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Bengali–Assamese languages

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Bengali–Assamese
Gauda–Kamarupa
Geographic
distribution
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, Nepal
Linguistic classificationIndo-European
Early form
Glottologgaud1237  (Gauda–Kamrupa)[1]
A map showing geographical distribution of the sub-branches of Bengali–Assamese languages according to the classification of Suniti Kumar Chatterji.[2]

Bengali-Assamese languages is the name of a group of languages, which are spoken in Eastern India, Bangladesh, Myanmar and Nepal. This group belongs to the Eastern zone of Indo-Aryan languages. According to Glottolog includes Assamese, Bengali, Bishnupriya, Chakma, Chittagonian, Hajong, Kharia Thar, Kurmukar, Lodhi (also categorised as a Munda language), Mal Paharia, Noakhailla, Rajbangshi, Rohingya, Sylheti, Tangchangya and Surjapuri.

References[edit]

  1. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Gauda–Kamrupa". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History. Search this book on
  2. Suniti Kumar Chaterjee (1926). The origin and development of Bengali language. p. 140. Search this book on


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