Assamese people
Socio-ethnolinguistic group in India / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Dear Wikiwand AI, let's keep it short by simply answering these key questions:
Can you list the top facts and stats about Assamese people?
Summarize this article for a 10 year old
The Assamese people are a socio-ethnic linguistic[5] identity that has been described at various times as nationalistic[6] or micro-nationalistic.[7] This group is often associated with the Assamese language,[8] the easternmost Indo-Aryan language, and Assamese people mostly live in the Brahmaputra Valley region of Assam, where they are native and constitute around 56% of the Valley's population.[9] The use of the term precedes the name of the language or the people.[10] It has also been used retrospectively to the people of Assam before the term "Assamese" came into use.[11] They are an ethnically diverse group formed after centuries of assimilation of Austroasiatic, Tibeto-Burman, Indo-Aryan and Tai populations,[12] and constitute a tribal-caste continuum[13]—though not all Assamese people are Hindus and ethnic Assamese Muslims numbering around 42 lakh (4,200,000) constitute a significant part of this identity.[14] The total population of Assamese speakers in Assam is nearly 15.09 million which makes up 48.38% of the population of state according to the Language census of 2011.
Total population | |
---|---|
c. 15.3 million[1] | |
Regions with significant populations | |
India | 15,311,351[2] |
Bangladesh | 5,000[3] |
Myanmar | Unknown |
Languages | |
Assamese | |
Religion | |
Majority: Hinduism Minority: | |
Related ethnic groups | |
Bodo-Kachari peoples, Indo-Aryan peoples, Tibeto-Burman and Tai peoples of Assam |