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Assamese and Japanese


Japanese and Assamese


Countries

Countries
India  
Japan  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Bangladesh, India  
Japan  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia, Pacific  

Minority Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan  
Palau  

Regulated By
Asam Sahitya Sabha  
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education  

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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  • In Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
  • There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
  

Similar To
Bengali and Oriya  
Korean Language  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
52  
31
99  
40

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
11  
8
5  
2

How Many Consonants
41  
30
14  
4

Scripts
Bengali  
Kana  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available  
88 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
nomoskaar  
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)  

Thank You
ḍhonyobaaḍ  
ありがとう (Arigatō)  

How Are You?
aapuni kene aase?  
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)  

Good Night
subhoraattri  
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)  

Good Evening
subha gadhuli  
こんばんは (Konbanwa)  

Good Afternoon
subha abeli  
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)  

Good Morning
suprobhaat  
おはよう (Ohayō)  

Please
anugroha kori  
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)  

Sorry
moi ḍukkhita  
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)  

Bye
biḍai  
さようなら (Sayōnara)  

I Love You
moi tomaak bhaalpaao  
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)  

Excuse Me
kyoma koribo  
すみません (Sumimasen)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kamrupi  
Sanuki  

Where They Speak
Western Assam  
Kagawa  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
16
1,000,000.00  
28

Dialect 2
Goalpariya  
Hakata  

Where They Speak
Western Assam  
Fukuoka  

Dialect 3
Bhakatiya  
Kansai  

Where They Speak
Assam  
kansai  

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
31  
25

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
15.30 million  
99+
128.00 million  
14

Speaking Population
0.24 %  
99+
1.90 %  
10

Native Speakers
15.00 million  
40
128.00 million  
9

Native Name
অসমীয়া (asamīẏa)  
日本語  

Alternative Names
Asambe, Asami, Asamiya  
Not Available  

French Name
assamais  
japonais  

German Name
Assamesisch  
Japanisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]  

Ethnicity
Assamese people  
Japanese (Yamato)  

History

Origin
7th century A.D  
1185  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Japonic Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Not Available  

Branch
Indic  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Kamarupa  
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese  

Standard Forms
Assamese  
Japanese  

Language Position
65  
99+
8  
8

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Signed Japanese  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
as  
ja  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
asm  
jpn  

ISO 639 2/B
asm  
jpn  

ISO 639 3
asm  
jpn  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
assa1263  
nucl1643  

Linguasphere
59-AAF-w  
45-CAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Agglutinative, Synthetic  

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

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Assamese and Japanese Speaking population

Assamese and Japanese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Assamese and Japanese languages can be compared. The total count of Assamese and Japanese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Assamese language is 0.24 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Japanese language is 1.90 %. 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 Japanese on Assamese vs Japanese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Assamese and Japanese Language Codes

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