The Bengali-Assamese languages (also Gauda–Kamarupa languages) is a grouping of several languages in the
eastern Indian subcontinent. This group belongs to the
Eastern zone of
Indo-Aryan languages
The Indo-Aryan languages, or sometimes Indic languages, are a branch of the Indo-Iranian languages in the Indo-European languages, Indo-European language family. As of 2024, there are more than 1.5 billion speakers, primarily concentrated east ...
. The languages in this group, according to
Glottolog
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, include
Assamese,
Bengali,
Bishnupriya,
Chakma,
Chittagonian,
Hajong,
Kharia Thar,
Kurmukar,
Mal Paharia,
Noakhali
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,
Rajbangshi,
Rohingya
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,
Sylheti,
Tangchangya and
Surjapuri.
Languages
Language comparison chart
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borrowed terms (including
tatsama
Tatsama ( , lit. 'same as that') are Sanskrit loanwords in modern Indo-Aryan languages like Assamese, Bengali, Marathi, Nepali, Odia, Hindi, Gujarati, and Sinhala and in Dravidian languages like Tamil, Kannada and Telugu. They generally ...
s,
ardhatatsamas and other borrowings)''
''* =
borrowed terms (including
tatsama
Tatsama ( , lit. 'same as that') are Sanskrit loanwords in modern Indo-Aryan languages like Assamese, Bengali, Marathi, Nepali, Odia, Hindi, Gujarati, and Sinhala and in Dravidian languages like Tamil, Kannada and Telugu. They generally ...
s,
ardhatatsamas and other borrowings)''
Verbs
See also
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Bangladeshi Manipuri language
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Assamese Manipuri language
References
Bibliography
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Eastern Indo-Aryan languages
Indo-Aryan languages
History of the Bengali language