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 (Assamese: অসমীয়া translated asÔxômiya) 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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  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.

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  Silver coin issued during the reign of Rudra Singha in Sanskrit with Assamese letters.

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  Rô One of the consonants of Assamese script.

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In Spanish: Idioma asamés para niños