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Assamese and the many languages around it.

Assamese, the lingua franca

The common tongue that spread over that older layer to become the lingua franca of the valley, carrying a deep literature.

Black book cover printed with the Assamese title Iyaruingam and the author's name, with a woven tribal-textile motif running diagonally
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Assamese

The easternmost Indo-Aryan language, the lingua franca of the Brahmaputra valley, with a literary tradition reaching back to the medieval period.

Languages · Storied Assam