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ASM ISO 639-3

Assamese

অসমীয়া‎ (Ôxômiya) Autonym

A language of India

ISO 639
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Alternate Names
Asambe, Asami, Asamiya
Autonym
অসমীয়া‎ (Ôxômiya)
Population
15,300,000 in India (2011 census). Total users in all countries: 15,328,240 (as L1: 15,327,990; as L2: 250).
Location:
Arunachal Pradesh state: Changlang and Lohit; Assam state; Meghalaya state: west Garo Hills; Nagaland state: Dimapur, Kohima, Mokokchung, Wokha, and Zunheboto; West Bengal state: Jalpaiguri and Koch Bihar.
Language Status
2 (Provincial). Statutory provincial language in Assam State (1950, Constitution, Schedule VIII).
Classification
Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan, Outer Languages, Eastern, Bengali-Assamese
Dialects
Jharwa (Pidgin), Mayang, Standard Assamese, Western Assamese (Kamrupi).
Typology
SOV; noun head final; gender (masculine/feminine); case-marking (6 cases); verb affixes mark person, number, gender of subject; passives; tense and aspect; 21 consonant and 16 vowel phonemes; non-tonal; free stress; honorifics.
Language Use
Used as L2 by Adi [adi], Aiton [aio], Amri Karbi [ajz], Angami Naga [njm], Ao Naga [njo], Apatani [apt], Bawm Chin [bgr], Chang Naga [nbc], Deori [der], Digaro-Mishmi [mhu], Dimasa [dis], Galo Adi [adl], Hajong [haj], Hmar [hmr], Hrangkhol [hra], Hruso [hru], Idu-Mishmi [clk], Kachari [xac], Kamtapuri [rkt], Karbi [mjw], Khamti [kht], Khamyang [ksu], Koch [kdq], Kurmukar [kfv], Lyngngam [lyg], Miji [sjl], Miju-Mishmi [mxj], Mising [mrg], Nocte Naga [njb], Phake [phk], Puroik [suv], Singpho [sgp], Sumi Naga [nsm], Tangsa Naga [nst], Tiwa [lax], Tutsa Naga [tvt], Wancho Naga [nnp].
Language Development
Literature. Newspapers. Periodicals. Radio. TV. Videos. Dictionary. Grammar. Bible: 1833–1995.
Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Assamese
Writing
Bengali (Bangla) script [Beng].

Also Spoken in

Language Name
Assamese
User Population
26,200 in Bhutan (2021 Joshua Project). , based on ethnicity.
Location
Scattered in south.
Language Status
Unestablished
Other Comments
Non-indigenous. Hindu, Muslim.
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Map

Location: Arunachal Pradesh state: Changlang and Lohit; Assam state; Meghalaya state: west Garo Hills; Nagaland state: Dimapur, Kohima, Mokokchung, Wokha, and Zunheboto; West Bengal state: Jalpaiguri and Koch Bihar.