Countries
India
  
Zimbabwe
  
National Language
Bangladesh, India
  
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Africa
  
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.
- Shona language is tonal language.
- The African people in Zimbabwe is made of 10 ethnic groups, each speaking a different languages, shona is spoken by 60 percent of population.
  
Similar To
Bengali and Oriya
  
Kalanga and Nambya Language
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Assamese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Shona-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Alphabets
Not Available
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Bengali
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
nomoskaar
  
Mhoro
  
Thank You
ḍhonyobaaḍ
  
Waita zvako
  
How Are You?
aapuni kene aase?
  
Wakadini zvako?
  
Good Night
subhoraattri
  
Urare zvakanaka
  
Good Evening
subha gadhuli
  
Manheru
  
Good Afternoon
subha abeli
  
Masikati
  
Good Morning
suprobhaat
  
Mangwanani
  
Please
anugroha kori
  
Ndinokumbirawo
  
Sorry
moi ḍukkhita
  
Ndineurombo
  
Bye
biḍai
  
bye
  
I Love You
moi tomaak bhaalpaao
  
Ndinokuda
  
Excuse Me
kyoma koribo
  
Pamusoro
  
Dialect 1
Kamrupi
  
Hwesa
  
Where They Speak
Western Assam
  
Zimbabwe
  
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00
  
16
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Goalpariya
  
Karanga
  
Where They Speak
Western Assam
  
southern Zimbabwe
  
Dialect 3
Bhakatiya
  
Zezuru
  
Where They Speak
Assam
  
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
  
How Many People Speak?
15.30 million
  
99+
25.00 million
  
40
Native Speakers
15.00 million
  
40
8.30 million
  
99+
Native Name
অসমীয়া (asamīẏa)
  
Not Available
  
Alternative Names
Asambe, Asami, Asamiya
  
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
  
French Name
assamais
  
shona
  
German Name
Assamesisch
  
Schona-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Assamese people
  
Not Available
  
Origin
7th century A.D
  
20th century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Niger-Congo Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Benue-Congo
  
Branch
Indic
  
Bantu
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Kamarupa
  
Not Available
  
Standard Forms
Assamese
  
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
as
  
sn
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
asm
  
sna
  
ISO 639 2/B
asm
  
sna
  
ISO 639 3
asm
  
sna
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
assa1263
  
core1255
  
Linguasphere
59-AAF-w
  
99-AUT-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
All Assamese and Shona 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 Shona dialects. Various dialects of Assamese and Shona language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Assamese are spoken in different Assamese Speaking Countries whereas Shona Dialects are spoken in different Shona speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Assamese vs Shona Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Assamese dialects include: Kamrupi, Goalpariya. Shona dialects include: Hwesa , Karanga. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Assamese and Shona Speaking population
Assamese and Shona speaking population is one of the factors based on which Assamese and Shona languages can be compared. The total count of Assamese and Shona Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Assamese language is 0.24 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Shona language is 0.13 %. 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 Shona on Assamese vs Shona where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Assamese and Shona Language Codes
Assamese and Shona language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Assamese and Shona Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.