Assamese is an eastern Indo-Aryan language spoken by about 20 million people in the Indian states of Assam, Meghalaya and Arunachal Pradesh, and also spoken in Bangladesh and Bhutan. Assamese is closely related to Bengali and Odia.
The Assamese alphabet is written with an alphabet that developed from the Gupta alphabet around 1200 AD and which closely resembles the Mithilakshar and Bengali alphabets. Assamese has a long literary tradition, and was used for edicts and other writings of medieval kings. The first printed book in Assamese was Atmaram Sarma's translation of the Bible, which published in 1813 by the Serampore English Missionary Press in Calcutta.
সকলো মানুহে স্বাধীনভাৱে সমান ঠাকুৰালি আৰু অধিকাৰে জন্ম লয়। সকলোৰে বিবেক আৰু জ্ঞান-বুদ্ধি আছে আৰু সকলোৱে এজনে আনজনক ভাই-ভাই হিচাপে ব্যৱহাৰ দিব লাগে।
Xokolü manuhe sadhinvawe xoman thakurali aru odhikare zonmo loe. Xokolüre bibek aru ɡian-buddhi ase aru xokolüe ezone anzonok vai-vai hisape bewohar dibo lage.
/xɔkɔlʊ manuɦɛ sadʱinbʱaβɛ xɔman tʰakuɹali aɹu ɔdʱikaɹɛ zɔnmɔ lɔe̯ || xɔkɔlʊɹɛ bibɛk aɹu ɡɪan-buddʱi asɛ aɹu xɔkɔlʊɛ ɛzɔnɛ anzɔnɔ bʱaɪ-bʱaɪ ɦisapɛ bɛβɔɦaɹ dibɔ lagɛ/
Hear recording of this text by Md. Sagir Ahmed (মঃ চাগিৰ আহমেদ) from Assam, India.
All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They
are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another
in a spirit of brotherhood.
(Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights)
Information about Assamese | Phrases | Numbers | Tower of Babel
Information about the Assamese language
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assamese_language
http://oakokho.com
Assamese courses
http://www.langmaster.com/lmcom/com/web/en-gb/pages/assamese-courses-dictionaries-and-other-language-supplements.aspx
http://archive.org/details/anintensivecour00barugoog
Assamese phrases
http://learn101.org/assamese_phrases.php
http://www.outsourcingtranslation.com/resources/phrases/assamese-sentences.php
http://porhe.wordpress.com/
Assamese dictionary
http://www.xobdo.org
Assamese poems
http://www.poetrytranslation.soas.ac.uk/poems/index.cfm?lang=15
The Sentinel - online news in English and Assamese
http://www.sentinelassam.com/
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