Assamese
Spoken language
Assamese or Asamiya is an Indo-Aryan language spoken mainly in the north-eastern Indian state of Assam, where it is an official language. It serves as a lingua franca of the wider region and has over 15 million native speakers according to... Wikipedia
Dialects: Eastern, Central, Kamrupi, Goalpariya
Early forms: Magadhi Prakrit: Magadhan Apabhraṃśa > Kamarupi Prakrit > Old Assamese
Ethnicity: Assamese
Language family: Indo-European > Indo-Iranian > Indo-Aryan > Eastern > Bengali–Assamese > Kamrupa > Assamese
Native speakers: 15 million (2011 census)
Native to: India