CONTENTS Publishers' Note : Preface : Abbreviations : Signs : Transliteration : Introduction I. A Rapid Sketch of the History of the Language : (A) li Assam " and " Assamese ' ex- • plained : (B) The Affinities oi Assamese : Relationship with other Maga- dhan dialects considered : (C) The Distinctive Assamese Period : II. Points of Dialectical Divergence . III. The Assamese Vocabulary : Sources : IV. Dialect Specimens : V. The Non-Aryan Lexical Correspond- ences in Assamese Vocabulary : Austro-AsiaJ.ic Influence : The Khasi Element : The Kol Element : The Malayan Element : Tibeto-Burman Influence : The Bodo Element : The Thai or Ahom Element : Non-Aryan Traces in Place-Names : Austric place-names : Bo$o place-names : Ahom place-names : PAGE vii ix xxxi xxxiii xxxiv 1-4 5-21 22-32 33-39 40-48 49-56 58-61, 62-67 68-73 74-80 81 82-86 87-88 89