The Indo-Aryan language spoken by the majority people in the state of Assam, NE India.
Used in a Sentence
assamese
Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for assamese.
Editorial note
The examples given are, with native speaker numbers, Assamese (15 million), Catalan (4 million) and Kinyarwanda (10 million).
Examples18
Definitions3
Parts of speech2
Quick take
The Indo-Aryan language spoken by the majority people in the state of Assam, NE India.
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of assamese gathered in one view.
In or relating to its majority people's Indo-Aryan language.
Of, from or relating to the northeast-Indian state of Assam, or the region for which it is named.
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for assamese.
noun
The Indo-Aryan language spoken by the majority people in the state of Assam, NE India.
adjective
In or relating to its majority people's Indo-Aryan language.
adjective
Of, from or relating to the northeast-Indian state of Assam, or the region for which it is named.
Example sentences
The examples given are, with native speaker numbers, Assamese (15 million), Catalan (4 million) and Kinyarwanda (10 million).
Even in present time, in Barak valley of Assam, Assamese is not recognized as a state language.
Some politically motivated leaders still keep talking about throwing out the Assamese language from the entire state.
What's wrong with the platform-provided Assamese input methods that made you want to develop a replacement?
Bengali and Assamese are Indo-Aryan, while Tibetan is from a completely different language family (Sino-Tibetan).
The fact that there are almost 20× as many speakers of Bengali as there are of Assamese probably contributes to this.
Also, anything by Assamese authors.) And this thesis really only applies to modern India.
The suspicions of Bangla as an imposing threat to Assamese identity will remain.
The Assamese script itself is in a continuous development since 5th century.
Except Assamese may have some Sanskrit influence, also not sure of Manipuri.
Google translate added Assamese recently, that might explain the gaffes.
The Assamese Kotha Ramayana is about two hundred years later.
Quote examples
In practice, the name “Bengali–Assamese script” doesn’t seem to be used outside of Wikipedia and adjacent projects: it’s overwhelmingly called the Bengali script, with Assamese materials calling it the Assamese script.
I just tried "শুভ বৰদিন" and Google translated it correctly as Assamese.
It's technically the "Bengali–Assamese script".
Proper noun examples
While the scripts (Bengali/Assamese and Tibetan) both evolved from the Gupta script, the actual languages are very different.
Assamese (and Oriya) is essentially a somewhat distant dialect of Bengali.
The second and third are in the Bengali script, which is used primarily by Bengali and Assamese—but the letter ৰ is no longer used in Bengali.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use assamese in a sentence?
The examples given are, with native speaker numbers, Assamese (15 million), Catalan (4 million) and Kinyarwanda (10 million).
What does assamese mean?
The Indo-Aryan language spoken by the majority people in the state of Assam, NE India.
What part of speech is assamese?
assamese is commonly used as noun, adjective.