Assamlılar

Assamlılar, çeşitli zamanlarda milliyetçi^[1] veya mikro-milliyetçi^[2] olarak tanımlanan sosyo - etnik dilsel^[3] bir kimliğe sahiptir bir etnik gruptur. Genellikle Assam diliyle,^[4] en doğudaki Hint-Aryan diliyle ilişkilendirilir ve çoğunlukla Assam'ın Brahmaputra Vadisi bölgesinde yaşarlar; bu bölgenin yerlileridir ve vadinin nüfusunun yaklaşık %56'sını oluştururlar.^[5] Terimin kullanımı dilin veya halkın adından önce gelir.^[6] "Assamlı" terimi kullanılmaya başlanmadan önce Assam halkı için de geriye dönük olarak kullanılmıştır.^[7] Yüzyıllar süren Avustroasya, Tibet-Birmanya, Hint-Aryan ve Tay topluluklarının asimilasyonundan sonra oluşan etnik olarak çeşitli bir gruptur^[8] ve bir kabile-kast sürekliliği oluştururlar.^[9] Tüm Assam halkı Hindu değildir ve sayıları yaklaşık 42 lakh (4,200,000) olan etnik Assam Müslümanları bu kimliğin önemli bir bölümünü oluşturur.^[10] Assam'daki Assam dili konuşanların toplam nüfusu yaklaşık 15,09 milyondur ve bu sayı 2011 Dil sayımına göre eyalet nüfusunun %48,38'ini oluşturmaktadır.

Kaynakça

^ "All this suggests that Assamese nationalism was a post-British phenomenon. As an ideology and movement it took shape only during the second half of the 19th century, when such questions as the preservation and promotion of the mother-tongue, jobs for the sons of the soil and concern over colonial constraints on development, began to stir Assamese minds." (Guha 1984)
^ "Assamese micro-nationalism began in the middle of the nineteenth century as an assertion of the autonomy and distinctiveness of Assamese language and culture against the British colonial view of Assam as a periphery of Bengal." (Baruah 1994:654)
^ "As an socio-ethnic linguistic community, Assamese culture evolved through many centuries in a melting pot syndrome." (Deka 2005)
^ Saikia, Yasmin (2004). Fragmented Memories: Struggling to be Tai-Ahom in India. Duke University Press. ISBN 978-0822386162. the group that now identifies as Tai–Ahom were historically seen as Assamese people. However, the term ethnic Assamese is now associated by the Indian government at Delhi with the Assamese speaking Indo-Aryan group (comprising both Hindus and Muslims) of Assam. The latter group is the majority people of Assam, while the Tai-Ahom people were a dominant minority during the Ahom Rule
^ "Battleground Assam a tale of two valleys and the CAA quandary Assam bengal polls 2021 | Opinion News – India TV". 18 Şubat 2021. 19 Ağustos 2025 tarihinde kaynağından arşivlendi.
^ "Assamese language and literature played a major role in forming the Assamese cultural mind even before they came to be known as Assamese." (Deka 2005:192)
^ "Yet once the community adopted Assamese as its name, even their ancient language started to be referred to as Assamese." (Deka 2005:192)
^ Yasmin Saikia (9 Kasım 2004). Fragmented Memories. Duke University Press. ISBN 978-0822333739.
^ (Sharma 2009)
^ "Assam's Muslims: Why some have been declared 'indigenous' and some left out". 11 Temmuz 2022. 14 Ocak 2025 tarihinde kaynağından arşivlendi.

[1] "All this suggests that Assamese nationalism was a post-British phenomenon. As an ideology and movement it took shape only during the second half of the 19th century, when such questions as the preservation and promotion of the mother-tongue, jobs for the sons of the soil and concern over colonial constraints on development, began to stir Assamese minds." (Guha 1984)

[2] "Assamese micro-nationalism began in the middle of the nineteenth century as an assertion of the autonomy and distinctiveness of Assamese language and culture against the British colonial view of Assam as a periphery of Bengal." (Baruah 1994:654)

[3] "As an socio-ethnic linguistic community, Assamese culture evolved through many centuries in a melting pot syndrome." (Deka 2005)

[4] Saikia, Yasmin (2004). Fragmented Memories: Struggling to be Tai-Ahom in India. Duke University Press. ISBN 978-0822386162. the group that now identifies as Tai–Ahom were historically seen as Assamese people. However, the term ethnic Assamese is now associated by the Indian government at Delhi with the Assamese speaking Indo-Aryan group (comprising both Hindus and Muslims) of Assam. The latter group is the majority people of Assam, while the Tai-Ahom people were a dominant minority during the Ahom Rule

[5] "Battleground Assam a tale of two valleys and the CAA quandary Assam bengal polls 2021 | Opinion News – India TV". 18 Şubat 2021. 19 Ağustos 2025 tarihinde kaynağından arşivlendi.

[6] "Assamese language and literature played a major role in forming the Assamese cultural mind even before they came to be known as Assamese." (Deka 2005:192)

[7] "Yet once the community adopted Assamese as its name, even their ancient language started to be referred to as Assamese." (Deka 2005:192)

[8] Yasmin Saikia (9 Kasım 2004). Fragmented Memories. Duke University Press. ISBN 978-0822333739.

[sharma-tribal-caste-9] (Sharma 2009)

[10] "Assam's Muslims: Why some have been declared 'indigenous' and some left out". 11 Temmuz 2022. 14 Ocak 2025 tarihinde kaynağından arşivlendi.

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