This map shows the regions
of the world where Assamese is commonly spoken (red circle).
Assamese developed in the Indic family of languages from the
Indo-Iranian branch of Indo-European. Its immediate ancestor
was Vedic Sanskrit. Assamese
is most closely related to Bengali,
Gujarati, Hindi,
Marathi, Punjabi,
Sindhi, Singhalese,
Romany, and Urdu.
| Daniel M. Short originally created this
map and the other Indo-European language charts for his website at http://www.danshort.com/.
I reproduce these images here with the author's permission, but they are
copyrighted by Daniel Short as of 2002. These charts should not be reproduced
or reused without Mr. Short's approval. You may contact him at danshort@gte.net
for more information. These images are not public domain. |