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Assamese and Sanskrit


Sanskrit 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  
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.
    •   
  • Sanskrit language has highest number of vocabularies than any other language.
  • Sanskrit Language has proved to help in speech therapy, also it increases concentration and helps to learn maths and science better.
  

Similar To
Bengali and Oriya  
Old German Language  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
Prakrit Language  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Assamese-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Sanskrit-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  
20 weeks  
5

Greetings

Hello
nomoskaar  
नमस्कारः (namaskāraḥ)  

Thank You
ḍhonyobaaḍ  
धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh)  

How Are You?
aapuni kene aase?  
कथमस्ति भवान् (kathamasti bhawān)  

Good Night
subhoraattri  
शुभरात्री (shubharātrī)  

Good Evening
subha gadhuli  
शुभः सायंकालः  

Good Afternoon
subha abeli  
शुभ दुपार  

Good Morning
suprobhaat  
सुप्रभातम् (suprabhātam)  

Please
anugroha kori  
कृपया (kripayā)  

Sorry
moi ḍukkhita  
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)  

Bye
biḍai  
पुनः मिलामः(punah milamah)  

I Love You
moi tomaak bhaalpaao  
त्वामनुरजामि (twāmanurajāmi)  

Excuse Me
kyoma koribo  
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kamrupi  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Western Assam  
Not Available  

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
0  

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.24 %  
99+
Not Available  

Native Speakers
15.00 million  
40
14.10 million  
99+

Native Name
অসমীয়া (asamīẏa)  
संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam)  

Alternative Names
Asambe, Asami, Asamiya  
Not Available  

French Name
assamais  
sanskrit  

German Name
Assamesisch  
Sanskrit  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
[səmskr̩t̪əm]  

Ethnicity
Assamese people  
Not Available  

History

Origin
7th century A.D  
2000 B.C.  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Indic  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Kamarupa  
Vedic Sanskrit  

Standard Forms
Assamese  
Sanskrit  

Language Position
65  
99+
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
as  
sa  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
asm  
san  

ISO 639 2/B
asm  
san  

ISO 639 3
asm  
san  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
assa1263  
sans1269  

Linguasphere
59-AAF-w  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Ancient  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Synthetic  

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

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Assamese and Sanskrit Speaking population

Assamese and Sanskrit speaking population is one of the factors based on which Assamese and Sanskrit languages can be compared. The total count of Assamese and Sanskrit Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Assamese language is 0.24 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Sanskrit language is Not Available. 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 Sanskrit on Assamese vs Sanskrit where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Assamese and Sanskrit Language Codes

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

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