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Assamese and Xhosa


Xhosa and Assamese


Countries

Countries
India  
South Africa  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Bangladesh, India  
South Africa  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Lesotho, South Africa  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Africa  

Minority Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan  
Botswana, Lesotho  

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.
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  • Xhosa has 15 click sounds, borrowed from the khoi-khoi and san languages of the South Africa.
  • The same sequence of consonants and vowels can have different meaning when said with different tones, so Xhosa is tonal.
  

Similar To
Bengali and Oriya  
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
52  
31
53  
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
11  
8
10  
7

How Many Consonants
41  
30
43  
32

Scripts
Bengali  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available  
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
nomoskaar  
Molo  

Thank You
ḍhonyobaaḍ  
Ndiyabulela  

How Are You?
aapuni kene aase?  
Unjani  

Good Night
subhoraattri  
Ulale kakuhle  

Good Evening
subha gadhuli  
Ubusuku obuhle  

Good Afternoon
subha abeli  
Uben' emva kwemini entle  

Good Morning
suprobhaat  
Molo  

Please
anugroha kori  
Ndicela  

Sorry
moi ḍukkhita  
Ndicela uxolo  

Bye
biḍai  
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle  

I Love You
moi tomaak bhaalpaao  
Ndiyakuthanda  

Excuse Me
kyoma koribo  
Uxolo  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kamrupi  
Gcaleka  

Where They Speak
Western Assam  
South Africa  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
16
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Goalpariya  
Thembu  

Where They Speak
Western Assam  
South Africa  

Dialect 3
Bhakatiya  
Hlubi  

Where They Speak
Assam  
South Africa  

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
9  
9

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.24 %  
99+
0.11 %  
99+

Native Speakers
15.00 million  
40
8.20 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
11.00 million  
21

Native Name
অসমীয়া (asamīẏa)  
isiXhosa  

Alternative Names
Asambe, Asami, Asamiya  
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa  

French Name
assamais  
xhosa  

German Name
Assamesisch  
Xhosa-Sprache  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Assamese people  
amaXhosa, amaBhaca  

History

Origin
7th century A.D  
16th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Benue-Congo  

Branch
Indic  
Bantu  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Kamarupa  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Assamese  
isiXhosa  

Language Position
65  
99+
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Signed Xhosa  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
as  
xh  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
asm  
xho  

ISO 639 2/B
asm  
xho  

ISO 639 3
asm  
xho  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
assa1263  
xhos1239  

Linguasphere
59-AAF-w  
99-AUT-fa  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Not Available  

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

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Assamese and Xhosa Speaking population

Assamese and Xhosa speaking population is one of the factors based on which Assamese and Xhosa languages can be compared. The total count of Assamese and Xhosa Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Assamese language is 0.24 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Xhosa language is 0.11 %. 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 Xhosa on Assamese vs Xhosa where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Assamese and Xhosa Language Codes

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

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