Countries
India
  
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone
  
National Language
Bangladesh, India
  
Bangladesh, India
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
India
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan
  
Australia, Canada, Italy, Japan, Kuwait, Malaysia, Maldives, Nepal, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Regulated By
Asam Sahitya Sabha
  
Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi
  
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.
- Bengali language is the World's sweetest language.
- 21st February is celebrated as an International Mother Language day, which is based on Bengali language.
  
Similar To
Bengali and Oriya
  
Assamese and Oriya
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Assamese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Bengali-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Bengali
  
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
nomoskaar
  
হ্যালো (Hyālō)
  
Thank You
ḍhonyobaaḍ
  
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)
  
How Are You?
aapuni kene aase?
  
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)
  
Good Night
subhoraattri
  
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)
  
Good Evening
subha gadhuli
  
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)
  
Good Afternoon
subha abeli
  
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)
  
Good Morning
suprobhaat
  
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)
  
Please
anugroha kori
  
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)
  
Sorry
moi ḍukkhita
  
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)
  
Bye
biḍai
  
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)
  
I Love You
moi tomaak bhaalpaao
  
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)
  
Excuse Me
kyoma koribo
  
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)
  
Dialect 1
Kamrupi
  
Chakma
  
Where They Speak
Western Assam
  
Bangladesh, Burma, India
  
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00
  
16
Dialect 2
Goalpariya
  
Hajong
  
Where They Speak
Western Assam
  
Bangladesh, India
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Bhakatiya
  
Rarhi
  
Where They Speak
Assam
  
India
  
How Many People Speak?
15.30 million
  
99+
215.00 million
  
9
Native Speakers
15.00 million
  
40
196.00 million
  
7
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
19.00 million
  
16
Native Name
অসমীয়া (asamīẏa)
  
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)
  
Alternative Names
Asambe, Asami, Asamiya
  
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa
  
French Name
assamais
  
bengali
  
German Name
Assamesisch
  
Bengali
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not available
  
Ethnicity
Assamese people
  
Bengalis (Bengali people)
  
Origin
7th century A.D
  
1000–1200 CE
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Indic
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Kamarupa
  
Abahatta, Old Bengali
  
Standard Forms
Assamese
  
Bengali
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
as
  
bn
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
asm
  
ben
  
ISO 639 2/B
asm
  
ben
  
ISO 639 3
asm
  
ben
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
assa1263
  
beng1280
  
Linguasphere
59-AAF-w
  
59-AAF-u
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available