Countries
India
  
India, Pakistan
  
National Language
Bangladesh, India
  
India, Pakistan
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Pakistan
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan
  
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
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.
- Punjabi is 2nd most spoken in United Kingdom and 4th most spoken in Canada.
- Punjabi is tonal language, by using various tones Punjabi speakers are able to differentiate between words.
  
Similar To
Bengali and Oriya
  
Hindi Language
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Assamese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Punjabi-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Bengali
  
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
nomoskaar
  
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)
  
Thank You
ḍhonyobaaḍ
  
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)
  
How Are You?
aapuni kene aase?
  
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)
  
Good Night
subhoraattri
  
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)
  
Good Evening
subha gadhuli
  
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
  
Good Afternoon
subha abeli
  
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)
  
Good Morning
suprobhaat
  
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
  
Please
anugroha kori
  
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)
  
Sorry
moi ḍukkhita
  
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)
  
Bye
biḍai
  
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)
  
I Love You
moi tomaak bhaalpaao
  
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)
  
Excuse Me
kyoma koribo
  
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)
  
Dialect 1
Kamrupi
  
Pothohari
  
Where They Speak
Western Assam
  
Pakistan
  
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00
  
16
2,500,000.00
  
22
Dialect 2
Goalpariya
  
Saraiki
  
Where They Speak
Western Assam
  
Afganistan, India, Pakistan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
20,000,000.00
  
5
Dialect 3
Bhakatiya
  
Doabi
  
Where They Speak
Assam
  
Pakistan, Punjab, India
  
How Many People Speak?
15.30 million
  
99+
154.30 million
  
12
Native Speakers
15.00 million
  
40
100.00 million
  
11
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
54.30 million
  
12
Native Name
অসমীয়া (asamīẏa)
  
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی
  
Alternative Names
Asambe, Asami, Asamiya
  
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi
  
French Name
assamais
  
pendjabi
  
German Name
Assamesisch
  
Pandschabi-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Availble
  
Ethnicity
Assamese people
  
Punjabis
  
Origin
7th century A.D
  
1000 AD
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Indic
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Kamarupa
  
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi
  
Standard Forms
Assamese
  
Modern Punjabi
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 1
as
  
pa
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
asm
  
pan
  
ISO 639 2/B
asm
  
pan
  
ISO 639 3
asm
  
pan
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
assa1263
  
panj1256
  
Linguasphere
59-AAF-w
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Not Available
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional
  
Assamese and Punjabi 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 Punjabi greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Assamese and Punjabi language. Assamese word for "Hello" is nomoskaar or Punjabi word for "Thank You" is ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā). Find more of such common Assamese Greetings and Punjabi Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Assamese vs Punjabi Difficulty
The Assamese vs Punjabi difficulty level basically depends on the number of Assamese Alphabets and Punjabi 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 Punjabi are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Assamese and Punjabi, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Assamese is Not Available while to learn Punjabi time required is 6 weeks.