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Assamese and Afrikaans


Afrikaans and Assamese


Countries

Countries
India   
South Africa   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Bangladesh, India   
South Africa   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Namibia, South Africa   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Africa   

Minority Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan   
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe   

Regulated By
Asam Sahitya Sabha   
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee   

Interesting Facts
  • 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.
    •   
  • Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
  • Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
  

Similar To
Bengali and Oriya   
Dutch Language   

Derived From
Sanskrit Language   
Dutch Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
52   
31
32   
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
11   
8
15   
12

How Many Consonants
41   
30
17   
7

Scripts
Bengali   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available   
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
nomoskaar   
hallo   

Thank You
ḍhonyobaaḍ   
Dankie   

How Are You?
aapuni kene aase?   
Hoe gaan dit   

Good Night
subhoraattri   
goeie nag   

Good Evening
subha gadhuli   
Goeienaand   

Good Afternoon
subha abeli   
Goeie middag   

Good Morning
suprobhaat   
goeie more   

Please
anugroha kori   
asseblief   

Sorry
moi ḍukkhita   
jammer   

Bye
biḍai   
Not Available   

I Love You
moi tomaak bhaalpaao   
Ek het jou lief   

Excuse Me
kyoma koribo   
Verskoon my   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kamrupi   
Kaapse Afrikaans   

Where They Speak
Western Assam   
Not Available   

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

Dialect 2
Goalpariya   
Oranjeriverafrikaans   

Where They Speak
Western Assam   
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Bhakatiya   
Baster Afrikaans   

Where They Speak
Assam   
Namibia   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
3   
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.24 %   
99+
Not Available   

Native Speakers
15.00 million   
40
7.10 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
10.30 million   
22

Native Name
অসমীয়া (asamīẏa)   
Afrikaans   

Alternative Names
Asambe, Asami, Asamiya   
Cape Dutch   

French Name
assamais   
afrikaans   

German Name
Assamesisch   
Afrikaans   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]   

Ethnicity
Assamese people   
Afrikaners   

History

Origin
7th century A.D   
17th Century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Germanic   

Branch
Indic   
Western   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Kamarupa   
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch   

Standard Forms
Assamese   
Standard Afrikaans   

Language Position
65   
99+
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
as   
af   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
asm   
afr   

ISO 639 2/B
asm   
afr   

ISO 639 3
asm   
afr   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
afrs   

Glottocode
assa1263   
afri1274   

Linguasphere
59-AAF-w   
52-ACB-ba   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Analytic   

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

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Assamese and Afrikaans Speaking population

Assamese and Afrikaans speaking population is one of the factors based on which Assamese and Afrikaans languages can be compared. The total count of Assamese and Afrikaans Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Assamese language is 0.24 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Afrikaans language is Not Available. 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 Assamese and Afrikaans on Assamese vs Afrikaans where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Assamese and Afrikaans Language Codes

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

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