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What type of language is Bengali?
Indo-European languages
Indo-Aryan languagesIndo-Iranian languagesBengali–Assamese languages
Bengali language/Language family
Is Assamese copied from Bengali?
Modern Assamese is very similar to modern Bengali. Assamese has at least one extra letter, ৱ, that Bengali does not. It also uses a separate letter for the sound ‘ro’ ৰ different from the letter used for that sound in Bengali র and the letter ক্ষ is not a conjunct as in Bengali, but a letter by itself.
What is the difference between Bengali and Assamese?
As nouns the difference between bengaliand assamese is that bengaliis while assameseis assamese (people) or assamesecan be assamese (language). As a proper noun bengali is . bengali English (wikipedia Bengali)
What is the classification of the Assamese language?
This group belongs to the Eastern zone of Indo-Aryan languages. The languages in this group as per Glottolog includes Assamese, Bengali, Bishnupriya, Chakma, Chittagonian, Hajong, Kharia Thar, Kurmukar, Lodhi (also categorised as a Munda language ), Mal Paharia, Noakhailla, Rajbangshi, Rohingya, Sylheti, Tangchangya and Surjapuri .
What is the difference between Nagamese and Nefamese?
Nagamese, an Assamese-based Creole language is widely used in Nagaland and parts of Assam. Nefamese is an Assamese-based pidgin used in Arunachal Pradesh. Small pockets of Assamese speakers can be found in Bangladesh. The non-linguistic Bengali dialects of Sylhet and northeast Bangladesh are linguistically closer to Assamese.
What is the history of Bengali language in Assam?
But after the British East India Company (EIC) removed the Burmese in 1826 it took complete administrative control of Assam in 1836, filled administrative positions with people from Bengal, and introduced Bengali language in its offices, schools and courts.