Langenesis

Indo-European family

Assamese

c. 1200 CE – today Living

Assamese (c. 1200 CE – today) is a living Indo-European language. Lineage: Proto-Indo-European → Proto-Indo-Iranian → … → Magadhi Prakrit → Magadhi Apabhramsha → Assamese.

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Speakers
15M (15,000,000)
ISO 639-3
asm
Glottocode
assa1263

Easternmost Indo-Aryan language, closely related to Bengali. Literary tradition from the 14th c. (Madhava Kandali's Ramayana).

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4,500 BCE – 2,500 BCE
  2. Proto-Indo-Iranianc. 2,500 BCE – 1,800 BCE
  3. Proto-Indo-Aryanc. 1,800 BCE – 1,500 BCE
  4. Vedic Sanskritc. 1,500 BCE – 500 BCE
  5. Magadhi Prakritc. 300 BCE – 600 CE
  6. Magadhi Apabhramshac. 600 CE – 1100 CE
  7. Assamesec. 1200 CE – today

Sister languages 4

Also descended from Magadhi Apabhramsha.

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