Assamese
Assamese is one of 99 world languages in the LEXOS registry, belonging to the Indo-European language family. Every word or phrase can be analysed across 6 linguistic levels: phonetics → phonology → morphology → syntax → semantics → pragmatics.
Indo-Aryan branch of Indo-European; Assamese script, closely related to Bengali script with a few distinct letters. Official language of Assam and the easternmost Indo-Aryan language.
6 Levels of Analysis for Assamese
Other Indo-European languages
Frequently asked about Assamese
What language family does Assamese belong to?
Indo-European.
At which levels can I analyse Assamese?
Six levels: Phonetics (speech sounds, IPA), Phonology (phonemes and sound patterns), Morphology (word structure), Syntax (phrases and sentence structure), Semantics (literal meaning), Pragmatics (meaning in context).
Is Assamese one of the most spoken world languages?
Yes — LEXOS catalogues the 99 most-spoken / most-commercially-relevant world languages, covering every major language family and every continent.