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Malaysian and Assamese


Assamese and Malaysian


Countries

Countries
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore  
India  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
1  
14

National Language
Malaysia  
Bangladesh, India  

Second Language
Indonesia  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Thailand  
Bangladesh, Bhutan  

Regulated By
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka  
Asam Sahitya Sabha  

Interesting Facts
  • One of the most politically powerful language historically is Malaysian Language.
  • Malaysian earliest known inscriptions were found in South of Sumatra way back in 683-6 AD.
  
  • 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
Indonesian Language  
Bengali and Oriya  

Derived From
Tamil Language  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26  
8
52  
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
11  
8

How Many Consonants
24  
14
41  
30

Scripts
Latin  
Bengali  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks  
10
Not Available  

Greetings

Hello
Hai  
nomoskaar  

Thank You
terima kasih  
ḍhonyobaaḍ  

How Are You?
Apa khabar?  
aapuni kene aase?  

Good Night
Selamat Malam  
subhoraattri  

Good Evening
Selamat Petang  
subha gadhuli  

Good Afternoon
Selamat tengah hari  
subha abeli  

Good Morning
Selamat pagi  
suprobhaat  

Please
sila  
anugroha kori  

Sorry
maaf  
moi ḍukkhita  

Bye
Selamat tinggal  
biḍai  

I Love You
Saya sayang kamu  
moi tomaak bhaalpaao  

Excuse Me
Maafkan saya  
kyoma koribo  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Bengkulu  
Kamrupi  

Where They Speak
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra  
Western Assam  

How Many People Speak
1,600,000.00  
25
6,000,000.00  
16

Dialect 2
Pekal  
Goalpariya  

Where They Speak
Indonesia  
Western Assam  

How Many People Speak
30,000.00  
40
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Musi  
Bhakatiya  

Where They Speak
Indonesia  
Assam  

How Many People Speak
3,100,000.00  
11
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
24  
20
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
175.00 million  
10
15.30 million  
99+

Speaking Population
1.16 %  
14
0.24 %  
99+

Native Speakers
77.00 million  
12
15.00 million  
40

Second Language Speakers
98.00 million  
8
Not Available  

Native Name
Bahasa melayu  
অসমীয়া (asamīẏa)  

Alternative Names
Not Available  
Asambe, Asami, Asamiya  

French Name
malais  
assamais  

German Name
Malaiisch  
Assamesisch  

Pronunciation
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Not Available  
Assamese people  

History

Origin
c. 683 AD  
7th century A.D  

Language Family
Austronesian Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Not Available  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,  
Kamarupa  

Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Malay  
Assamese  

Language Position
54  
39
65  
99+

Signed Forms
Malaysian Sign Language  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ms  
as  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
msa  
asm  

ISO 639 2/B
may  
asm  

ISO 639 3
zsm  
asm  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
stan1306  
assa1263  

Linguasphere
No data available  
59-AAF-w  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
Not Available  

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All Malaysian 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 Malaysian and Assamese dialects. Various dialects of Malaysian and Assamese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Malaysian are spoken in different Malaysian Speaking Countries whereas Assamese Dialects are spoken in different Assamese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Malaysian vs Assamese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Malaysian dialects include: Bengkulu, Pekal. Assamese dialects include: Kamrupi , Goalpariya. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Malaysian and Assamese Speaking population

Malaysian and Assamese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Malaysian and Assamese languages can be compared. The total count of Malaysian and Assamese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Malaysian language is 1.16 % 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 Malaysian and Assamese on Malaysian vs Assamese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Malaysian and Assamese Language Codes

Malaysian and Assamese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Malaysian and Assamese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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