নমস্কাৰ!
say it: “NO-mosc-kar”
Assamese
in its own words: অসমীয়া
- Speakers
- 24 million (estimate)
- Family
- Indo-European – Indo-Aryan
- Vitality
- Safe
- Where it is spoken
- Bangladesh, Bhutan, India
- Script
- Bangla
- Official language
- India (regional)
Fun fact
Assamese is the official language of the Indian state of Assam. It uses the Eastern Nagari script shared with Bengali, differing in a few letters such as ৰ (r) and ৱ (w).