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Assamese vs Japanese


Japanese vs Assamese


Countries

Countries
India  
Japan  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Bangladesh, India  
Japan  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia, Pacific  

Minority Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan  
Palau  

Regulated By
Asam Sahitya Sabha  
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education  

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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  • In Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
  • There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
  

Similar To
Bengali and Oriya  
Korean Language  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
52  
31
99  
40

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
11  
8
5  
2

How Many Consonants
41  
30
14  
4

Scripts
Bengali  
Kana  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available  
88 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
nomoskaar  
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)  

Thank You
ḍhonyobaaḍ  
ありがとう (Arigatō)  

How Are You?
aapuni kene aase?  
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)  

Good Night
subhoraattri  
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)  

Good Evening
subha gadhuli  
こんばんは (Konbanwa)  

Good Afternoon
subha abeli  
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)  

Good Morning
suprobhaat  
おはよう (Ohayō)  

Please
anugroha kori  
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)  

Sorry
moi ḍukkhita  
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)  

Bye
biḍai  
さようなら (Sayōnara)  

I Love You
moi tomaak bhaalpaao  
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)  

Excuse Me
kyoma koribo  
すみません (Sumimasen)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kamrupi  
Sanuki  

Where They Speak
Western Assam  
Kagawa  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
16
1,000,000.00  
28

Dialect 2
Goalpariya  
Hakata  

Where They Speak
Western Assam  
Fukuoka  

Dialect 3
Bhakatiya  
Kansai  

Where They Speak
Assam  
kansai  

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
31  
25

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
15.30 million  
99+
128.00 million  
14

Speaking Population
0.24 %  
99+
1.90 %  
10

Native Speakers
15.00 million  
40
128.00 million  
9

Native Name
অসমীয়া (asamīẏa)  
日本語  

Alternative Names
Asambe, Asami, Asamiya  
Not Available  

French Name
assamais  
japonais  

German Name
Assamesisch  
Japanisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]  

Ethnicity
Assamese people  
Japanese (Yamato)  

History

Origin
7th century A.D  
1185  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Japonic Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Not Available  

Branch
Indic  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Kamarupa  
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese  

Standard Forms
Assamese  
Japanese  

Language Position
65  
99+
8  
8

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Signed Japanese  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
as  
ja  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
asm  
jpn  

ISO 639 2/B
asm  
jpn  

ISO 639 3
asm  
jpn  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
assa1263  
nucl1643  

Linguasphere
59-AAF-w  
45-CAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Agglutinative, Synthetic  

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Assamese and Japanese Language History

Comparison of Assamese vs Japanese language history gives us differences between origin of Assamese and Japanese language. History of Assamese language states that this language originated in 7th century A.D whereas history of Japanese language states that this language originated in 1185. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Assamese and Japanese Language History.

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Assamese and Japanese 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 Japanese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Assamese and Japanese language. Assamese word for "Hello" is nomoskaar or Japanese word for "Thank You" is ありがとう (Arigatō). Find more of such common Assamese Greetings and Japanese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Assamese vs Japanese Difficulty

The Assamese vs Japanese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Assamese Alphabets and Japanese 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 Japanese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Assamese and Japanese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Assamese is Not Available while to learn Japanese time required is 88 weeks.

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