Countries
India
  
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
  
National Language
Bangladesh, India
  
Ethiopia
  
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.
- Amharic ranks as second most spoken Semitic language in the world.
- Amharic has its own writing system named “fidel” and it uses Amharic alphabets to write.
  
Similar To
Bengali and Oriya
  
Not Available
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
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Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Bengali
  
Ethiopic
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
nomoskaar
  
Selam
  
Thank You
ḍhonyobaaḍ
  
amesege'nallo'
  
How Are You?
aapuni kene aase?
  
Dehina newot?
  
Good Night
subhoraattri
  
Dehna dur
  
Good Evening
subha gadhuli
  
melkam meshe't
  
Good Afternoon
subha abeli
  
i'ndemin walu
  
Good Morning
suprobhaat
  
i'ndemin adäru
  
Please
anugroha kori
  
i'bakwon
  
Sorry
moi ḍukkhita
  
aznallehu
  
Bye
biḍai
  
tschao
  
I Love You
moi tomaak bhaalpaao
  
afekirishalehu
  
Excuse Me
kyoma koribo
  
yiqirta
  
Dialect 1
Kamrupi
  
Gondar
  
Where They Speak
Western Assam
  
Gondar
  
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00
  
16
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Goalpariya
  
Gojjami
  
Where They Speak
Western Assam
  
Ethiopia
  
Dialect 3
Bhakatiya
  
Showa
  
Where They Speak
Assam
  
Ethiopia
  
How Many People Speak?
15.30 million
  
99+
18.70 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
15.00 million
  
40
25.00 million
  
32
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
10.00 million
  
23
Native Name
অসমীয়া (asamīẏa)
  
Not Available
  
Alternative Names
Asambe, Asami, Asamiya
  
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian
  
French Name
assamais
  
amharique
  
German Name
Assamesisch
  
Amharisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[amarɨɲɲa]
  
Ethnicity
Assamese people
  
Amharas
  
Origin
7th century A.D
  
13th century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Semitic
  
Branch
Indic
  
Ethiopic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Kamarupa
  
Ge'ez
  
Standard Forms
Assamese
  
Amharic
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Signed Amharic
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
as
  
am
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
asm
  
amh
  
ISO 639 2/B
asm
  
amh
  
ISO 639 3
asm
  
amh
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
assa1263
  
amha1245
  
Linguasphere
59-AAF-w
  
12-ACB-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional
  
Assamese and Amharic Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Assamese and Amharic greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Assamese and Amharic language. Assamese word for "Hello" is nomoskaar or Amharic word for "Thank You" is amesege'nallo'. Find more of such common Assamese Greetings and Amharic Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Assamese vs Amharic Difficulty
The Assamese vs Amharic difficulty level basically depends on the number of Assamese Alphabets and Amharic Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Assamese and Amharic are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Assamese and Amharic, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Assamese is Not Available while to learn Amharic time required is 44 weeks.