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Assamese and Bhojpuri


Bhojpuri and Assamese


Countries

Countries
India  
India, No official status  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
0  
15

National Language
Bangladesh, India  
India  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan  
Fiji, Guyana, Jamaica, Mauritius, Nepal, Pakistan, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago  

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.
    •   
  • Bhojpuri was anciently written in Kaithi scripts.
  • In Mughal Era, Kaithi script was used in administrative purposes for writing in Bhojpuri language.
  

Similar To
Bengali and Oriya  
Maithili and Magahi  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
52  
31
43  
23

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
11  
8
11  
8

How Many Consonants
41  
30
34  
24

Scripts
Bengali  
Devanagari  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available  
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
nomoskaar  
प्रणाम (prannam)  

Thank You
ḍhonyobaaḍ  
धन्वाद (dhanvaad)  

How Are You?
aapuni kene aase?  
का हाल बा? (kaa haal ba?)  

Good Night
subhoraattri  
राम राम (raam raam)  

Good Evening
subha gadhuli  
राम राम (raam raam)  

Good Afternoon
subha abeli  
राम राम (raam raam)  

Good Morning
suprobhaat  
राम राम (raam raam)  

Please
anugroha kori  
मेहरबानी करके (meharbani karke)  

Sorry
moi ḍukkhita  
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)  

Bye
biḍai  
प्रणाम (prannam)  

I Love You
moi tomaak bhaalpaao  
हम तोहसे प्यार करेनी (hum tohse pyaar kareni)  

Excuse Me
kyoma koribo  
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kamrupi  
Caribbean Hindustani  

Where They Speak
Western Assam  
Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
16
16,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Goalpariya  
Fiji Hindi  

Where They Speak
Western Assam  
Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States of America  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
380,000.00  
31

Dialect 3
Bhakatiya  
Tharu Bhojpuri  

Where They Speak
Assam  
India  

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
13  
13

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
15.30 million  
99+
40.00 million  
31

Speaking Population
0.24 %  
99+
0.43 %  
31

Native Speakers
15.00 million  
40
40.00 million  
24

Native Name
অসমীয়া (asamīẏa)  
भोजपुरी (bʰojpurī)  

Alternative Names
Asambe, Asami, Asamiya  
Bajpuri, Bhojapuri, Bhozpuri, Bihari, Deswali, Khotla, Piscimas  

French Name
assamais  
bhojpuri  

German Name
Assamesisch  
Bhojpuri  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
/boʊdʒˈpʊəri/  

Ethnicity
Assamese people  
Not Available  

History

Origin
7th century A.D  
19th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Not Available  

Branch
Indic  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Kamarupa  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Assamese  
Bhojpuri  

Language Position
65  
99+
37  
29

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
as  
No data Available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
asm  
bho  

ISO 639 2/B
asm  
bho  

ISO 639 3
asm  
bho  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
assa1263  
bhoj1246  

Linguasphere
59-AAF-w  
59-AAF-sa  

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

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Assamese and Bhojpuri Speaking population

Assamese and Bhojpuri speaking population is one of the factors based on which Assamese and Bhojpuri languages can be compared. The total count of Assamese and Bhojpuri Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Assamese language is 0.24 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Bhojpuri language is 0.43 %. 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 Bhojpuri on Assamese vs Bhojpuri where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Assamese and Bhojpuri Language Codes

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