Assamese people

E31426

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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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Assamese people canonical 22
Assamese Hindus 1
Assamese diaspora 1

Statements (59)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indo-Aryan people
ethnolinguistic group
classicalDanceForm Sattriya dance
surface form: Sattriya
classicalTheatre Ankia Naat
continent Asia
country India
cuisine Assamese cuisine
culturalInfluence Austroasiatic
surface form: Austroasiatic peoples

Indo-Aryan peoples
Tai peoples
Tibeto-Burman peoples
culture Assamese culture
diaspora Assamese people self-linksurface differs
surface form: Assamese diaspora
ethnicGroupIn India
historicalKingdom Ahom kingdom
historicalRegion Ahom kingdom
surface form: Kamarupa
language Assamese
surface form: Assamese language
languageFamily Indo-Aryan languages
literaryTradition Assamese literature
majorityInState Assam
majorRiver Brahmaputra
surface form: Brahmaputra River
notableReformer Madhavdev
Srimanta Sankardev
officialLanguageStatusIn Assam
politicalMovement Assam Movement
primaryRegion Assam
relatedEthnicGroup Bengali people
Bodo people
Dimasa people
Karbi people
Mishing people
surface form: Mising people

Rabha people
Tai-Ahom people
Tiwa people
religion Buddhism
Christianity
Hinduism
Islam
indigenous faiths
religiousInstitution Satra
scriptureLanguage Assamese
surface form: Assamese language
stapleFood rice
subgroupOf Indo-Aryan peoples
traditionalDance Bihu
surface form: Bihu dance

Sattriya dance
traditionalDress Dhoti
Gamosa
Mekhela chador
traditionalDrink rice beer
traditionalFestival Bihu
Bihu
surface form: Bohag Bihu

Bihu
surface form: Kati Bihu

Bihu
surface form: Magh Bihu
traditionalFood bamboo shoot dishes
fermented foods
fish
traditionalMusic Bihu songs
Borgeet
writingSystem Bengali script
surface form: Assamese script

Referenced by (24)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Assam ethnicGroup Assamese people
Northeast India hasEthnicGroup Assamese people
Bihu associatedEthnicGroup Assamese people
Kali Puja celebratedBy Assamese people
Assamese people diaspora Assamese people self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Assamese diaspora
Pepa associatedEthnicGroup Assamese people
Saraswati Puja associatedWithCommunity Assamese people
Das Gupta usedByEthnicGroup Assamese people
Das hasEthnoLinguisticAssociation Assamese people
Assamese calendar usedBy Assamese people
Indo-Aryan peoples hasSubgroup Assamese people
Mekhela chador ethnicGroup Assamese people
Srimanta Sankardev ethnicGroup Assamese people
Satra associatedWithEthnicGroup Assamese people
Madhavdev ethnicGroup Assamese people
Majuli Island ethnicGroup Assamese people
Tai-Ahom people partOf Assamese people
Tiwa people neighboringGroup Assamese people
North Cachar Hills hasEthnicGroup Assamese people
Morigaon district hasEthnicGroup Assamese people
this entity surface form: Assamese Hindus
Seven Sister States hasMajorEthnicGroups Assamese people
Lakhimpur district hasEthnicGroup Assamese people