ISO 639 Code: asm

ISO 639-1:as
ISO 639-2:  asm
English: Assamese
French: assamais

The code asm is classified in ISO 639 as an individual language code.

This code corresponds to the following language in the Ethnologue:

ASSAMESE

[ASM] India. 15,334,000 in India (1997 IMA). Population total all countries 15,334,000 or more. Alternate names: ASAMBE, ASAMI, ASAMIYA. Dialects: JHARWA (PIDGIN), MAYANG, STANDARD ASSAMESE, WESTERN ASSAMESE. Classification: Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan, Eastern zone, Bengali-Assamese. More information.

The following 2 languages have a name, alternate name, or dialect name (in at least one country) that is similar to the name for this ISO code, but they are not encompassed by the code. Click on "More information" to learn the appropriate ISO 639 code for the given language.

NAGA PIDGIN

[NAG] India. Used by most of the 500,000 speakers of 29 Naga languages as second language (1989 J. Holm).   Alternate names: NAGAMESE, NAGA-ASSAMESE, NAGA CREOLE ASSAMESE, KACHARI BENGALI, BODO.  Classification: Creole, Assamese based.  More information.

NAGA PIDGIN

[NAG] India. Used by most of the 500,000 speakers of 29 Naga languages as second language (1989 J. Holm).   Alternate names: NAGAMESE, NAGA-ASSAMESE, NAGA CREOLE ASSAMESE, KACHARI BENGALI, BODO.  Classification: Creole, Assamese based.  More information.


 
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