'Assamese language in conflict with other burgeoning languages'

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TINSUKIA: "The Assamese language conflicts with other burgeoning languages and tends to surrender before others very easily. The language shift is a common phenomenon, and cultural transformation has close link with language deviation," said Dr Bhimkanta Barua, Emeritus Professor, Department of Assamese, Dibrugarh University while delivering a talk on 'Endangered Ethnic Languages and Culture of Assam' at Women's College, Tinsukia on Wednesday.

Dr Barua, a linguist having significant contributions to Assam's language and culture, dwelt at length about the threat to the Assamese language and culture and its possible remedies. He also released a book titled 'Asamar Janagusthiya Bipanna Bhasha aru Sanaskriti' (Endangered Languages and Cultures of Assam) which is a collection of research-based articles edited by Dr Karabi Baruah Gogoi and Suprity Shyam and published by the Publication House, Women's College, Tinsukia.

He appreciated Women's College for establishing a publication house of its own and expected that more scholarly books would be published in future, adding that the college occupied a unique place in Assam for being the first undergraduate college to establish a publication house.

The programme, chaired by Uttam Duarah, former Head Department of English, Women's College, was addressed by journalist Amalya Khatoniar and was attended by students and faculty members. Earlier, Dr Rajib Bordoloi, the principal, briefed the audience about the lecture programme, besides welcoming the speaker.

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