Locale As in

Reference data for the Assamese (India) locale — endonym অসমীয়া (ভাৰত), written in the Bengali script, left-to-right (LTR).

Identifiers

• BCP 47 tag: as-IN
• ISO 639-1: as
• ISO 639-3: asm
• Script: Beng (Bengali)
• Region: IN (India)
• Text direction: ltr — left-to-right (LTR)

Speakers (approximate)

• L1 (native): 15,000,000
• L2 (additional): 8,000,000
• L1+L2 (total): 23,000,000

Base locale

This is a regional variant of Locale As 001 (Assamese), the base/macro locale for this language.

Pluralization

CLDR plural categories for this locale: one, other (2 forms).

• one — i = 0 or n = 1 (e.g. 0, 1)
• other — everything else (e.g. 2~17, 100, 1000, 10000, …)

See Unicode Messageformat for writing plural messages using these categories.

Translating into this locale

Apply Locale As 001 with the conventions of India (Assam).

• Formats: rupee (₹), Indian grouping, dates DD/MM/YYYY; the Assamese calendar and Bihu festival dates are cultural.
• Context: Assamese is the official language of Assam alongside Bodo (and Bengali in the Barak Valley); keep place names in the official Assamese spelling.
• Tone: polite and respectful; formal-honorific forms for elders.

Common pitfalls

• Using Bengali place-name spellings for Assamese towns.
• Using Bengali letters for ৰ and ৱ.
• The general pitfalls in Locale As 001 also apply.

Learn more

• Locale for BCP 47 identifiers, locale-sensitive formatting, pluralization, and text-direction concepts that apply across all locales.
• Unicode Messageformat for writing plural/selection messages correctly for this locale's grammar.
• Unicode CLDR locale data for number grouping, calendars, and currency (https://cldr.unicode.org)