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Assamese and Amharic


Amharic and Assamese


Countries

Countries
India   
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Bangladesh, India   
Ethiopia   

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

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Africa   

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

Regulated By
Asam Sahitya Sabha   
Not Available   

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.
    •   
  • 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.
  

Similar To
Bengali and Oriya   
Not Available   

Derived From
Sanskrit Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
52   
31
33   
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
11   
8
7   
4

How Many Consonants
41   
30
31   
21

Scripts
Bengali   
Ethiopic   

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   
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
nomoskaar   
Selam   

Thank You
ḍhonyobaaḍ   
amesege'nallo'   

How Are You?
aapuni kene aase?   
Dehina newot?   

Good Night
subhoraattri   
Dehna dur   

Good Evening
subha gadhuli   
melkam meshe't   

Good Afternoon
subha abeli   
i'ndemin walu   

Good Morning
suprobhaat   
i'ndemin adäru   

Please
anugroha kori   
i'bakwon   

Sorry
moi ḍukkhita   
aznallehu   

Bye
biḍai   
tschao   

I Love You
moi tomaak bhaalpaao   
afekirishalehu   

Excuse Me
kyoma koribo   
yiqirta   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kamrupi   
Gondar   

Where They Speak
Western Assam   
Gondar   

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

Dialect 2
Goalpariya   
Gojjami   

Where They Speak
Western Assam   
Ethiopia   

Dialect 3
Bhakatiya   
Showa   

Where They Speak
Assam   
Ethiopia   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
5   
5

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.24 %   
99+
0.37 %   
35

Native Speakers
15.00 million   
40
25.00 million   
32

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
10.00 million   
23

Native Name
অসমীয়া (asamīẏa)   
Not Available   

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

French Name
assamais   
amharique   

German Name
Assamesisch   
Amharisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[amarɨɲɲa]   

Ethnicity
Assamese people   
Amharas   

History

Origin
7th century A.D   
13th century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Afro-Asiatic Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Semitic   

Branch
Indic   
Ethiopic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Kamarupa   
Ge'ez   

Standard Forms
Assamese   
Amharic   

Language Position
65   
99+
55   
40

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed Amharic   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
as   
am   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
asm   
amh   

ISO 639 2/B
asm   
amh   

ISO 639 3
asm   
amh   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
assa1263   
amha1245   

Linguasphere
59-AAF-w   
12-ACB-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Fusional   

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

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Assamese and Amharic Speaking population

Assamese and Amharic speaking population is one of the factors based on which Assamese and Amharic languages can be compared. The total count of Assamese and Amharic Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Assamese language is 0.24 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Amharic language is 0.37 %. 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 Amharic on Assamese vs Amharic where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Assamese and Amharic Language Codes

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

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