Assamese Language: Indo-Aryan language spoken in Assam, India
Assamese (Assamese: অসমীয়া translated asÔxômiya) (IPA: ) 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.
| Assamese | |
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| 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) |
Indo-European
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| 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 |
| Glottolog | assa1263 |
| Linguasphere | 59-AAF-w |
 Assamese speakers in South Asia (with lighter shades of green signifying non-majority amount of speakers) | |
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| Constitutionally recognised languages of India | |
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| Scheduled Languages | |
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| Related | |
| Official languages of India |
References
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