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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A member of the people of Assam. in-plural
2. 2
   the Magadhan language spoken by the Assamese people; closely related to Bengali wordnet
3. 3
   native or inhabitant of the state of Assam in northeastern India wordnet

Adjective

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

   "Only three in five Assamese (citizens of Assam) are linguistic Assamese."

Adjective

1. 1
   of or relating to or characteristic of Assam or its people or culture or language wordnet

Proper Noun

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

Synonyms

All synonyms

asamiyaasamiya languageassamese languageenglishlanguage

Example

More examples

"Bodo is a Tibeto-Burman language, as opposed to Assamese, which is an Indo-European language."

Etymology

From Assam + -ese.

Related phrases

Early AssameseMiddle Assameseindo aryan

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