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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.
'Chandrakanta Dictionary') is an Assamese Language to English dictionary, the third one published. [1] It contains 36,816 words and was originally compiled and published by Asam Sahitya Sabha in 1933.
Assamese literature is the entire corpus of poetry, novels, short stories, documents and other writings in the Assamese language. It also includes popular ballads in the older forms of the language during its evolution to the contemporary form.
Burhi Aair Sadhu or Burhi Aai'r Xaadhu (Assamese: বুঢ়ী আইৰ সাধু, literally translated to Grand Mother's Tales) is a collection of stories or folklore, that have been compiled by famous Assamese author and poet Lakshminath Bezbaruah. [2] It is one of the most popular texts in Assamese literature. [3]
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.
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.
Kamarupi script [4] (Kamrupi script, ancient Assamese script) [3] was the script used in ancient Kamarupa from as early as 5th century to 13th century, from which the modern Assamese script eventually evolved. [5] In the development of the Assamese script, this phase was followed by the medieval and then by the modern Assamese scripts. [6]
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 ]