Konkani and Assamese
National Language
India
Bangladesh, India
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Bangladesh, Bhutan
Regulated By
Govenment of Goa
Asam Sahitya Sabha
Interesting Facts
- Fr. Thomas Stevan wrote the first book in Konkani in 1651.
- Sahitya Academy recognized konkani as a language in year 1976.
- 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
Marathi
Bengali and Oriya
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Kokani-Alphabets.jpg#200
Assamese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Devanagari
Bengali
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
Thank You
Dev Borem Korum
ḍhonyobaaḍ
How Are You?
kaso assa?
aapuni kene aase?
Good Night
Rati Boren Zavonn
subhoraattri
Good Evening
Sanj Borem Zavonn
subha gadhuli
Good Afternoon
Not Available
subha abeli
Good Morning
Dis Borem Zavonn
suprobhaat
Please
Chike
anugroha kori
Sorry
Maf kor
moi ḍukkhita
I Love You
hav tujo mog korta.
moi tomaak bhaalpaao
Excuse Me
upkar korxi
kyoma koribo
Where They Speak
Goa
Western Assam
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Not present
Goalpariya
Where They Speak
Not Available
Western Assam
Dialect 3
Not present
Bhakatiya
Where They Speak
Not Available
Assam
Native Name
Kōṅkaṇī
অসমীয়া (asamīẏa)
Alternative Names
Konkan standard, Bankoti, Kunabi, North Konkan, Central Konkan, Concorinum, Cugani, Konkanese
Asambe, Asami, Asamiya
French Name
konkani
assamais
German Name
Konkani
Assamesisch
Pronunciation
kõkɳi
Not Available
Ethnicity
Konkanis
Assamese people
Origin
1209 A.D.
7th century A.D
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Not Available
Indic
Early Forms
No early forms
Kamarupa
Standard Forms
Kokani
Assamese
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Not Available
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
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ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
goan1235
assa1263
Linguasphere
No data available
59-AAF-w
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Not Available
All Konkani and Assamese Dialects
Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Konkani and Assamese dialects. Various dialects of Konkani and Assamese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Konkani are spoken in different Konkani Speaking Countries whereas Assamese Dialects are spoken in different Assamese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Konkani vs Assamese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Konkani dialects include: Antruz Assamese dialects include: Kamrupi , Goalpariya. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Konkani and Assamese Speaking population
Konkani and Assamese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Konkani and Assamese languages can be compared. The total count of Konkani and Assamese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Konkani language is 0.11 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Assamese language is 0.24 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Konkani and Assamese on Konkani vs Assamese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Konkani and Assamese Language Codes
Konkani and Assamese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Konkani and Assamese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.
