Early Assamese

Early Assamese
RegionAssam
Era14th-16th centuries
Early form
Dialects
Eastern Nagari
Language codes
ISO 639-3–
GlottologNone
A Bhagavata manuscript written in Early Assamese, from Dakhinpat Satra.

Early Assamese or Proto-Eastern Kamarupa[1] is an ancestor of the modern Assamese language. It is found in the literature from the 14th century to the end of 16th century[2][3] in Kamata kingdom and rest the Brahmaputra valley of Assam.

  1. ^ Toulmin 2006
  2. ^ (Kakati 1941:48)
  3. ^ "The history of Assamese language, as preserved in literature, may be conveniently divided into three periods:- (1) Early Assamese: from the fourteenth to the end of the sixteenth century." (Kakati 1953:5)