Facts About the Assamese Language

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Languages and India India, the world’s second most populated country, is home to thousands of different languages and cultures. Each of its states has its own official language. There are also thousands of regional languages that, despite not having official status, are still flourishing.

The majority of the languages spoken in the country belong to the Indo Aryan branch of the Indo-European family.

India is also home to Tamil, one of the world’s oldest languages. In total, there are 22 scheduled languages in the country.

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The Assamese Language Assamese is one of the 22 scheduled languages of India. It is officially recognized in the state of Assam. In northeastern Indian states, the Assamese language acts as the lingua franca for the people of the region.

It has 14.8 million native speakers that live in three Indian states. These states are Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, and Nagaland.

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Facts About the Assamese Language: Assamese has been around since the 7th century BC. The earliest form of this language was derived from the Kamarupi dialect of the eastern Magadhi Prakrit. It has gone through various stages of evolution to reach where it is today. Here are some unique and fascinating facts about the language:

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Facts Abou t the Assa mese Langu age

1. Sister Languages: Languages of a family that have the same ancestor are called sister languages. Assamese has plenty of sister languages, including Bengali, Rohingya, Chittagonian, Chakma, and Maithili.

2. Writing System: Throughout its history, Assamese has been written in various alphabets. The Assamese alphabet, also known as Bengali script or Eastern Nagari script, is an abugida system. It is written from left to right. Its most prominent feature is the use of typographic ligatures. Ahom or Tai Ahom script was used to write a now dead Tai language. However, on rare occasions, it has also been used to write Assamese. Nagamese Creole, also known as a ‘pidgincreole,’ is an Assamese-lexified creole.

It is written in the Latin alphabet.

3. Formality: Addressing people in the right way is very important for the speakers of Assamese. Relationship suffixes are used in Assamese speech. There are both formal and informal suffixes. It all depends on who you are speaking with. You can use informal suffixes when talking with friends, but they should be formal when speaking with your colleagues or a client.

4. Dialects: There are various dialects of Assamese. The more the distance between the two regions, the greater the differences between their dialects will be. In the 19th century, the eastern dialect became the standard form of the language. Plenty of formal words from other varieties have been adopted by the standard variety of Assamese. However, in the standard Assamese, the use of formal words is not very common, especially in everyday conversations. The eastern dialect of Assamese is known as Sibsagar.

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