Nalbariya Dialect
Nalbariya dialect is a dialect of Assamese language spoken primarily in and around the Nalbari district of Assam. It is one of three of the Kamrupi dialects, Kamrupi group of dialects—the others being Barpetia dialect and Palasbariya dialect. Phonology Nalbariya has seven vowels, identical to Barpetia dialect, and almost identical to Assamese language, Standard Assamese, which has an additional vowel. Notes References

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Assamese Language
Assamese (), also Asamiya ( ), is an Indo-Aryan language spoken mainly in the north-east Indian state of Assam, where it is an official language, and it serves as a '' lingua franca'' of the wider region. The easternmost Indo-Iranian language, it has over 23 million speakers. Nefamese, an Assamese-based pidgin, is used in Arunachal Pradesh, and Nagamese, an Assamese-based Creole language, is widely used in Nagaland. The Kamtapuri language of Rangpur division of Bangladesh and the Cooch Behar and Jalpaiguri districts of India are linguistically closer to Assamese, though the speakers identify with the Bengali culture and the literary language. In the past, it was the court language of the Ahom kingdom from the 17th century. Along with other Eastern Indo-Aryan languages, Assamese evolved at least before the 7th century CE from the middle Indo-Aryan Magadhi Prakrit. Its sister languages include Angika, Bengali, Bishnupriya Manipuri, Chakma, Chittagonian, Hajong ...
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