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Bengali-Assamese languages is the name of a group of languages, which are spoken in Eastern India, Bangladesh, Myanmar and Nepal. This group belongs to the Eastern zone of Indo-Aryan languages. According to Glottolog, it includes Assamese, Bengali, Bishnupriya, Chakma, Chittagonian, Hajong, Kharia Thar, Kurmukar, Lodhi (also categorised as a Munda language), Mal Paharia, Noakhailla, Rajbangshi, Rohingya, Sylheti, Tangchangya and Surjapuri.
Bengali–Assamese | |
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Gauda–Kamarupa | |
Geographic distribution: | Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, Nepal |
Linguistic classification: | Indo-European
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A map showing geographical distribution of the sub-branches of Bengali–Assamese languages according to the classification of Suniti Kumar Chatterji.[1] |
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