Countries
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
  
India
  
National Language
China, Taiwan
  
Bangladesh, India
  
Second Language
Republic of Brazil
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Indonesia, Malaysia
  
Bangladesh, Bhutan
  
Regulated By
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council
  
Asam Sahitya Sabha
  
Interesting Facts
- Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
- In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
  
- 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
Not Available
  
Bengali and Oriya
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
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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 (Nín hǎo)
  
nomoskaar
  
Thank You
谢谢 (Xièxiè)
  
ḍhonyobaaḍ
  
How Are You?
你好吗? (Nǐ hǎo ma?)
  
aapuni kene aase?
  
Good Night
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)
  
subhoraattri
  
Good Evening
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)
  
subha gadhuli
  
Good Afternoon
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)
  
subha abeli
  
Good Morning
早安 (Zǎo ān)
  
suprobhaat
  
Please
请 (Qǐng)
  
anugroha kori
  
Sorry
遗憾 (Yíhàn)
  
moi ḍukkhita
  
Bye
再见 (Zàijiàn)
  
biḍai
  
I Love You
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)
  
moi tomaak bhaalpaao
  
Excuse Me
劳驾 (Láojià)
  
kyoma koribo
  
Dialect 1
Mandarin
  
Kamrupi
  
Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan
  
Western Assam
  
How Many People Speak
960,000,000.00
  
1
6,000,000.00
  
16
Dialect 2
Wu
  
Goalpariya
  
Where They Speak
China, United States of America
  
Western Assam
  
How Many People Speak
80,000,000.00
  
1
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Yue
  
Bhakatiya
  
Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
  
Assam
  
How Many People Speak
60,000,000.00
  
2
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
1,051.00 million
  
2
15.30 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
873.00 million
  
1
15.00 million
  
40
Second Language Speakers
178.00 million
  
3
Not Available
  
Native Name
中文 (zhōngwén)
  
অসমীয়া (asamīẏa)
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Asambe, Asami, Asamiya
  
French Name
chinois
  
assamais
  
German Name
Chinesisch
  
Assamesisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Han
  
Assamese people
  
Origin
1250 BC
  
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 Chinese
  
Assamese
  
Signed Forms
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
zh
  
as
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
zho
  
asm
  
ISO 639 2/B
chi
  
asm
  
ISO 639 3
zho
  
asm
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
sini1245
  
assa1263
  
Linguasphere
79-AAA
  
59-AAF-w
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
  
Not Available
  
Chinese 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 Chinese and Assamese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Chinese and Assamese language. Chinese word for "Hello" is 您好 (Nín hǎo) or Assamese word for "Thank You" is ḍhonyobaaḍ. Find more of such common Chinese Greetings and Assamese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Chinese vs Assamese Difficulty
The Chinese vs Assamese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Chinese 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 Chinese and Assamese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Chinese and Assamese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Chinese is 88 weeks while to learn Assamese time required is Not Available.