Countries
Hong Kong, Macau
  
India
  
National Language
China, Guangdong
  
Bangladesh, India
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Hawaii
  
Bangladesh, Bhutan
  
Regulated By
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division
  
Asam Sahitya Sabha
  
Interesting Facts
- Cantonese have lot of slangs, many of them include words that do not make sense at all and some also have English in them.
- Even though Cantonese and Mandarin are dialects of Chinese, Cantonese has 8 tones instead of Mandarin's 4.
  
- 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.
Similar To
Chinese Language
  
Bengali and Oriya
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Cantonese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Assamese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives
  
Bengali
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
您好
  
nomoskaar
  
Thank You
谢谢
  
ḍhonyobaaḍ
  
How Are You?
你好吗?
  
aapuni kene aase?
  
Good Night
晚安
  
subhoraattri
  
Good Evening
晚上好
  
subha gadhuli
  
Good Afternoon
下午好
  
subha abeli
  
Good Morning
早上好
  
suprobhaat
  
Please
请
  
anugroha kori
  
Sorry
遗憾
  
moi ḍukkhita
  
Bye
再见
  
biḍai
  
I Love You
我爱你
  
moi tomaak bhaalpaao
  
Excuse Me
原谅我
  
kyoma koribo
  
Dialect 1
Guangzhou
  
Kamrupi
  
Where They Speak
outside mainland China
  
Western Assam
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
6,000,000.00
  
16
Dialect 2
Xiguan
  
Goalpariya
  
Where They Speak
Hong Kong
  
Western Assam
  
Dialect 3
Hong Kong
  
Bhakatiya
  
Where They Speak
Hong Kong
  
Assam
  
How Many People Speak?
60.00 million
  
27
15.30 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
52.00 million
  
21
15.00 million
  
40
Native Name
Kwang Tung Wa
  
অসমীয়া (asamīẏa)
  
Alternative Names
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese
  
Asambe, Asami, Asamiya
  
French Name
Not Available
  
assamais
  
German Name
Not Available
  
Assamesisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Assamese people
  
Origin
17th century
  
7th century A.D
  
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Kamarupa
  
Standard Forms
Standard Cantonese
  
Assamese
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Not Available
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
No data available
  
as
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
Not Available
  
asm
  
ISO 639 2/B
Not Available
  
asm
  
ISO 639 3
No data available
  
asm
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
cant1236
  
assa1263
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
59-AAF-w
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Not Available
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Cantonese and Assamese 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 Cantonese and Assamese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Cantonese and Assamese language. Cantonese word for "Hello" is 您好 or Assamese word for "Thank You" is ḍhonyobaaḍ. Find more of such common Cantonese Greetings and Assamese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Cantonese vs Assamese Difficulty
The Cantonese vs Assamese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Cantonese Alphabets and Assamese 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 Cantonese and Assamese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Cantonese and Assamese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Cantonese is 88 weeks while to learn Assamese time required is Not Available.