ISO 639-3 · asmasm
Indo-European family
Assamese
অসমীয়া ভাষা
Assamese is a language of the Bengali–Assamese branch (Indo-European), spoken in India. Wikidata counts 15.3 m first-language speakers (2019). Wikidata describes it as “Indo-Aryan language spoken in Assam, India”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
asm- ISO 639-1
as- Glottocode
assa1263- Family
- Indo-European
- EGIDS
- 2 Provincial
- Centre point
- 26.40, 92.60
- Wikipedia
- 124 language editions
15.3 mfirst-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
1scripts
5levels in the tree
2EGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Assamese · অসমীয়া ভাষা |
|---|---|
| Also called | Asamiya language, Assamese language, Asamiya, Axomiya language, Axomiya |
| L1 speakers | 15,300,000 (2019) |
| Written in | Assamese alphabet |
Vitality
EGIDS 2 Provincial2
Institutional. Used in government, education and media — EGIDS 0 to 4.
Other languages at this levelfamily tree
From Indo-European to Assamese
The branches above Assamese, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Map and countries
A distribution map from Wikimedia Commons, as linked from Wikidata; borders of language areas are approximate.
Also spoken in India
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