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Assamese language

Assamese language

8.1
A language spoken by people in Assam in northeast India
  • noun
: idioma asamés
  • Many students in Assam learn the Assamese language from an early age.

Examples

  • The festival celebrations in Assam are often conducted in the Assamese language.

  • The Assamese language is widely spoken in Assam, rich with cultural heritage.

  • Shankaradeva introduced Krishna devotion to Assam and use the local Assamese language instead of the ancient Sanskrit.

Synonyms

Assamese
vsAssamese language
1 9.8

The language spoken by people in Assam in northeast India

has the same meaning but mentions relation to both Bengali and Oriya
Asamiya language
vsAssamese language
9.7

A language people speak in Assam, India that is related to Bengali

means the same but highlights relation mainly to Bengali
Asamiya
vsAssamese language
9.9

A language spoken by people from Assam in northeast India, similar to Bengali

shares identical meaning but is an alternative regional name

Surface Forms

Assamese language singular
Assamese languages plural

Morphology

Assamese + language

The phrase 'Assamese language' is directly compositional: 'Assamese' identifies the people/region and 'language' denotes a spoken system, so the combined meaning — the language of Assam/the Assamese people — is immediately inferable. This follows a common cross-linguistic pattern (demonym/adjective + 'language'), making it understandable to a B1 learner who knows both constituent words.

Etymology

Assamese language may come from the name of the region Assam. One popular story says the name comes from the people called the Ahom who settled there long ago, so Assamese language simply means 'the language of the Assam people'.