Assamese language
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.
| Assamese | |
|---|---|
| Asamiya (Ôxômiya) অসমীয়া[1][2] | |
 The word Ôxômiya ('Assamese') in Assamese script | |
| Pronunciation | /ɔ.xɔ.mia/ |
| Native to | Bangladesh , India , Bengal |
| Region | Assam, Arunachal Pradesh and Nagaland[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 |
| Linguasphere | 59-AAF-w |
 Assamese speakers in South Asia (with lighter shades of green signifying non-majority amount of speakers) | |
ReferencesEdit
- ↑ "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.
