''A Study on Kamrupi: A Dialect of Assamese'' is a book on
Kamrupi dialect
Kamrupi dialects are a group of regional dialects of Assamese, spoken in the Kamrup region. It formerly enjoyed prestige status. It is one of two western dialect groups of the Assamese language, the other being Goalpariya. Kamrupi is hetero ...
of the
Assamese language
Assamese (), also Asamiya ( ), is an Indo-Aryan language spoken mainly in the north-east Indian state of Assam, where it is an official language, and it serves as a ''lingua franca'' of the wider region. The easternmost Indo-Iranian language, ...
, written by Upendranath Goswami.
It gives detail account of origin and development of Kamrupi language, spanning a period of early first millennium CE to modern times. It discusses the growth of Kamrupi literature, from its
apabhramsa stage in form of copper plates, seals,
Charyapada
The Charyapada (IAST: Caryapāda, Assamese language, Assamese/Bengali language, Bengali: চর্যাপদ) is a collection of mystical poems, songs of realization in the Vajrayana tradition of Buddhism from the tantra, tantric tradition in ...
to literature developed in mid twentieth century.
See also
* ''
The Moth Eaten Howdah of the Tusker
''The Moth Eaten Howdah of the Tusker'' is a novel written by Indira Goswami in Kamrupi dialect. Book deals with different social issues of mid twentieth century Kamrup. Published as ''Dontal Hatir Une Khowa Howdah'' in 1986, it was translated in ...
''
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Study on Kamrupi
1970 non-fiction books
Indian non-fiction books
Books from Assam
Kamrupi culture
20th-century Indian books