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Xhosa vs Assamese


Assamese vs Xhosa


Countries

Countries
South Africa  
India  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
South Africa  
Bangladesh, India  

Second Language
Lesotho, South Africa  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Asia  

Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho  
Bangladesh, Bhutan  

Regulated By
Not Available  
Asam Sahitya Sabha  

Interesting Facts
  • Xhosa has 15 click sounds, borrowed from the khoi-khoi and san languages of the South Africa.
  • The same sequence of consonants and vowels can have different meaning when said with different tones, so Xhosa is tonal.
  
  • 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
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele  
Bengali and Oriya  

Derived From
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
53  
32
52  
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10  
7
11  
8

How Many Consonants
43  
32
41  
30

Scripts
Latin  
Bengali  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
Not Available  

Greetings

Hello
Molo  
nomoskaar  

Thank You
Ndiyabulela  
ḍhonyobaaḍ  

How Are You?
Unjani  
aapuni kene aase?  

Good Night
Ulale kakuhle  
subhoraattri  

Good Evening
Ubusuku obuhle  
subha gadhuli  

Good Afternoon
Uben' emva kwemini entle  
subha abeli  

Good Morning
Molo  
suprobhaat  

Please
Ndicela  
anugroha kori  

Sorry
Ndicela uxolo  
moi ḍukkhita  

Bye
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle  
biḍai  

I Love You
Ndiyakuthanda  
moi tomaak bhaalpaao  

Excuse Me
Uxolo  
kyoma koribo  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gcaleka  
Kamrupi  

Where They Speak
South Africa  
Western Assam  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
6,000,000.00  
16

Dialect 2
Thembu  
Goalpariya  

Where They Speak
South Africa  
Western Assam  

Dialect 3
Hlubi  
Bhakatiya  

Where They Speak
South Africa  
Assam  

Total No. Of Dialects
9  
9
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
20.00 million  
99+
15.30 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.11 %  
99+
0.24 %  
99+

Native Speakers
8.20 million  
99+
15.00 million  
40

Second Language Speakers
11.00 million  
21
Not Available  

Native Name
isiXhosa  
অসমীয়া (asamīẏa)  

Alternative Names
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa  
Asambe, Asami, Asamiya  

French Name
xhosa  
assamais  

German Name
Xhosa-Sprache  
Assamesisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
amaXhosa, amaBhaca  
Assamese people  

History

Origin
16th Century  
7th century A.D  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Benue-Congo  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Bantu  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Kamarupa  

Standard Forms
isiXhosa  
Assamese  

Language Position
Not Available  
65  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Xhosa  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
xh  
as  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
xho  
asm  

ISO 639 2/B
xho  
asm  

ISO 639 3
xho  
asm  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
xhos1239  
assa1263  

Linguasphere
99-AUT-fa  
59-AAF-w  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Not Available  

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Xhosa and Assamese Language History

Comparison of Xhosa vs Assamese language history gives us differences between origin of Xhosa and Assamese language. History of Xhosa language states that this language originated in 16th Century 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 Xhosa and Assamese Language History.

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Xhosa 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 Xhosa and Assamese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Xhosa and Assamese language. Xhosa word for "Hello" is Molo or Assamese word for "Thank You" is ḍhonyobaaḍ. Find more of such common Xhosa Greetings and Assamese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Xhosa vs Assamese Difficulty

The Xhosa vs Assamese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Xhosa 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 Xhosa and Assamese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Xhosa and Assamese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Xhosa is 44 weeks while to learn Assamese time required is Not Available.

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