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

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) 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. French: assamais (fr) m. German: Assami (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) 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 (SIL)
• Ethnologue entry for Assamese, asm