Assamese

English

Etymology

From Assam +‎ -ese

Adjective

Assamese (comparative more Assamese, superlative most Assamese)

1. Of, from or relating to the northeast-Indian state of Assam, or the region for which it is named
2. In or relating to its majority people's Indo-Iranian language

   Only 3 in 5 Assamese (citizens of Assam) are linguistic Assamese

Translations

language

• Catalan: assamès (ca)
• Dutch: Assamees (nl) n, Assami (nl) n

• Russian: ассамский (ru) (assámskij) m

Proper noun

Wikipedia Assamese (uncountable)

1. The Indo-Aryan language spoken by the majority people in the state of Assam, NE India

Translations

language

• Arabic: أسامية (ar) ('asamíyya) f
• Assamese: অসমিয়া (as) (ôxômiya), অসমীয়া (as) (ôxômiya)
• Catalan: assamès (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 阿薩密語 (cmn), 阿萨密语 (cmn) (Āsàmì-yǔ)

• Danish: assamesisk (da)
• Dutch: Assamees (nl) n, Assami (nl) n, Assamitisch (nl) n
• Finnish: assami (fi)
• French: assamais (fr) m
• German: Assamesisch (de) n
• Gujarati: આસામી (gu)
• Hebrew: אסאמית (he)

• Hindi: आसामी (hi) (āsāmī) f, असमिया (hi) (asamiyā) f
• Indonesian: bahasa Assam
• Japanese: アッサム語 (ja) (Assamu-go)
• Jèrriais: Assamais m
• Kannada: ಅಸ್ಸಾಮೀಸ್ (kn) (assāmīs)
• Korean: 아삼어 (ko) (Asam-eo)
• Polish: język asamski
• Russian: ассамский (ru) (assámskij)
• Sanskrit: असमिया (sa)
• Swedish: assamesiska (sv)
• Telugu: అస్సామీ భాష (te)

See also

• Wiktionary's coverage of Assamese terms
• ISO 639-1 code as, ISO 639-3 code asm
• Ethnologue entry for Assamese, as