Assamese

Indo-Aryan language spoken in Assam, India
Intangible natural_language Q29401
Assamese
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Assamese

Summary

Assamese is a natural language[1]. Assamese ranks in the top 10% of natural_language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,861 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Assamese is in the country of India[3].
  • Assamese's instance of is recorded as natural language[4].
  • Assamese's instance of is recorded as modern language[5].
  • Assamese is a type of Bengali–Assamese[6].
  • Assamese's writing system is recorded as Assamese alphabet[7].
  • Assamese is part of Classical Languages of India[8].
  • Assamese is part of Schedule languages of India[9].
  • Assamese's Commons category is recorded as Assamese language[10].
  • Assamese's Wikimedia language code is recorded as as[11].
  • Assamese's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 26.4, 'lon': 92.6}[12].
  • Assamese's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Assamese language[13].
  • Assamese's number of speakers, writers, or signers is recorded as {'amount': '+15300000'}[14].
  • Assamese's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[15].
  • Assamese's has characteristic is recorded as Sahitya Akademi Prize for Translation in Assamese[16].
  • Assamese's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'as', 'text': 'অসমীয়া ভাষা'}[17].
  • Assamese's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'as', 'text': 'অসমীয়া'}[18].
  • Assamese's indigenous to is recorded as Arunachal Pradesh[19].
  • Assamese's indigenous to is recorded as Assam[20].
  • Assamese's indigenous to is recorded as Meghalaya[21].
  • Assamese's indigenous to is recorded as Nagaland[22].
  • Assamese's indigenous to is recorded as West Bengal[23].
  • Assamese's exact match is recorded as http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/ASM[24].
  • Assamese's Ethnologue language status is recorded as 2 Provincial[25].
  • Assamese's linguistic typology is recorded as subject–object–verb[26].
  • Assamese's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[27].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include natural language[4] and modern language[5]. Assamese is a type of Bengali–Assamese[6].

Use and Application

Part of include Classical Languages of India[8], a heritage designation[28], in India[29] and Schedule languages of India[9], in India[30].

Why It Matters

Assamese ranks in the top 10% of natural_language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,861 views/month).[2] Assamese has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[31] Assamese is known by 33 alternative names across languages and contexts.[32]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . scriptsource.org. Retrieved . scriptsource.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . iso639-3.sil.org. iso639-3.sil.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Ethnologue. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . github.com. github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . Language. op.europa.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . Ethnologue. Retrieved . ethnologue.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [31] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [32] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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