Assamese language facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Assamese
Asamiya (Ôxômiya) অসমীয়া
The word Ôxômiya ('Assamese') in Assamese script
Pronunciation	/ɔ.xɔ.mia/
Native to	Bangladesh , India , Bengal
Region	Assam, Arunachal Pradesh and Nagaland
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)
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 (pronounced "Oh-kho-mee-ya") is a language spoken mainly in the state of Assam in North-East India. It's the official language of Assam. You'll also find people speaking Assamese in parts of Arunachal Pradesh and other nearby Indian states. It belongs to a big language family called Indo-Aryan, which is part of the even larger Indo-Iranian group.

Images for kids

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  This map shows the early languages that led to the Eastern Magadhan languages.

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  A silver coin from the time of Rudra Singha. It has Sanskrit words with Assamese letters.

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  Rô This is one of the consonants from the Assamese script.

See also

In Spanish: Idioma asamés para niños