Assamese language

Assamese
Assamese
Asamiya (Ôxômiya) অসমীয়া
	The word Ôxômiya ('Assamese') in Assamese script
Pronunciation	/ɔ.xɔ.mia/
Native to	India and Bangladesh
Region	Assam and Rangpur Division
Ethnicity	Assamese people
Native speakers	15 million (2010)ne2010
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
Linguasphere	59-AAF-w
	Assamese speakers in South Asia (with lighter shades of green signifying non-majority amount of speakers)
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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.

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Constitutionally recognised languages of India

Assamese Language Media

The proto-languages of the eastern Magadhan languages. Kamarupi Prakrit corresponds to ?proto-Kamarupa here, a hitherto un-reconstructed proto-language. proto-Kamata began to innovate unique features in the period 1250-1550 CE.
Silver coin issued during the reign of Rudra Singha in Sanskrit with Assamese letters.
RôOne of the consonants of Assamese script.
This map shows the dialects of Assamese according to their political classification. Linguistically these are language varieties of the Kamarupi group of Bengali-Assamese group of the Indo-Aryan branch of Indo-European language family.