Statistics about Assamese Speakers
- Official Language in the Indian state of Assam
- Assamese is also spoken in the neighboring states of Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, West Bengal, and Meghalaya.
- ~23.6M people speak Assamese worldwide
- ~23.5M in India
- <50K in Bangladesh
- <50K in Bhutan
- ~23.5M people speak Assamese in India, ~2% of Indian population
- ~15.3M as a first language
- ~8.2M as a secondary language

Assamese is the #1 language in Assam.
It is not a primary or secondary language in any other Indian state or territory.
Assamese Diaspora
Although not as a primary language, Assamese is spoken in other nations:
- India (23.5M speakers, 2% of the population)
- Bangladesh (<50K, <1%)
- Bhutan (<50K, <1%)
Lutheran Study Bible Translation Project: Assamese Status
We need your help to finish this language. As you’ll see in the table at bottom of this page, all 66 books of the Bible have projected costs associated with them – this is the cost of completing the exhaustive 12-step process. Obviously, we’ve got a long way to go, but we are absolutely committed to finishing Assamese and the 14 other languages. Naturally, the timing is based on availability of resources and funding – but these will get done! Can you help us get there sooner?
See the Translation for Yourself
As it becomes available, we will provide an example of a page of The Lutheran Study Bible in English as well as the Assamese translation. We want to show you the power of the teaching provided by The Lutheran Study Bible and how the true translation looks and reads in Assamese.
Assamese Progress Report
The table below shows the 66 books of the Lutheran Study Bible, as well as the approximate cost to complete each book’s 12-step translation process.
Note that we update our Assamese progress in this table quarterly.