Assamese Language Resources on the Web

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Basic Information

• Information card in the Ethnologue database.
• Altavista search.
• Assam

Fonts and Software

• Proprietary:
  • C-DAC, Pune Unix, DOS, Windows, Mac; a range of wordprocessing and related software.
  • InProS
  • Krishnasoft Hindi Word Processor: Windows 95/98, Windows 3.x, Windows NT, all with at least 4MB RAM; TrueType full wordprocessor, able to export to other programs like MS-Word etc, and can import graphics in several formats. Font set includes Assamese, Bengali, Devanagari, Gujarati and Gurumukhi.
  • Unitype: Windows 95/98 or NT 4.0; multi-language software including translations between supported languages.
  • Vijay: Mac and IBM PC; fonts with phonetic keyboard mapping.

Language Tutorials and Teaching Aids

History and Relationship to other Languages

The Language, Literature and Songs

• Xophura: Assamese literature^N.
• Resource page on Assamese Language and literature.
• Assamese short stories (in translation).
• Assamese poetry (in translation)
• Assamese songs (index of audio).
• On Bhupen Hazarika.

Trivia

• Assamese songs (index of audio).

Other pages of Assamese links

• Assamese language support for LaTeX.
• The multilingual PC directory