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Assamese and Bengali


Bengali and Assamese


Countries

Countries
India  
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
4  
11

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

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

Alphabets
52  
31
51  
30

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
11  
8
11  
8

How Many Consonants
41  
30
40  
29

Scripts
Bengali  
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
2  
1

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available  
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

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)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kamrupi  
Chakma  

Where They Speak
Western Assam  
Bangladesh, Burma, India  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
16
330,000.00  
36

Dialect 2
Goalpariya  
Hajong  

Where They Speak
Western Assam  
Bangladesh, India  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
71,000.00  
36

Dialect 3
Bhakatiya  
Rarhi  

Where They Speak
Assam  
India  

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
25  
21

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
15.30 million  
99+
215.00 million  
9

Speaking Population
0.24 %  
99+
3.11 %  
8

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)  

History

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  

Language Position
65  
99+
4  
4

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

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  

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

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Assamese and Bengali Speaking population

Assamese and Bengali speaking population is one of the factors based on which Assamese and Bengali languages can be compared. The total count of Assamese and Bengali Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Assamese language is 0.24 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Bengali language is 3.11 %. 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 Bengali on Assamese vs Bengali where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Assamese and Bengali Language Codes

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

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