Assamese language as well-crafted. The sixteenth and seventeenth centuries saw a flourishing of Vaishnavite literature, leading up to the emergence of modern forms of literature in the late nineteenth century. The following is a sample text in Assamese of the Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights: Assamese in Assamese alphabet Assamese in phonetic Romanization 1 Assamese in phonetic Romanization 2 Assamese in the International Phonetic Alphabet Gloss Translation Assamese language Assamese () (also Asamiya) is an Eastern Indo-Aryan language spoken mainly in the Indian state of Assam, where it is an official language. It is the easternmost Indo-European language;
Assamese language from the Kamarupi script. It very closely resembles the Mithilakshar script of the Maithili language, as well as the Bengali script. There is a strong literary tradition from early times. Examples can be seen in edicts, land grants and copper plates of medieval kings. Assam had its own system of writing on the bark of the "saanchi" tree in which religious texts and chronicles were written. The present-day spellings in Assamese are not necessarily phonetic. "Hemkosh" ( ), the second Assamese dictionary, introduced spellings based on Sanskrit, which are now the standard. The Assamese language has the following characteristic morphological