Talk:Early Assamese

Grammar

Hey @Msasag:, is it possible to give the modern Standard Assamese as well as English in the table? Chaipau (talk) 21:23, 23 January 2020 (UTC)

@Chaipau: Yes. Though things like personal have changes in their formal-informal status. Msasag (talk) 01:25, 14 August 2020 (UTC)

?proto-Kamarupa or ?proto-Eastern-Kamarupa

@Msasag: I think it Early Assamese will correspond to ?proto-Kamarupa, not ?proto-Eastern-Kamarupa. This is because ?proto-Kamarupa splits after Viswa Singha, if I remember Toulmin correctly. Chaipau (talk) 19:16, 22 July 2020 (UTC)

@Chaipau: Proto Kamrupa is the common ancestor of proto Western Kamrupa (aka proto Kamta) and proto Eastern Kamrupa (aka Early Assamese) according to Toulmin. He mentioned that Proto Western Kamrupa or Proto Kamta was spoken from 13th century to 16th century. And Early Assamese was its sister. See figure 7-21 (page: 10). It shows that Proto Kamrupa was spoken before p-w.Kamrupa and p-e.Kamrupa. Proto Kamrupa means the Kamarupi Prakrit. Writings in Early Assamese (like Madhav Kandali Ramayan) and Proto Kamta (like Usha Parinay of Pitambar Dvija) are much evolved from writings of proto Kamrupa, which we find in the 8th-12th century Charyapada. Msasag (talk) 06:50, 23 July 2020 (UTC)

@Msasag: what you say is reasonable. Thanks. Chaipau (talk) 12:03, 9 August 2020 (UTC)

@Msasag: There are a number of redlinks (Kamarupic languages — currently pointing to Early Assamese; and Eastern Kamarupic). I wonder whether Kamarupic could be directed to Kamarupi Prakrit and Eastern Kamarupic to Early Assamese. What do you say? Chaipau (talk) 18:34, 13 August 2020 (UTC)

@Chaipau: I think Eastern Kamarupic should be directed to Assamese language (though it includes some dialects of Western Kamarupic also). And for Kamarupic languages, we can direct it to Kamarupi Prakrit, though it's better if it has its own article which includes different older and modern Kamarupic languages. Msasag (talk) 01:29, 14 August 2020 (UTC)

@Msasag: OK, this seems reasonable. I agree than Kamarupic languages page on the line of Bengali-Assamese languages would be good. Thanks! Chaipau (talk) 15:07, 14 August 2020 (UTC)