Countries
Countries
India
India, Pakistan
Total No. Of Countries
1
14
2
13
National Language
Bangladesh, India
India, Pakistan
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Pakistan
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America
Regulated By
Asam Sahitya Sabha
Not Available
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.
- Punjabi is 2nd most spoken in United Kingdom and 4th most spoken in Canada.
- Punjabi is tonal language, by using various tones Punjabi speakers are able to differentiate between words.
Similar To
Bengali and Oriya
Hindi Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets
Alphabets in
Assamese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Punjabi-Alphabets.jpg#200
Alphabets
52
31
53
32
Phonology
How Many Vowels
11
8
9
6
How Many Consonants
41
30
41
30
Scripts
Bengali
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
3
2
4
3
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
6 weeks
3
Greetings
Hello
nomoskaar
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)
Thank You
ḍhonyobaaḍ
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)
How Are You?
aapuni kene aase?
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)
Good Night
subhoraattri
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)
Good Evening
subha gadhuli
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
Good Afternoon
subha abeli
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)
Good Morning
suprobhaat
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
Please
anugroha kori
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)
Sorry
moi ḍukkhita
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)
Bye
biḍai
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)
I Love You
moi tomaak bhaalpaao
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)
Excuse Me
kyoma koribo
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)
Dialects
Dialect 1
Kamrupi
Pothohari
Where They Speak
Western Assam
Pakistan
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00
16
2,500,000.00
22
Dialect 2
Goalpariya
Saraiki
Where They Speak
Western Assam
Afganistan, India, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
Not Available
20,000,000.00
5
Dialect 3
Bhakatiya
Doabi
Where They Speak
Assam
Pakistan, Punjab, India
Total No. Of Dialects
3
3
30
24
How Many People Speak
How Many People Speak?
15.30 million
99+
154.30 million
12
Speaking Population
0.24 %
99+
1.44 %
11
Native Speakers
15.00 million
40
100.00 million
11
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
54.30 million
12
Native Name
অসমীয়া (asamīẏa)
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی
Alternative Names
Asambe, Asami, Asamiya
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi
French Name
assamais
pendjabi
German Name
Assamesisch
Pandschabi-Sprache
Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Availble
Ethnicity
Assamese people
Punjabis
History
Origin
7th century A.D
1000 AD
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Indic
Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
Kamarupa
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi
Standard Forms
Assamese
Modern Punjabi
Language Position
65
99+
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Scope
Individual
Not Available
Code
ISO 639 1
as
pa
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
asm
pan
ISO 639 2/B
asm
pan
ISO 639 3
asm
pan
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
assa1263
panj1256
Linguasphere
59-AAF-w
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Not Available
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Fusional
