Countries
India
  
India
  
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
Not Available
  
Asam Sahitya Sabha
  
Interesting Facts
- Sanskrit language has highest number of vocabularies than any other language.
- Sanskrit Language has proved to help in speech therapy, also it increases concentration and helps to learn maths and science better.
  
- 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
Old German Language
  
Bengali and Oriya
  
Derived From
Prakrit Language
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
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Assamese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Devanagari
  
Bengali
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
नमस्कारः (namaskāraḥ)
  
nomoskaar
  
Thank You
धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh)
  
ḍhonyobaaḍ
  
How Are You?
कथमस्ति भवान् (kathamasti bhawān)
  
aapuni kene aase?
  
Good Night
शुभरात्री (shubharātrī)
  
subhoraattri
  
Good Evening
शुभः सायंकालः
  
subha gadhuli
  
Good Afternoon
शुभ दुपार
  
subha abeli
  
Good Morning
सुप्रभातम् (suprabhātam)
  
suprobhaat
  
Please
कृपया (kripayā)
  
anugroha kori
  
Sorry
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)
  
moi ḍukkhita
  
Bye
पुनः मिलामः(punah milamah)
  
biḍai
  
I Love You
त्वामनुरजामि (twāmanurajāmi)
  
moi tomaak bhaalpaao
  
Excuse Me
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)
  
kyoma koribo
  
Dialect 1
Not present
  
Kamrupi
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Western Assam
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
6,000,000.00
  
16
Dialect 2
Not present
  
Goalpariya
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Western Assam
  
Dialect 3
Not present
  
Bhakatiya
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Assam
  
Total No. Of Dialects
0
  
How Many People Speak?
14.10 million
  
99+
15.30 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
14.10 million
  
99+
15.00 million
  
40
Native Name
संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam)
  
অসমীয়া (asamīẏa)
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Asambe, Asami, Asamiya
  
French Name
sanskrit
  
assamais
  
German Name
Sanskrit
  
Assamesisch
  
Pronunciation
[səmskr̩t̪əm]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Assamese people
  
Origin
2000 B.C.
  
7th century A.D
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Indic
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Vedic Sanskrit
  
Kamarupa
  
Standard Forms
Sanskrit
  
Assamese
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
sa
  
as
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
san
  
asm
  
ISO 639 2/B
san
  
asm
  
ISO 639 3
san
  
asm
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
sans1269
  
assa1263
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
59-AAF-w
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Ancient
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Not Available
  
Sanskrit 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 Sanskrit and Assamese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Sanskrit and Assamese language. Sanskrit word for "Hello" is नमस्कारः (namaskāraḥ) or Assamese word for "Thank You" is ḍhonyobaaḍ. Find more of such common Sanskrit Greetings and Assamese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Sanskrit vs Assamese Difficulty
The Sanskrit vs Assamese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Sanskrit 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 Sanskrit and Assamese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Sanskrit and Assamese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Sanskrit is 20 weeks while to learn Assamese time required is Not Available.