Assamese language

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Assamese
Asamiya (Ôxômiya) অসমীয়া[1][2]
The word Ôxômiya ('Assamese') in Assamese script
Pronunciation/ɔ.xɔ.mia/
Native toIndia and Bangladesh
RegionAssam and Rangpur Division [3]
EthnicityAssamese people
Native speakers
15 million (2010)[4]
Dialects
Eastern Nagari (Assamese)
Assamese Braille
Latin alphabet (Nagamese Creole)[5]
Official status
Official language in
 India (Assam)
Regulated byAsam Sahitya Sabha (literature/rhetorical congress of Assam)
Language codes
ISO 639-1as
ISO 639-2asm
ISO 639-3asm
Glottologassa1263
Linguasphere59-AAF-w
Assamese speakers in South Asia (with lighter shades of green signifying non-majority amount of speakers)
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Assamese (Assamese: অসমীয়া translated asÔxômiya) (IPA: [ɔxɔmija]) is the easternmost Indo-Aryan language, spoken most in the state of Assam in North-East India. It is also the main language of Assam. It is spoken in parts of Arunachal Pradesh and other northeast Indian states.

References[change | change source]

  1. "2016. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, Nineteenth edition. Dallas, Texas: SIL International". SIL International. 2016.
  2. "The Indo-Aryan languages, Routledge Language Family Series, vol. 2, London and New York: Routledge" (PDF). George Cardona and Dhanesh Jain. 2003.
  3. "Assamese". lisindia.net. Archived from the original on 2017-06-21. Retrieved 2018-08-15.
  4. "Världens 100 största språk 2010" (The World's 100 Largest Languages in 2010), in Nationalencyklopedin
  5. "Nagamese alphabet, prounciation and language". www.omniglot.com.