Assamese people

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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.

All labels observed (3)

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

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (59)

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

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

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

Sattriya dance
traditionalDress Dhoti
Gamosa
Mekhela chador
traditionalDrink rice beer
traditionalFestival Bihu
Bohag Bihu
linked to: Bihu

Kati Bihu
linked to: Bihu

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

How these facts were elicited

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 diaspora
linked to: Assamese people
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 Hindus
linked to: Assamese people
Seven Sister States hasMajorEthnicGroups Assamese people
Lakhimpur district hasEthnicGroup Assamese people