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LingoBear creates short Assamese passages on topics you choose. Tap any word for an instant English translation and build your vocabulary as you read. Indo-Aryan language of Assam in northeast India, Assamese script (a variant of Bengali script with the unique letters ৰ and ৱ), ~15M speakers.

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What is Assamese and where is it spoken?

Assamese (অসমীয়া, Ôxômiya) is the easternmost Indo-Aryan language, native to Assam in northeast India with about 15 million speakers. It is the official language of Assam and serves as a lingua franca across the wider Brahmaputra valley. It uses the Assamese alphabet, which shares most letters with Bengali but adds ৰ (ro) and ৱ (wo).

How does Assamese differ from Bengali?

Assamese and Bengali split from a common eastern Magadhan ancestor and share most of their script, but Assamese has its own phonology (a fricative x-sound where Bengali has sh/ch), distinct verb conjugations, and a unique system of classifiers. LingoBear lets you compare them by reading custom passages in either.