Assamese language
| Assamese | |
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| Asamiya (Ôxômiya) অসমীয়া[1][2] | |
 The word Ôxômiya ('Assamese') in Assamese script | |
| Pronunciation | /ɔ.xɔ.mia/ |
| Native to | Republic of India and Bangladesh |
| Region | Assam and Rangpur Division [3] |
| Ethnicity | Assamese 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 by | Asam Sahitya Sabha (literature/rhetorical congress of Assam) |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-1 | as |
| ISO 639-2 | asm |
| ISO 639-3 | asm |
| Glottolog | assa1263[6] |
| Linguasphere | 59-AAF-w |
 Assamese speakers in South Asia (with lighter shades of green signifying non-majority amount of speakers) | |
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অসমীয়া edition of Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
Assamese (Assamese: অসমীয়া translated asÔxômiya) (Template:IPA2) 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.
Assamese culture is deeply intertwined with the language, and it serves as a significant marker of Assamese identity. The language has borrowed vocabulary from various sources, including Sanskrit, Persian, and English, due to historical influences and interactions.
Assamese literature has produced renowned writers such as Lakshminath Bezbaroa, Jyoti Prasad Agarwala, and Birendra Kumar Bhattacharya, who have made significant contributions to both regional and Indian literature.
In recent years, efforts have been made to promote and preserve the Assamese language and its cultural heritage, both within the state of Assam and among Assamese communities across the globe.
References
- ↑ "2016. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, Nineteenth edition. Dallas, Texas: SIL International". SIL International. 2016.
- ↑ "The Indo-Aryan languages, Routledge Language Family Series, vol. 2, London and New York: Routledge" (PDF). George Cardona and Dhanesh Jain. 2003.
- ↑ "Assamese". lisindia.net. Archived from the original on 2017-06-21. Retrieved 2018-08-15. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Världens 100 största språk 2010" (The World's 100 Largest Languages in 2010), in Nationalencyklopedin
- ↑ "Nagamese alphabet, prounciation and language". www.omniglot.com.
- ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Assamese". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History. Search this book on
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