Abstract
Out of the several modern Indo-Aryan languages that evolved in the eastern part of India, Assamese and Bengali are the two most prominent ones. Though both these two languages reached their respective present existence after passing through different phases of development, yet their roots are the same. Therefore, between both languages, there are many similarities even though both have evolved in distinctly different geographical areas, and there exist distinct differences between them. The differences not only create the distinction between them but also express their individuality too. In both, languages, pronoun and pronominal have occupied an important role in the discussion of morphology. Along with pronoun, the use of various pronominal which have evolved from the same root has flourished in both the languages. In this regard, both similarities and differences could be noticed in these two languages. Therefore, to identify the co-relation as well as the linguistic characteristics of both the languages, the comparative analysis is the only way out. In this study, an attempt is made to focus on how the pronominal of both languages are used to identify the similarities and differences between the two languages.
Highlights
Assamese is the principal language of the State of Assam, and often regarded as the linguafranca for the North East of India (Goswami, 1982, p.3) he other languages spoken in Assam belong to different language families, viz., Hindi, Bengali, Bhojpuri, Nepali, Sadri, of Neo IndoAryan family; Bodo, Karbi, Rabha, Mising, Tiwa, Dimasa, Deuri of Tibeto-Burman family; Turung, Khamti, Phake, Aiton of the Tai group of SinoTibetan family; Chautal, Munda, Kurukh, Vili, Shabar of Austro-Asiatic family; Tamil, Telegu, Malayalam and so on of Dravidian family (Bhattacharyya, 2013)
The comparative method has been chosen for discussing the use of pronominal in both Assamese and Bengali
In the Bengali language prefix like e, ei are added in the root of direct demonstrative pronominal to indicate time, place, object and similar things
Summary
Assamese is the principal language of the State of Assam, and often regarded as the linguafranca for the North East of India (Goswami, 1982, p.3) he other languages spoken in Assam belong to different language families, viz., Hindi, Bengali, Bhojpuri, Nepali, Sadri, of Neo IndoAryan family; Bodo, Karbi, Rabha, Mising, Tiwa, Dimasa, Deuri of Tibeto-Burman family; Turung, Khamti, Phake, Aiton of the Tai group of SinoTibetan family; Chautal, Munda, Kurukh, Vili, Shabar of Austro-Asiatic family; Tamil, Telegu, Malayalam and so on of Dravidian family (Bhattacharyya, 2013). The easternmost member of the Indo-European family is the Assamese language. “Assamese is an Indo-Aryan language [that] originated from the Vedic dialects, and a sister of all the northern Indian languages of the country. It is supposed that like other Aryan languages Assamese was born from Apabhramsa dialects developed from Magadhai Prakrit of the eastern group of Sanskritik languages” Assamese is the anglicised name of Asamiya which is the official language of Assam declared by the Constitution of India. It is spoken in other states like Nagaland and Arunachal Pradesh in the form of creole and pidgin (Rabha Hakacham, 2009, p.1). As per the report of Census of India 2011, Assamese is the mother tongue of 1,53,11,351 persons. (Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India, 2011, Statement-1)
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