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The Assamese Language Movement (Assamese: /ɔxɔmia bʱaxa andʊlɔn/) refers to a series of political activities demanding the recognition of the Assamese language as the only sole official language and medium of instruction in the educational institutions of Assam, India.
The government of Assam proposed the Assamese Official Language Bill on 10th October 1960 where the bill opted for two official languages - Assamese and English (for an interim period). This resolution was passed on 24th October. However, the protests in Barrack Valley went south quickly, leading to the death of several students.
Mar 20, 2022 · Explained | Defining who is ‘Assamese’: attempts, challenges. State government says definition yet to be arrived at. Why is this definition important, and why has it been difficult to finalise one? Written by Debraj Deb , Edited by Explained Desk. Agartala | Updated: March 22, 2022 16:27 IST. Follow Us.
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Aug 12, 2020 · And yet, the definition of “Assamese” cannot be so narrow as to mean only those who speak Assamese as their first language. Assam has many indigenous tribal and ethnic communities with their own ancestral languages.
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Assamese [a] or Asamiya ( অসমীয়া [ɔxɔmija] ⓘ) [5] is an Indo-Aryan language spoken mainly in the north-eastern Indian state of Assam, where it is an official language. It serves as a lingua franca of the wider region [6] and has over 15 million native speakers according to Ethnologue. [1]
- 15 million (2011 census)
What clouds the above issue, however, is the choice of language which can communicate or bear in it the diversity that comprises the totality of the ‘Assamese’ universe. The language chosen as the marker of the universe of the ‘Assamese’ was the Sibsagar variant of the Assamese language.
This sweeping statement is almost certainly owing to the fact that Assamese was, and still is, used as a means of communication among speakers who belong to non Indo-Aryan race. Assamese language is spoken by approximately 15.3 million people and is the official language of Assam.
