American Baptist missionaries
Ahom court patronage
Bengali literary movements
British colonial policies
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The correct answer is: a) American Baptist missionaries.
The standardization of the Assamese language was influenced by American Baptist missionaries. In the early 19th century, American Baptist missionaries began to work in Assam. They were interested in translating the Bible into Assamese, and they also began to teach Assamese to their converts. This led to the development of a standardized Assamese language.
The other options are incorrect.
- Option b) is incorrect because the Ahom court did not patronize the Assamese language. The Ahoms were a ruling dynasty in Assam from the 13th to the 18th centuries. They spoke a Tibeto-Burman language, and they did not promote the use of Assamese.
- Option c) is incorrect because Bengali literary movements did not influence the standardization of the Assamese language. Bengali is a language spoken in West Bengal and Bangladesh. It is a closely related language to Assamese, but there was no significant interaction between Bengali and Assamese literary movements in the 19th century.
- Option d) is incorrect because British colonial policies did not influence the standardization of the Assamese language. The British East India Company took control of Assam in the early 19th century. However, they did not have a significant impact on the development of the Assamese language.