Abstract

Assamese is one of the Indian Aryan languages. Therefore, there is no doubt that the elements and influence of the Indian Aryan languages have been preserved in the formation and development of the Assamese language. However, the Assamese language has some characteristics which are not found in the distantly related Neo-Indian Aryan languages like Punjabi, Hindi, Gujarati etc., nor even in the languages of the same root like Bengali, Oriya, Maithili etc. The Neo-Indian Aryan languages Assamese, Bengali, Oriya, Maithili, Bhojpuri, Maghahi are languages that developed from Maghadi Prakrit. Where did the distinctive features present in Assamese languages that are not present in other Neo-Indian Aryan languages come from? The answer to this question requires a discussion of the influence of the non-Aryan languages scattered around Assam on the Assamese language. The Assamese language developed among these linguistic groups, including the Kol , Munda, Mankhame, Boro, Garo, Deuri, etc., long before the development of the Aryan languages in Assam. Morphology is of great importance in the formation of a language. Our main objective is to study the morphological influence of non-Aryan languages on Assamese..