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Assamese and Chinese


Chinese and Assamese


Countries

Countries
India   
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
5   
10

National Language
Bangladesh, India   
China, Taiwan   

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

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan   
Indonesia, Malaysia   

Regulated By
Asam Sahitya Sabha   
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council   

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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  • Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
  • In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
  

Similar To
Bengali and Oriya   
Not Available   

Derived From
Sanskrit Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
52   
31
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
11   
8
24   
19

How Many Consonants
41   
30
23   
13

Scripts
Bengali   
Chinese Characters and derivatives   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available   
88 weeks   
13

Greetings

Hello
nomoskaar   
您好 (Nín hǎo)   

Thank You
ḍhonyobaaḍ   
谢谢 (Xièxiè)   

How Are You?
aapuni kene aase?   
你好吗? (Nǐ hǎo ma?)   

Good Night
subhoraattri   
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)   

Good Evening
subha gadhuli   
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)   

Good Afternoon
subha abeli   
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)   

Good Morning
suprobhaat   
早安 (Zǎo ān)   

Please
anugroha kori   
请 (Qǐng)   

Sorry
moi ḍukkhita   
遗憾 (Yíhàn)   

Bye
biḍai   
再见 (Zàijiàn)   

I Love You
moi tomaak bhaalpaao   
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)   

Excuse Me
kyoma koribo   
劳驾 (Láojià)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kamrupi   
Mandarin   

Where They Speak
Western Assam   
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan   

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00   
16
960,000,000.00   
1

Dialect 2
Goalpariya   
Wu   

Where They Speak
Western Assam   
China, United States of America   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
80,000,000.00   
1

Dialect 3
Bhakatiya   
Yue   

Where They Speak
Assam   
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
60,000,000.00   
2

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
10   
10

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
15.30 million   
99+
1,051.00 million   
2

Speaking Population
0.24 %   
99+
16.00 %   
2

Native Speakers
15.00 million   
40
873.00 million   
1

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
178.00 million   
3

Native Name
অসমীয়া (asamīẏa)   
中文 (zhōngwén)   

Alternative Names
Asambe, Asami, Asamiya   
Not Available   

French Name
assamais   
chinois   

German Name
Assamesisch   
Chinesisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Assamese people   
Han   

History

Origin
7th century A.D   
1250 BC   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Sino-Tibetan Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Not Available   

Branch
Indic   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Kamarupa   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Assamese   
Standard Chinese   

Language Position
65   
99+
1   
1

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
as   
zh   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
asm   
zho   

ISO 639 2/B
asm   
chi   

ISO 639 3
asm   
zho   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
assa1263   
sini1245   

Linguasphere
59-AAF-w   
79-AAA   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Analytic, Isolating   

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

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Assamese and Chinese Speaking population

Assamese and Chinese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Assamese and Chinese languages can be compared. The total count of Assamese and Chinese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Assamese language is 0.24 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Chinese language is 16.00 %. 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 Chinese on Assamese vs Chinese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Assamese and Chinese Language Codes

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

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