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The Assamese alphabet [3] (Assamese: অসমীয়া বৰ্ণমালা, romanized: Ôxômiya Bôrnômala) is a writing system of the Assamese language and is a part of the Bengali-Assamese script.
Assamese, Odia, and Bengali, in contrast to other Indo-Aryan languages, use the velar nasal (the English ng in sing) extensively. While in many languages, the velar nasal is commonly restricted to preceding velar sounds, in Assamese it can occur intervocalically. [ 62 ]
Xobdo.org is an online multilingual dictionary. It provides information on the vocabularies of Assamese, Meitei, Karbi, Dimasa, Mising, Hindi and Bengali languages. [2] It is the first online Assamese dictionary to become available online on 10 March 2006. [3]
The literary heritage of the Assamese language can be traced back to the c. 9-10th century in the Charyapada, where the earliest elements of the language can be discerned. Poets are listed in alphabetical order by their pen name, as rendered in Latin script.
Hemkosh (Assamese: হেমকোষ, IPA:) is the first etymological dictionary of the Assamese language based on Sanskrit spellings, compiled by Hemchandra Barua.It was first published in the early 20th century under the supervision of Capt. P. R. Gordon, ISC and Hemchandra Goswami, 33 years after the publication of Bronson's dictionary.
The Invitation is an English translation, by Arunabha Bhuyan, of Patangia Kalita's Assamese work Handpicked Fictions. ‘’The Loneliness of Hira Barua’’ translated by Ranjita Biswas, 2020 [11] Feature Films. Arupa Patangia Kalita has written the dialogues for the critically acclaimed Assamese feature film Kothanodi (The River of Fables).
Assamese literature is the entire corpus of poetry, novels, short stories, plays, documents and other writings in the Assamese language.It also includes the literary works in the older forms of the language during its evolution to the contemporary form and its cultural heritage and tradition.
However, Assamese culture in its hybrid form and nature is one of the richest and is still under development. 20th century saw numerous self-determination and identity movement and many states were new states were created in the process as most indigenous tribal communities of the state refused to accept the idea of collective Assamese identity ...