Assamese language
Assamese (ISO 639-3 code asm) is a language of the Indo-European family spoken in Bangladesh, Bhutan, and India. It has about 15,000,000 speakers.
Assamese dictionary: 3,935 entries on Glottosphere. Open the Assamese dictionary
Facts
| ISO 639-3 code | asm |
|---|---|
| Glottocode | assa1263 |
| Family | Indo-European |
| Area | Eurasia |
| Countries | Bangladesh, Bhutan, India |
| Speakers (estimate) | 15,000,000 |
Related languages
Other Indo-European languages, nearest first.
- Hindi610,000,000 speakers
- Bengali273,000,000 speakers
- Urdu232,000,000 speakers
- Punjabi130,000,000 speakers
- Marathi95,000,000 speakers
- Gujarati62,000,000 speakers
- Kashmiri6,800,000 speakers
- Garhwali2,920,000 speakers
- Mahasu Pahari500,000 speakers
- Sirmauri400,000 speakers
- Khowar300,000 speakers
- Chambeali129,654 speakers
More about Assamese
Classification, area and countries: Glottolog (CC BY 4.0). Speaker numbers are estimates and differ between sources.