Assamese language
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| Assamese Assamese: অসমীয়া Template:Translit-as |
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| Spoken in: | India, Bhutan & USA (DE, NJ & NY) | |
| Region: | Assam | |
| Total speakers: | 13,079,696 (in 1991)[1] | |
| Ranking: | 52 | |
| Language family: | Indo-European Indo-Iranian Indo-Aryan Eastern Group Bengali-Assamese Assamese |
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| Writing system: | Assamese script | |
| Official status | ||
| Official language of: |  (Assam) |
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| Regulated by: | no official regulation | |
| Language codes | ||
| ISO 639-1: | as | |
| ISO 639-2: | asm | |
| ISO 639-3: | asm
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Assamese (Assamese: অসমীয়া translated asÔxômiya) (IPA: [ɔxɔmija]) 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. Small areas of Assamese speakers can be found in Bhutan.
