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Assamese and Punjabi


Punjabi and Assamese


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   

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

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Assamese and Punjabi Speaking population

Assamese and Punjabi speaking population is one of the factors based on which Assamese and Punjabi languages can be compared. The total count of Assamese and Punjabi Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Assamese language is 0.24 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Punjabi language is 1.44 %. 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 Punjabi on Assamese vs Punjabi where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Assamese and Punjabi Language Codes

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

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