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Bengali–Assamese languages

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Bengali–Assamese
Gauda–Kamarupa
Geographic
distribution:
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, Nepal
Linguistic classification:Indo-European
Subdivisions:

A map showing geographical distribution of the sub-branches of Bengali–Assamese languages according to the classification of Suniti Kumar Chatterji.[1]

Bengali-Assamese languages is the name of a group of languages, which are spoken in Eastern India, Bangladesh, Myanmar and Nepal. This group belongs to the Eastern zone of Indo-Aryan languages. According to Glottolog, it includes Assamese, Bengali, Bishnupriya, Chakma, Chittagonian, Hajong, Kharia Thar, Kurmukar, Lodhi (also categorised as a Munda language), Mal Paharia, Noakhailla, Rajbangshi, Rohingya, Sylheti, Tangchangya and Surjapuri.

References

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  1. Suniti Kumar Chaterjee (1926). The origin and development of Bengali language. p. 140.