Assamese
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See also: assamese
Etymology
Adjective
Assamese (comparative more Assamese, superlative most Assamese)
- Of, from or relating to the northeast-Indian state of Assam, or the region for which it is named.
- In or relating to its majority people's Indo-Aryan language.
- Only three in five Assamese (citizens of Assam) are linguistic Assamese.
Translations
of, from or relating to Assam
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Proper noun
Assamese
- The Indo-Aryan language spoken by the majority people in the state of Assam, NE India.
Derived terms
Translations
language
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Noun
Assamese (plural Assameses or Assamese)
Usage notes
As with other terms for people formed with -ese, the countable singular noun in reference to a person (as in "I am an Assamese", "writing about Assamese cuisine as an Assamese") is uncommon and often taken as incorrect. In its place, the adjective is used, by itself (as in "I am Assamese") or before a noun like person, man, or woman ("writing about Assamese cuisine as an Assamese person"). See also -ish, which is similarly only used primarily as an adjective or as a plural noun.
See also
- Wiktionary's coverage of Assamese terms
- Appendix:Assamese Swadesh list for a Swadesh list of basic vocabulary words in Assamese
- ISO 639-1 code as, ISO 639-3 code asm (SIL)
- Ethnologue entry for Assamese, asm
- “Assamese”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
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