Assamese people

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Indo-Aryan people ethnolinguistic group

Assamese people are an Indo-Aryan ethnolinguistic group primarily inhabiting the Indian state of Assam, known for their Assamese language, rich literary and musical traditions, and distinctive cultural practices shaped by diverse indigenous and migrant influences.

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Statements (59)
Predicate Object
instanceOf Indo-Aryan people →
ethnolinguistic group →
classicalDanceForm Sattriya →
classicalTheatre Ankia Naat →
continent Asia →
country India →
cuisine Assamese cuisine →
culturalInfluence Austroasiatic peoples →
Indo-Aryan peoples →
Tai peoples →
Tibeto-Burman peoples →
culture Assamese culture →
diaspora Assamese diaspora →
ethnicGroupIn India →
historicalKingdom Ahom kingdom →
historicalRegion Kamarupa →
language Assamese language →
languageFamily Indo-Aryan languages →
literaryTradition Assamese literature →
majorityInState Assam →
majorRiver Brahmaputra River →
notableReformer Madhavdev →
Srimanta Sankardev →
officialLanguageStatusIn Assam →
politicalMovement Assam Movement →
primaryRegion Assam →
relatedEthnicGroup Bengali people →
Bodo people →
Dimasa people →
Karbi people →
Mising people →
Rabha people →
Tai-Ahom people →
Tiwa people →
religion Buddhism →
Christianity →
Hinduism →
Islam →
indigenous faiths →
religiousInstitution Satra →
scriptureLanguage Assamese language →
stapleFood rice →
subgroupOf Indo-Aryan peoples →
traditionalDance Bihu dance →
Sattriya dance →
traditionalDress Dhoti →
Gamosa →
Mekhela chador →
traditionalDrink rice beer →
traditionalFestival Bihu →
Bohag Bihu →
Kati Bihu →
Magh Bihu →
traditionalFood bamboo shoot dishes →
fermented foods →
fish →
traditionalMusic Bihu songs →
Borgeet →
writingSystem Assamese script →
Referenced by (7)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Bihu →
Pepa →
associatedEthnicGroup
Kali Puja →
celebratedBy
Assamese people ("Assamese diaspora") →
diaspora
Assam →
ethnicGroup
Northeast India →
hasEthnicGroup
South Asian ethnic groups →
includesEthnicGroup
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