Assamese

How to use Assamese in a sentence

• The boy, Sheikh Farid, was hit when police opened fire at Bengali Muslim villagers protesting the forced eviction from their land that the government now wants to give to Assamese Hindus, whom it calls the “indigenous community.”

  Is India Headed for an Anti-Muslim Genocide? | Debasish Roy Chowdhury | October 4, 2021 | Time

• Much to the discontent of the ethnic Assamese, the migrations have continued in recent decades as a result of the violent partition of the subcontinent, economic hardship, political instability and wars in what is now known as Bangladesh.

  Is India Headed for an Anti-Muslim Genocide? | Debasish Roy Chowdhury | October 4, 2021 | Time

• The state’s population grew throughout the century, inspiring a vocal movement of Assamese citizens against Bengali-speaking migrants.

  India’s Anti-Immigrant Crackdown Has Torn Apart Families and Locked Up Hundreds. 1.9 Million People Fear They Could Be Next | Neha Thirani Bagri/Dalgaon, India | September 6, 2021 | Time

• There is no single Assamese nationality, and the Assamese language is merely a modern dialect of Bengali.

  The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 2 | Various

• The Assamese are an interesting race, of distinct origin from the neighbouring Bengalis.

  Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 | Various