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Being the nation that provides a space for each of its 22 official languages and close to over 1,600 spoken languages, India is a country that is linguistically very diverse. These dynamic spaces are bound to meet, interact and alter as per the changing platforms. Therefore, the inter-state movements in the country form newer spaces in the host state. Multiple spaces thus get created in this manner especially within a city. These spaces with time may expand, diminish, or at times just wither away. This paper aims to study how language modifications take place in the moving communities who establish newer spaces among the existing ones in a city. The paper traces language through registrars - food and the colloquial usage with respect to the Assamese spaces in this city. Our study looks into the Assamese community, especially the student and the working class that has moved into the cosmopolitan city of Bengaluru. The data that will be used to interpret and to get to the conclusion of the study will be collected through personal narratives, testimonials given by the people of Assam residing in the city for at least a year. On one hand, this community is trying to adapt themselves, while also trying to keep their culture revitalized in this foreign city. By trying to read the dominant culture in which they reside, they inculcate these new flavors into their culture, which most commonly is reflected in the manner of their speech. The concerned group is usually seen maintaining two sets of lingo, one that caters to the language requirement of the people away from their niche group and one with their immediate group. Our study aims to find such diversions in language through the lens of spatiality guided by street vernacular, social activities and more.