A short vocabulary of the dialects of Assam

Scope and Content

Comprising lists of the words for numbers in (1) ‘Antient Assam or Ahum’, (2) ‘Modern Nara’, and (3) ‘Muggulloo or Meckly’, followed by (4) forty-four modem Assamese words with English equivalents, and supplemented by (5) another list of the words for the first ten numbers in ‘Muggulloo or Meckly’ from Mr. Seddons

Access Information

Open

Acquisition Information

A selection of William Marsden's manuscript collection was transferred from King's College London to SOAS shortly after the School's foundation in 1916.

Conditions Governing Use

For permission to publish, please contact Archives & Special Collections, SOAS Library in the first instance

Custodial History

Formerly part of the library of the Orientalist and linguist William Marsden (1754-1836), a portion of which he presented to King's College London in 1835.