Assamese language

Assamese
Assamese
Asamiya (Ôxômiya) অসমীয়া
	The word Ôxômiya ('Assamese') in Assamese script
Pronunciation	/ɔ.xɔ.mia/
Native to	Bangladesh , India , Bengal
Region	Assam, Arunachal Pradesh and Nagaland
Ethnicity	Assamese people
Native speakers	15 million (2010)
Language family	Indo-European Indo-Iranian Indo-Aryan Eastern Bengali–Assamese Kamarupi Prakrit Old Assamese Middle Assamese Assamese; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Dialects	Kamrupi, Goalpariya;
Writing system	Eastern Nagari (Assamese); Assamese Braille; Latin alphabet (Nagamese Creole)
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
Linguasphere	59-AAF-w
	Assamese speakers in South Asia (with lighter shades of green signifying non-majority amount of speakers)

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[edit]

↑ "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.
↑ "Världens 100 största språk 2010" (The World's 100 Largest Languages in 2010), in Nationalencyklopedin
↑ "Nagamese alphabet, prounciation and language". www.omniglot.com.

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[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.

[NE100_2-4] "Världens 100 största språk 2010" (The World's 100 Largest Languages in 2010), in Nationalencyklopedin

[5] "Nagamese alphabet, prounciation and language". www.omniglot.com.

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