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Line 30: {{Contains Indic text}} The '''Assamese people''' are a ~~socio-~~[[ethnolinguistic\|ethnolinguistic group]]<ref>"As a socio-ethnic linguistic community, Assamese culture evolved through many centuries in a melting pot syndrome." {{harvcol\|Deka\|2005\|p=190}}</ref> identity that has been described at various times as nationalistic<ref>"All this suggests that Assamese nationalism was a post-British phenomenon. As an ideology and movement it took shape only during the second half of the 19th century, when such questions as the preservation and promotion of the mother-tongue, jobs for the sons of the soil and concern over colonial constraints on development, began to stir Assamese minds." {{harvcol\|Guha\|1984\|p=54}}</ref> or micro-nationalistic.<ref>" Assamese micro-nationalism began in the middle of the nineteenth century as an assertion of the autonomy and distinctiveness of Assamese language and culture against the British colonial view of Assam as a periphery of Bengal." {{harvcol\|Baruah\|1994\|p=654}}</ref> This group is often associated with the [[Assamese language]],<ref>{{cite book \|last=Saikia \|first=Yasmin \|date=2004 \|title=Fragmented Memories: Struggling to be Tai-Ahom in India \|url= \|location= \|publisher=Duke University Press \|page= \|isbn=978-0822386162 \|author-link= \|quote=the group that now identifies as Tai–Ahom were historically seen as Assamese people. However, the term ethnic Assamese is now associated by the Indian government at Delhi with the Assamese speaking Indo-Aryan group (comprising both Hindus and Muslims) of [[Assam]]. The latter group is the majority people of Assam, while the Tai-Ahom people were a dominant minority during the Ahom Rule''.}}</ref> though the use of the term precedes the name of the language.<ref>"Assamese language and literature played a major role in forming the Assamese cultural mind even before they came to be known as Assamese." {{harvcol\|Deka\|2005\|p=192}}</ref> It has also been used retrospectively to the people of [[Assam]] before the term "Assamese" came into use.<ref>"Yet once the community adopted Assamese as its name, even their ancient language started to be referred to as Assamese." {{harvcol\|Deka\|2005\|p=192}}</ref> They are a physically diverse group formed after centuries of assimilation of [[Austroasiatic languages\|Austroasiatic]], [[Tibeto-Burman languages\|Tibeto-burman]], [[Indo-Aryan people\|Indo-Aryan]] and [[Tai languages\|Tai]] populations.<ref>{{cite book \|url=https://books.google.com/?id=p9PkFF3uq_8C&pg=PA5 \|title=Fragmented Memories \|author=Yasmin Saikia\|isbn=978-0822333739 \|date=9 November 2004 }}</ref> The total population of Assamese speakers in Assam is nearly 13 million which makes up 48.38% of the population of state according to the ''Language census of 2011''. According to a 2011 census, out of (13,257,272) Assamese people, a majority of 10,013,013 or 75.52% Assamese people are [[Hindus]], the largest minority of 2,830,072 or 21.34% are [[Muslims]], and 414,187 or 3.14% are [[Christians]] and [[Sikhs]] by [[religion]]. Line 36: ==Definition== The Government of Assam faced difficulties in defining Assamese people, due to linguistically and culturally heterogeneous population. Though there is a political dispute over the definition of Assamese people, in general; the people belonging to the state of Assam are referred sometimes as Assamese people or more appropriately as [[People of Assam]].<ref>{{cite news \|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/assamese-people-definition-rocks-assembly/article7055297.ece\|title=Assamese People" definition rocks Assembly, ''The Hindu''\|work=Special Correspondent\|date=1 April 2015\|accessdate=15 September 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news \|title=Meet the Axomiya Sikhs \|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2013/20130324/spectrum/main4.htm \|newspaper=The Tribune \|location=Chandigarh \|date=24 March 2013}}</ref> The lack of a definition has put stumbling blocks in implementing ''clause 6''<ref>Clause 6 of [[Assam Accord]]: "Constitutional, legislative and administrative safeguards, as may be appropriate, shall be provided to protect, preserve and promote the cultural, social and linguistic identity and heritage of the Assamese people."</ref> of the [[Assam Accord]], an agreement signed by the activists of the [[Assam Movement]] and the [[Government of India]] in 1985.<ref>''[http://www.telegraphindia.com/1040715/asp/northeast/story_3496709.asp Assam dithers over Accord]'', The Telegraph, 15 July 2004.</ref> Since a legal definition is important to provide "constitutional, legislative and cultural" safeguards to the Assamese people, the [[Government of Assam]] had formed a ministerial committee to finalise the definition in March 2007.<ref>''[http://www.assamtribune.com/scripts/details.asp?id=mar2807/at01 1.40 lakh aliens deported since 1971] {{webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070529093954/http://www.assamtribune.com/scripts/details.asp?id=mar2807%2Fat01 \|date=29 May 2007 }}'', The Assam Tribune, 27 March 2007</ref><ref>''[http://www.assamtribune.com/scripts/details.asp?id=mar3107/at04 Move to define Assamese people] {{webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070529093319/http://www.assamtribune.com/scripts/details.asp?id=mar3107%2Fat04 \|date=29 May 2007 }}'', The Assam Tribune, 31 March 2007</ref> To address the ''clause 6'' issue, [[All Assam Students Union\|AASU]] had announced a definition on 10 April 2000 which was based on residency with a temporal limit: ''All those whose names appeared in the 1951 National Register of Citizens and their progenies should be considered as Assamese.<ref>{{cite web \|last1=Hussain \|first1=Wasbir \|title=Of natives and aliens \|url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-miscellaneous/tp-others/of-natives-and-aliens/article28013077.ece \|website=The Hindu \|language=en-IN \|date=24 April 2000}}</ref> ''<ref>''AASU joins 'Asomiya' debate'', The Sentinel, Guwahati, 1 April 2007</ref><ref>''[https://web.archive.org/web/20070928043657/http://www.assamtribune.com/scripts/details.asp?id=apr0107%2Fat03 AASU flays Barman, Prafulla Mahanta]'', The Assam Tribune, 1 April 2007</ref> Assamese identity has been described at various times as nationalistic<ref>"All this suggests that Assamese nationalism was a post-British phenomenon. As an ideology and movement it took shape only during the second half of the 19th century, when such questions as the preservation and promotion of the mother-tongue, jobs for the sons of the soil and concern over colonial constraints on development, began to stir Assamese minds." {{harvcol\|Guha\|1984\|p=54}}</ref> or micro-nationalistic.<ref>" Assamese micro-nationalism began in the middle of the nineteenth century as an assertion of the autonomy and distinctiveness of Assamese language and culture against the British colonial view of Assam as a periphery of Bengal." {{harvcol\|Baruah\|1994\|p=654}}</ref> ==History==

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