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Amharic and Assamese


Assamese and Amharic


Countries

Countries
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.   
India   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Ethiopia   
Bangladesh, India   

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

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Asia   

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

Regulated By
Not Available   
Asam Sahitya Sabha   

Interesting Facts
  • Amharic ranks as second most spoken Semitic language in the world.
  • Amharic has its own writing system named “fidel” and it uses Amharic alphabets to write.
  
  • 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
Not Available   
Bengali and Oriya   

Derived From
Not Available   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Amharic-1.jpg#200   
Assamese-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
33   
15
52   
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7   
4
11   
8

How Many Consonants
31   
21
41   
30

Scripts
Ethiopic   
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   
11
Not Available   

Greetings

Hello
Selam   
nomoskaar   

Thank You
amesege'nallo'   
ḍhonyobaaḍ   

How Are You?
Dehina newot?   
aapuni kene aase?   

Good Night
Dehna dur   
subhoraattri   

Good Evening
melkam meshe't   
subha gadhuli   

Good Afternoon
i'ndemin walu   
subha abeli   

Good Morning
i'ndemin adäru   
suprobhaat   

Please
i'bakwon   
anugroha kori   

Sorry
aznallehu   
moi ḍukkhita   

Bye
tschao   
biḍai   

I Love You
afekirishalehu   
moi tomaak bhaalpaao   

Excuse Me
yiqirta   
kyoma koribo   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gondar   
Kamrupi   

Where They Speak
Gondar   
Western Assam   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
6,000,000.00   
16

Dialect 2
Gojjami   
Goalpariya   

Where They Speak
Ethiopia   
Western Assam   

Dialect 3
Showa   
Bhakatiya   

Where They Speak
Ethiopia   
Assam   

Total No. Of Dialects
5   
5
3   
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.37 %   
35
0.24 %   
99+

Native Speakers
25.00 million   
32
15.00 million   
40

Second Language Speakers
10.00 million   
23
Not Available   

Native Name
Not Available   
অসমীয়া (asamīẏa)   

Alternative Names
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian   
Asambe, Asami, Asamiya   

French Name
amharique   
assamais   

German Name
Amharisch   
Assamesisch   

Pronunciation
[amarɨɲɲa]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Amharas   
Assamese people   

History

Origin
13th century   
7th century A.D   

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Semitic   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Ethiopic   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Ge'ez   
Kamarupa   

Standard Forms
Amharic   
Assamese   

Language Position
55   
40
65   
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Amharic   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
am   
as   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
amh   
asm   

ISO 639 2/B
amh   
asm   

ISO 639 3
amh   
asm   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
amha1245   
assa1263   

Linguasphere
12-ACB-a   
59-AAF-w   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional   
Not Available   

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

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Amharic and Assamese Speaking population

Amharic and Assamese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Amharic and Assamese languages can be compared. The total count of Amharic and Assamese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Amharic language is 0.37 % 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 Amharic and Assamese on Amharic vs Assamese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Amharic and Assamese Language Codes

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

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