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Assamese vs Japanese


Countries

Countries
Japan  
India  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Japan  
Bangladesh, India  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia, Pacific  
Asia  

Minority Language
Palau  
Bangladesh, Bhutan  

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

Interesting Facts
  • 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.
  
  • 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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Similar To
Korean Language  
Bengali and Oriya  

Derived From
Not Available  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
99  
40
52  
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
11  
8

How Many Consonants
14  
4
41  
30

Scripts
Kana  
Bengali  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
13
Not Available  

Greetings

Hello
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)  
nomoskaar  

Thank You
ありがとう (Arigatō)  
ḍhonyobaaḍ  

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

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

Good Evening
こんばんは (Konbanwa)  
subha gadhuli  

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

Good Morning
おはよう (Ohayō)  
suprobhaat  

Please
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)  
anugroha kori  

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

Bye
さようなら (Sayōnara)  
biḍai  

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

Excuse Me
すみません (Sumimasen)  
kyoma koribo  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Sanuki  
Kamrupi  

Where They Speak
Kagawa  
Western Assam  

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

Dialect 2
Hakata  
Goalpariya  

Where They Speak
Fukuoka  
Western Assam  

Dialect 3
Kansai  
Bhakatiya  

Where They Speak
kansai  
Assam  

Total No. Of Dialects
31  
25
3  
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
1.90 %  
10
0.24 %  
99+

Native Speakers
128.00 million  
9
15.00 million  
40

Native Name
日本語  
অসমীয়া (asamīẏa)  

Alternative Names
Not Available  
Asambe, Asami, Asamiya  

French Name
japonais  
assamais  

German Name
Japanisch  
Assamesisch  

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

Ethnicity
Japanese (Yamato)  
Assamese people  

History

Origin
1185  
7th century A.D  

Language Family
Japonic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Not Available  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

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

Standard Forms
Japanese  
Assamese  

Language Position
8  
8
65  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Japanese  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ja  
as  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
jpn  
asm  

ISO 639 2/B
jpn  
asm  

ISO 639 3
jpn  
asm  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
nucl1643  
assa1263  

Linguasphere
45-CAA-a  
59-AAF-w  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic  
Not Available  

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Japanese and Assamese Language History

Comparison of Japanese vs Assamese language history gives us differences between origin of Japanese and Assamese language. History of Japanese language states that this language originated in 1185 whereas history of Assamese language states that this language originated in 7th century A.D. 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 Japanese and Assamese Language History.

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Japanese 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 Japanese and Assamese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Japanese and Assamese language. Japanese word for "Hello" is こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa) or Assamese word for "Thank You" is ḍhonyobaaḍ. Find more of such common Japanese Greetings and Assamese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Japanese vs Assamese Difficulty

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

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