Nalbariya dialect is a dialect of
Assamese language
Assamese () or Asamiya ( ) is an Indo-Aryan language spoken mainly in the north-eastern Indian state of Assam, where it is an official language. It has long served as a ''lingua franca'' in parts of Northeast India."Axomiya is the major langu ...
spoken primarily in and around the
Nalbari district
Nalbari (Pron: nɔ:lˈbɑ:ri) is an administrative district in the state of Assam in India. The district headquarters is located at Nalbari. The district derives its name from the combination of two words, "Nal" and "Bar."
It is situated in ...
of
Assam
Assam (, , ) is a state in Northeast India, northeastern India, south of the eastern Himalayas along the Brahmaputra Valley, Brahmaputra and Barak River valleys. Assam covers an area of . It is the second largest state in Northeast India, nor ...
. It is one of three of the
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
Standard Assamese,
which has an additional vowel.
Notes
References
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Assamese language