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Assamese and Nepali


Nepali and Assamese


Countries

Countries
India   
India, Nepal   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
2   
13

National Language
Bangladesh, India   
Nepal   

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

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan   
People's Republic of China   

Regulated By
Asam Sahitya Sabha   
Language Academy of Nepal   

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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  • Before the term "Nepali" was coined, historically the language was first called the Khas language, Gorkhali or Gukhali.
  • Nepali has borrowed many loanwords from neighboring Tibeto-Burmese languages.
  

Similar To
Bengali and Oriya   
Hindi   

Derived From
Sanskrit Language   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
52   
31
48   
28

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
11   
8
12   
9

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
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available   
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
nomoskaar   
नमस्ते (namaste)   

Thank You
ḍhonyobaaḍ   
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)   

How Are You?
aapuni kene aase?   
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)   

Good Night
subhoraattri   
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)   

Good Evening
subha gadhuli   
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)   

Good Afternoon
subha abeli   
Good afternoon   

Good Morning
suprobhaat   
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)   

Please
anugroha kori   
कृपया   

Sorry
moi ḍukkhita   
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)   

Bye
biḍai   
नमस्ते (namaste)   

I Love You
moi tomaak bhaalpaao   
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)   

Excuse Me
kyoma koribo   
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kamrupi   
Doteli   

Where They Speak
Western Assam   
Nepal   

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00   
16
790,000.00   
30

Dialect 2
Goalpariya   
Bajhangi   

Where They Speak
Western Assam   
India, Nepal   

Dialect 3
Bhakatiya   
Baitadeli   

Where They Speak
Assam   
Nepal   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
12   
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
15.30 million   
99+
30.00 million   
36

Speaking Population
0.24 %   
99+
0.25 %   
99+

Native Speakers
15.00 million   
40
25.00 million   
32

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
5.00 million   
29

Native Name
অসমীয়া (asamīẏa)   
नेपाली (nēpālī)   

Alternative Names
Asambe, Asami, Asamiya   
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate   

French Name
assamais   
népalais   

German Name
Assamesisch   
Nepali   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Assamese people   
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu   

History

Origin
7th century A.D   
19 BC   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Indic   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Kamarupa   
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha   

Standard Forms
Assamese   
Nepali   

Language Position
65   
99+
59   
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed Nepali   

Scope
Individual   
Individual, Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
as   
ne   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
asm   
nep   

ISO 639 2/B
asm   
nep   

ISO 639 3
asm   
npi   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
assa1263   
nepa1254   

Linguasphere
59-AAF-w   
12   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Agglutinative   

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

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Assamese and Nepali Speaking population

Assamese and Nepali speaking population is one of the factors based on which Assamese and Nepali languages can be compared. The total count of Assamese and Nepali Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Assamese language is 0.24 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Nepali language is 0.25 %. 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 Nepali on Assamese vs Nepali where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Assamese and Nepali Language Codes

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

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