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Originally appearing in Volume V02, Page 774 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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ASSAMESE , the Indo-See also:

ARYAN

Aryan See also:

LANGUAGE (adapted from the Fr. langage, from langue, tongue, Lat. lingua)

language spoken in the See also:

ASSAM

Assam valley . In 1901 the number of its speakers was 1,350,846 . It is closely related to See also:

BENGALI

Bengali and See also:

ORIYA (properly Oriyd)

Oriya, forming with them and with See also:

BIHARI (properly Bih(iri)

Bihari the Eastern See also:

GROUP

Group of the Indo-Aryan vernaculars . For further particulars see BENGALI .

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