Countries
Countries
India
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Total No. Of Countries
1
14
33
2
National Language
Bangladesh, India
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America
Minority Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan
South Africa
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.
- Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
- English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
Similar To
Bengali and Oriya
Not Available
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Latin
Alphabets
Alphabets in
Assamese-Alphabets.jpg#200
English-Alphabets.jpg#200
Alphabets
52
31
26
8
Phonology
How Many Vowels
11
8
5
2
How Many Consonants
41
30
21
11
Scripts
Bengali
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
3
2
7
6
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
6 weeks
3
Greetings
Hello
nomoskaar
Hello
Thank You
ḍhonyobaaḍ
Thank you
How Are You?
aapuni kene aase?
How are you?
Good Night
subhoraattri
Good Night
Good Evening
subha gadhuli
Good Evening
Good Afternoon
subha abeli
Good Afternoon
Good Morning
suprobhaat
Good Morning
Please
anugroha kori
Please
Sorry
moi ḍukkhita
Sorry
Bye
biḍai
Bye
I Love You
moi tomaak bhaalpaao
I love you
Excuse Me
kyoma koribo
Excuse Me
Dialects
Dialect 1
Kamrupi
American English
Where They Speak
Western Assam
United States of America
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00
16
225,000,000.00
3
Dialect 2
Goalpariya
Hiberno-English
Where They Speak
Western Assam
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
How Many People Speak
Not Available
4,500,000.00
15
Dialect 3
Bhakatiya
Welsh English
Where They Speak
Assam
United Kingdom
How Many People Speak
Not Available
2,500,000.00
14
Total No. Of Dialects
3
3
188
34
How Many People Speak
How Many People Speak?
15.30 million
99+
1,200.00 million
1
Speaking Population
0.24 %
99+
5.43 %
4
Native Speakers
15.00 million
40
400.00 million
3
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
400.00 million
1
Native Name
অসমীয়া (asamīẏa)
English
Alternative Names
Asambe, Asami, Asamiya
Not Available
French Name
assamais
anglais
German Name
Assamesisch
Englisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/
Ethnicity
Assamese people
Not Available
History
Origin
7th century A.D
5th Century AD
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Not Available
Branch
Indic
Not Available
Language Forms
Early Forms
Kamarupa
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English
Standard Forms
Assamese
Standard English
Language Position
65
99+
3
3
Signed Forms
Not Available
Signed English
Scope
Individual
Individual
Code
ISO 639 1
as
en
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
asm
eng
ISO 639 2/B
asm
eng
ISO 639 3
asm
eng
ISO 639 6
Not Available
engs
Glottocode
assa1263
stan1293
Linguasphere
59-AAF-w
52-ABA
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic
