Editing Assamese language (section)

===Early Assamese===
{{See also|Early Assamese|Assamese literature#Shankari literature (1490 1700 AD)}}
A distinctly Assamese literary form appeared first in the 13th-century in the courts of the [[Kamata kingdom]] when Hema Sarasvati composed the poem ''Prahlāda Carita''.<ref>"However, the earliest literary work available which may be claimed as distinctly Asamiya is the Prahrāda Carita written by a court poet named Hema Sarasvatī in the latter half of the thirteenth century AD.{{harvcol|Goswami|2003|p=433}}</ref> In the 14th-century, [[Madhava Kandali]] translated the [[Ramayana]] into Assamese ([[Saptakanda Ramayana]]) in the court of [[Mahamanikya]], a [[Bodo-Kachari peoples|Kachari]] king from central Assam. Though the Assamese idiom in these works is fully individualised, some archaic forms and conjunctive particles too are found.<ref name="harvcol|Goswami|2003|p=434">{{harvcol|Goswami|2003|p=434}}</ref><ref>{{harvcol|Kakati|1953|p=5}}</ref> This period corresponds to the common stage of [[KRNB lects#Proto Kamta|proto-Kamta]] and early Assamese.<ref>"The phonological and morphological reconstruction of the present study has found three morphological innovations that give some answers to these questions: [MI 67.] (diagnostic), [MI 22.] (supportive), and [MI 23.] (supportive). These changes provide evidence for a proto Kamrupa stage of linguistic history—ancestral to proto-Kamta and proto eastern-Kamrupa (Asamiya). However, a thorough KRDS-andAsamiya-wide reconstruction of linguistic history is required before this protostage can be robustly established." {{harvcol|Toulmin|2009|p=214}}</ref>

The emergence of [[Sankardev]]'s [[Ekasarana Dharma]] in the 15th century triggered a [[Assamese literature#Shankari literature (1490-1700 AD)|revival in language and literature]].<ref>"Sankaradeva (1449–1567) brought about a Vaishnavite revival accompanied by a revival of the language and literature." {{harvcol|Goswami|2003|p=434}}</ref> Sankardev produced many translated works and created new literary forms—''[[Borgeet]]s'' (songs), ''[[Ankia Naat]]'' (one-act plays)—infusing them with [[Brajavali]] idioms; and these were sustained by his followers [[Madhavdev]] and others in the 15th and subsequent centuries. In these writings the 13th/14th-century archaic forms are no longer found. Sankardev pioneered a prose-style of writing in the ''Ankia Naat''. This was further developed by [[Bhattadeva]] who translated the [[Bhagavata Purana]] and [[Bhagavad Gita]] into Assamese prose. Bhattadev's prose was classical and restrained, with a high usage of Sanskrit forms and expressions in an Assamese syntax; and though subsequent authors tried to follow this style, it soon fell into disuse.<ref name="harvcol|Goswami|2003|p=434"/> In this writing the first person future tense ending ''-m'' (''korim'': "will do"; ''kham'': "will eat") is seen for the first time.<ref>"[Bhattadev's] prose was an artificial one and yet it preserves certain grammatical peculiarities. The first personal ending ''-m'' in the future tense appears for the first time in writing side by side with the conventional ''-bo''." {{harvcol|Kakati|1953|p=6}}</ref>