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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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