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Assamese vs Swahili


Swahili vs Assamese


Countries

Countries
India  
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
4  
11

National Language
Bangladesh, India  
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania  

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  
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)  

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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  • Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
  • The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
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Similar To
Bengali and Oriya  
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
Arabic Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
52  
31
24  
6

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
11  
8
5  
2

How Many Consonants
41  
30
21  
11

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  
36 weeks  
10

Greetings

Hello
nomoskaar  
Habari  

Thank You
ḍhonyobaaḍ  
Asante  

How Are You?
aapuni kene aase?  
Habari gani?  

Good Night
subhoraattri  
Usiku mwema  

Good Evening
subha gadhuli  
Habari za jioni  

Good Afternoon
subha abeli  
nzuri Alasiri  

Good Morning
suprobhaat  
Habari za asubuhi  

Please
anugroha kori  
tafadhali  

Sorry
moi ḍukkhita  
pole  

Bye
biḍai  
bye  

I Love You
moi tomaak bhaalpaao  
nakupenda  

Excuse Me
kyoma koribo  
Samahani  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kamrupi  
Kiunguja  

Where They Speak
Western Assam  
Zanzibar island  

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

Dialect 2
Goalpariya  
Kimrima  

Where They Speak
Western Assam  
Dar es Salaam  

Dialect 3
Bhakatiya  
Kimgao  

Where They Speak
Assam  
Kilwa  

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
12  
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
15.30 million  
99+
150.00 million  
13

Speaking Population
0.24 %  
99+
Not Available  

Native Speakers
15.00 million  
40
15.00 million  
40

Native Name
অসমীয়া (asamīẏa)  
Not Available  

Alternative Names
Asambe, Asami, Asamiya  
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili  

French Name
assamais  
swahili  

German Name
Assamesisch  
Swahili  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Assamese people  
Swahili people or Waswahili  

History

Origin
7th century A.D  
6th 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  
Swahili  

Language Position
65  
99+
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual, Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
as  
sw  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
asm  
swa  

ISO 639 2/B
asm  
swa  

ISO 639 3
asm  
swa  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
assa1263  
swah1254  

Linguasphere
59-AAF-w  
99-AUS-m  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Not Available  

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Assamese and Swahili Language History

Comparison of Assamese vs Swahili language history gives us differences between origin of Assamese and Swahili language. History of Assamese language states that this language originated in 7th century A.D whereas history of Swahili language states that this language originated in 6th century. 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 Swahili Language History.

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

Assamese vs Swahili Difficulty

The Assamese vs Swahili difficulty level basically depends on the number of Assamese Alphabets and Swahili 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 Swahili are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Assamese and Swahili, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Assamese is Not Available while to learn Swahili time required is 36 weeks.

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