Category:Assamese terms by usage

Assamese terms categorized by the manner and context in which they are used by speakers.

• Category:Assamese terms with archaic senses: Assamese terms with individual senses that are no longer in general use but still encountered in older literature, sometimes still used for special effect, and typically recognized by native speakers.
• Category:Assamese colloquialisms: Assamese terms that are likely to be used primarily in casual conversation rather than in more formal written works, speeches, and discourse.
• Category:Assamese dated terms: Assamese terms that are no longer fashionable and thus are anachronistic, but still sometimes in use, especially by older speakers.
• Category:Assamese dialectal terms: Assamese terms that are not used in standard language but only in dialects.
• Category:Assamese endearing terms: Assamese terms that are used to show affection or endearment to another person.
• Category:Assamese formal terms: Assamese terms whose use is typically restricted to polite, ceremonious, non-casual contexts.
• Category:Assamese higher register terms: Assamese terms belonging to a higher linguistic register, such as literary terms; such terms are somewhat less common or known.
• Category:Assamese honorific terms: Assamese honorific terms, which are used to show deference and respect.
• Category:Assamese informal terms: Assamese terms whose use is typically restricted to casual, non‐ceremonious conversations.
• Category:Assamese terms with obsolete senses: Assamese terms with individual senses that are no longer in use and not usually recognized by native speakers, but still sometimes found in older literature.
• Category:Assamese poetic terms: Assamese terms whose usage is typically restricted to works of poetry.
• Category:Assamese polite terms: Assamese polite terms, which are used to show deference and respect.
• Category:Assamese terms with rare senses: Assamese terms with individual senses that are rarely found in general use and may not be recognized by some native speakers.
• Category:Assamese slang: Assamese colloquial terms that are typically used to mark membership in a cultural subgroup.
• Category:Assamese technical terms: Assamese terms that are usually or exclusively used in technical/scientific writing.
• Category:Assamese terms with historical senses: Assamese terms with senses that refer to things or concepts mainly known for their historical value.
• Category:Assamese terms with transferred senses: Assamese terms with transferred senses.
• Category:Assamese terms with uncommon senses: Assamese terms with individual senses that are in general use but not common.
• Category:Assamese uncommon terms: Assamese terms that are in general use but not common.
• Category:Assamese vulgarities: Assamese terms whose tone (rather than the meaning) is offensive to polite company.