It is written in the Assamese alphabet, an abugida system, from left to right, with many typographic ligatures. Assamese was designated as a classical Indian language by the Government of India on 3 …

Assamese is an eastern Indo-Aryan language spoken by about 20 million people in the Indian states of Assam, Meghalaya and Arunachal Pradesh, and also spoken in Bangladesh and Bhutan.

The only indigenous Indo-Aryan language of the Assam valley, Assamese has been affected in vocabulary, phonetics, and structure by its close association with Tibeto-Burman dialects in the region.

Assamese, or Asomiya, is unique due to its connection to the Eastern Indo-Aryan language group, which evolved from the ancient Magadhi Prakrit, making it one of the oldest languages in the region.

Assamese is the official language of the northeastern Indian state of Assam. In an area of great linguistic diversity, it is frequently used as a lingua franca (in Assam and in the border states).

Assamese is a member of the Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-European language family, which also includes languages such as Bengali, Hindi, and Punjabi. It is closely related to Bengali and shares …

Read about the Assamese language, its dialects and find out where it is spoken. Learn about the structure and get familiar with the alphabet and writing.

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The Assamese language is spoken in the State of Assam, in Northeast India. It's written with the Bengali script.

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