verskoon my
  
kyoma koribo
  
Dialect 1
Kaapse Afrikaans
  
Kamrupi
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Western Assam
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
6,000,000.00
  
16
Dialect 2
Oranjeriverafrikaans
  
Goalpariya
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Western Assam
  
Dialect 3
Baster Afrikaans
  
Bhakatiya
  
Where They Speak
Namibia
  
Assam
  
How Many People Speak?
19.00 million
  
99+
15.30 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
7.10 million
  
99+
15.00 million
  
40
Second Language Speakers
10.30 million
  
22
Not Available
  
Native Name
Afrikaans
  
অসমীয়া (asamīẏa)
  
Alternative Names
Cape Dutch
  
Asambe, Asami, Asamiya
  
French Name
afrikaans
  
assamais
  
German Name
Afrikaans
  
Assamesisch
  
Pronunciation
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Afrikaners
  
Assamese people
  
Origin
17th Century
  
7th century A.D
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Germanic
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Western
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
  
Kamarupa
  
Standard Forms
Standard Afrikaans
  
Assamese
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
af
  
as
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
afr
  
asm
  
ISO 639 2/B
afr
  
asm
  
ISO 639 3
afr
  
asm
  
ISO 639 6
afrs
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
afri1274
  
assa1263
  
Linguasphere
52-ACB-ba
  
59-AAF-w
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic
  
Not Available
  
Afrikaans 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 Afrikaans and Assamese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Afrikaans and Assamese language. Afrikaans word for "Hello" is hallo or Assamese word for "Thank You" is ḍhonyobaaḍ. Find more of such common Afrikaans Greetings and Assamese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Afrikaans vs Assamese Difficulty
The Afrikaans vs Assamese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Afrikaans 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 Afrikaans and Assamese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Afrikaans and Assamese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Afrikaans is 24 weeks while to learn Assamese time required is Not Available.