Swahili and Assamese
Countries
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
India
National Language
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
Bangladesh, India
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Bangladesh, Bhutan
Regulated By
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
Asam Sahitya Sabha
Interesting Facts
- Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
- The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
- 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
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
Bengali and Oriya
Derived From
Arabic Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
Thank You
Asante
ḍhonyobaaḍ
How Are You?
Habari gani?
aapuni kene aase?
Good Night
Usiku mwema
subhoraattri
Good Evening
Habari za jioni
subha gadhuli
Good Afternoon
nzuri Alasiri
subha abeli
Good Morning
Habari za asubuhi
suprobhaat
Please
tafadhali
anugroha kori
I Love You
nakupenda
moi tomaak bhaalpaao
Excuse Me
Samahani
kyoma koribo
Dialect 1
Kiunguja
Kamrupi
Where They Speak
Zanzibar island
Western Assam
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Kimrima
Goalpariya
Where They Speak
Dar es Salaam
Western Assam
Dialect 3
Kimgao
Bhakatiya
Where They Speak
Kilwa
Assam
Speaking Population
Not Available
Native Name
Not Available
অসমীয়া (asamīẏa)
Alternative Names
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
Asambe, Asami, Asamiya
French Name
swahili
assamais
German Name
Swahili
Assamesisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
Ethnicity
Swahili people or Waswahili
Assamese people
Origin
6th century
7th century A.D
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Indo-Iranian
Early Forms
No early forms
Kamarupa
Standard Forms
Swahili
Assamese
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
swah1254
assa1263
Linguasphere
99-AUS-m
59-AAF-w
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Not Available
All Swahili 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 Swahili and Assamese dialects. Various dialects of Swahili and Assamese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Swahili are spoken in different Swahili Speaking Countries whereas Assamese Dialects are spoken in different Assamese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Swahili vs Assamese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Swahili dialects include: Kiunguja, Kimrima. Assamese dialects include: Kamrupi , Goalpariya. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Swahili and Assamese Speaking population
Swahili and Assamese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Swahili and Assamese languages can be compared. The total count of Swahili and Assamese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Swahili language is Not Available 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 Swahili and Assamese on Swahili vs Assamese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Swahili and Assamese Language Codes
Swahili and Assamese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Swahili and Assamese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.
