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Assamese and Burmese


Burmese and Assamese


Countries

Countries
India   
Myanmar   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Bangladesh, India   
Myanmar   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Bangladesh, Burma   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan   
Mon   

Regulated By
Asam Sahitya Sabha   
Myanmar Language Commission   

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.
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  • The naming of people in Burmese is strange. There is no last name, often name is rhymed such as Ming Ming, Mo Mo or Jo Jo.
  • It appears as odd language to many people because it has peculiar pitch register, tonal form as language.
  

Similar To
Bengali and Oriya   
Thai Language   

Derived From
Sanskrit Language   
Pali Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
52   
31
33   
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
11   
8
12   
9

How Many Consonants
41   
30
33   
23

Scripts
Bengali   
Tangut   

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   
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)   

Thank You
ḍhonyobaaḍ   
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)   

How Are You?
aapuni kene aase?   
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)   

Good Night
subhoraattri   
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)   

Good Evening
subha gadhuli   
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)   

Good Afternoon
subha abeli   
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)   

Good Morning
suprobhaat   
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)   

Please
anugroha kori   
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)   

Sorry
moi ḍukkhita   
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)   

Bye
biḍai   
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)   

I Love You
moi tomaak bhaalpaao   
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)   

Excuse Me
kyoma koribo   
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kamrupi   
Arakanese   

Where They Speak
Western Assam   
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar   

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00   
16
2,000,000.00   
24

Dialect 2
Goalpariya   
Tavoyan   

Where They Speak
Western Assam   
Myanmar   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
440,000.00   
30

Dialect 3
Bhakatiya   
Intha   

Where They Speak
Assam   
Burma   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
90,000.00   
30

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
5   
5

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
15.30 million   
99+
43.00 million   
30

Speaking Population
0.24 %   
99+
0.50 %   
29

Native Speakers
15.00 million   
40
33.00 million   
28

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
10.00 million   
23

Native Name
অসমীয়া (asamīẏa)   
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)   

Alternative Names
Asambe, Asami, Asamiya   
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa   

French Name
assamais   
birman   

German Name
Assamesisch   
Birmanisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Assamese people   
Bamar people   

History

Origin
7th century A.D   
1113 AD   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Sino-Tibetan Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Tibeto-Burman   

Branch
Indic   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Kamarupa   
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese   

Standard Forms
Assamese   
Modern Burmese   

Language Position
65   
99+
43   
32

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Burmese sign language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
as   
my   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
asm   
mya   

ISO 639 2/B
asm   
bur   

ISO 639 3
asm   
mya   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
assa1263   
sout3159   

Linguasphere
59-AAF-w   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Analytic, Isolating   

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

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Assamese and Burmese Speaking population

Assamese and Burmese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Assamese and Burmese languages can be compared. The total count of Assamese and Burmese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Assamese language is 0.24 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Burmese language is 0.50 %. 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 Burmese on Assamese vs Burmese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Assamese and Burmese Language Codes

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