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Assamese and Konkani


Konkani and Assamese


Countries

Countries
India  
India  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

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  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Asam Sahitya Sabha  
Govenment of Goa  

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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  • Fr. Thomas Stevan wrote the first book in Konkani in 1651.
  • Sahitya Academy recognized konkani as a language in year 1976.
  

Similar To
Bengali and Oriya  
Marathi  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
52  
31
52  
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
11  
8
16  
13

How Many Consonants
41  
30
36  
26

Scripts
Bengali  
Devanagari  

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  
4 weeks  
2

Greetings

Hello
nomoskaar  
Namaskar  

Thank You
ḍhonyobaaḍ  
Dev Borem Korum  

How Are You?
aapuni kene aase?  
kaso assa?  

Good Night
subhoraattri  
Rati Boren Zavonn  

Good Evening
subha gadhuli  
Sanj Borem Zavonn  

Good Afternoon
subha abeli  
Not Available  

Good Morning
suprobhaat  
Dis Borem Zavonn  

Please
anugroha kori  
Chike  

Sorry
moi ḍukkhita  
Maf kor  

Bye
biḍai  
Adeus  

I Love You
moi tomaak bhaalpaao  
hav tujo mog korta.  

Excuse Me
kyoma koribo  
upkar korxi  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kamrupi  
Antruz  

Where They Speak
Western Assam  
Goa  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
16
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Goalpariya  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Western Assam  
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Bhakatiya  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Assam  
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
1  
1

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
15.30 million  
99+
7.40 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.24 %  
99+
0.11 %  
99+

Native Speakers
15.00 million  
40
7.40 million  
99+

Native Name
অসমীয়া (asamīẏa)  
Kōṅkaṇī  

Alternative Names
Asambe, Asami, Asamiya  
Konkan standard, Bankoti, Kunabi, North Konkan, Central Konkan, Concorinum, Cugani, Konkanese  

French Name
assamais  
konkani  

German Name
Assamesisch  
Konkani  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
kõkɳi  

Ethnicity
Assamese people  
Konkanis  

History

Origin
7th century A.D  
1209 A.D.  

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  
Kokani  

Language Position
65  
99+
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Indian Signing System (ISS)  

Scope
Individual  
Individual, Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
as  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
asm  
kok  

ISO 639 2/B
asm  
kok  

ISO 639 3
asm  
kok  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
assa1263  
goan1235  

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  
Not Available  

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

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Assamese and Konkani Speaking population

Assamese and Konkani speaking population is one of the factors based on which Assamese and Konkani languages can be compared. The total count of Assamese and Konkani Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Assamese language is 0.24 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Konkani language is 0.11 %. 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 Konkani on Assamese vs Konkani where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Assamese and Konkani Language Codes

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