Language:  Assamese

Approximate Global Speakers

16,922,000

People Groups Speaking as Primary Language

27

Scripture Status

Audio Bible

Jesus Film

Gospel Recordings

Map Notes
PRIMARY Language
(27 people groups)
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Photo People Group Country Population Progress Scale
 Ahom India 1,942,000
Assamese (Christian traditions) India 3,700
 Assamese (Muslim traditions) Bhutan 2,000 ☀︎
 Assamese (Muslim traditions) India 3,043,000 ☀︎
Assamese (Sikh traditions) India 1,200 ☀︎
 Bania Bhutan 4,000 ☀︎
Bania Brittal India 59,000 ☀︎
 Boria Assam India 208,000 ☀︎
 Brahmin Bhutan 6,300 ☀︎
 Brahmin Ganak India 66,000 ☀︎
 Dowaniya India 3,300 ☀︎
 Hira India 65,000 ☀︎
Hojai India 4,900
 Jalkeot India 28,000
 Kachari Sonwal Bhutan 1,200 ☀︎
 Kachari Sonwal India 311,000
 Kaibartta Bhutan 1,200 ☀︎
 Khambu Bhutan 1,500 ☀︎
 Khamiyang India 1,500
 Magar Bhutan 2,800 ☀︎
 Rabha Bhutan 1,600 ☀︎
 Rabha India 415,000
 Rai Bhutan 3,900 ☀︎
Ranabhat India 14,000 ☀︎
 Saloi India 5,200 ☀︎
 Tiwa India 273,000
 Yadav (Hindu traditions) Bhutan 1,900 ☀︎
  Totals:  27     24
SECONDARY Language
(336 people groups)
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Photo People Group Country Population Progress Scale
Abor India 1,800
 Adi India 79,000
Adi Gallong India 20,000
 Adi Minyong India 27,000
 Adi Padam India 15,000
Adi Pasi India 3,400
 Aka India 12,000
 Anal India 25,000
 Andh India 552,000 ☀︎
 Angami India 169,000
 Ao India 262,000
 Arleng India 663,000
Asur India 39,000
 Badhai (Hindu traditions) India 7,449,000 ☀︎
 Bagdi (Hindu traditions) India 3,263,000 ☀︎
 Baidya (Hindu traditions) India 335,000
 Baiga India 646,000
 Bangali (Hindu traditions) Nepal 30,000
 Bania Agarwal India 5,543,000 ☀︎
 Bania Agrahari India 363,000 ☀︎
 Bania Bais India 147,000 ☀︎
Bania Barnawar India 77,000 ☀︎
 Bania Gahoi India 387,000 ☀︎
 Bania Gandha Banik India 333,000 ☀︎
 Bania Kasarwani India 472,000 ☀︎
 Bania Kasaundhan India 566,000 ☀︎
Bania Mahajan India 212,000 ☀︎
 Bania Mahesri India 410,000 ☀︎
 Bania Oswal India 473,000 ☀︎
 Bania Porwal India 366,000 ☀︎
 Bania Rauniar India 150,000 ☀︎
 Bania unspecified India 19,328,000 ☀︎
 Banjara (Hindu traditions) India 7,042,000
 Bansphor (Hindu traditions) India 173,000 ☀︎
 Barman India 7,600
 Bauri India 2,230,000
 Bedia (Hindu traditions) India 630,000 ☀︎
 Bengali Muslim Moghal India 1,982,000 ☀︎
 Bhandari India 730,000 ☀︎
 Bharbhunja (Hindu traditions) India 1,381,000 ☀︎
 Bharia Bhumia India 362,000 ☀︎
 Bhil unspecified India 16,567,000
 Bhoi (Hindu traditions) India 6,715,000 ☀︎
 Bhoksa India 66,000 ☀︎
 Bhotia India 128,000
Bhottada India 522,000
 Bhuinhar India 1,110,000 ☀︎
 Bhuinmali India 180,000
 Bhuiya unspecified India 1,711,000
 Bhumij India 1,262,000
 Bhumij Bangladesh 35,000
 Biate India 18,000
 Bind India 1,126,000 ☀︎
 Binjhia Bangladesh 6,900
 Binjhia India 202,000
Birhor India 23,000
 Birjia India 16,000
 Bishnupriya Manipuri India 98,000
 Bodo (Hindu traditions) Bhutan 6,700
 Bodo (Hindu traditions) India 1,642,000
 Brahmin Gaur India 3,472,000 ☀︎
 Brahmin Joshi India 427,000 ☀︎
Brahmin Jyoti India 144,000 ☀︎
 Brahmin Kanaujia India 4,869,000 ☀︎
 Brahmin Radhi India 1,842,000 ☀︎
Brahmin Rikhisur India 59,000 ☀︎
 Brahmin Sakaldwipi India 546,000 ☀︎
 Brahmin Saraswat India 680,000 ☀︎
 Brahmin unspecified Bangladesh 251,000 ☀︎
 Brahmin unspecified India 39,339,000 ☀︎
 Brahmin Utkal India 210,000 ☀︎
Brahmin Vaidik India 219,000 ☀︎
 Brahmin Varendra India 299,000 ☀︎
 Bru India 232,000
Buna (Hindu traditions) India 475,000 ☀︎
 Chakhesang India 177,000
 Chakma India 247,000
 Chamar (Hindu traditions) India 51,679,000
 Chang India 73,000
 Chenchu India 79,000
 Chero India 180,000
 Chhetri India 241,000
 Chik Baraik Bangladesh 8,800
 Chik Baraik India 137,000
 Chiru India 10,000
 Christian India 1,575,000
 Christian Bangladesh 308,000
 Darjee India 57,000
 Darzi (Hindu traditions) India 2,817,000 ☀︎
 Deori India 58,000
 Dhangar Bharwad India 3,143,000 ☀︎
 Dhanwar India 75,000
 Dhobi (Hindu traditions) India 13,770,000 ☀︎
 Dhodia India 768,000 ☀︎
 Dholi (Hindu traditions) India 268,000 ☀︎
Dholi (Muslim traditions) Bangladesh 63,000 ☀︎
 Dura India 3,600
 Gadaba India 154,000
 Gadaria (Hindu traditions) India 5,472,000 ☀︎
 Galong India 91,000
 Ganda India 1,424,000
 Gangai India 5,900 ☀︎
 Gangte India 24,000
 Garo (A-chik Mande) India 1,241,000
 Gauda India 2,295,000 ☀︎
 Ghosi (Hindu traditions) India 328,000 ☀︎
 Gond Maria India 1,706,000
 Gond unspecified India 11,528,000
 Gorait India 11,000
 Gujjar (Hindu traditions) India 68,000
 Guria India 830,000 ☀︎
 Gurung Ghaleg India 131,000
 Hadi India 1,105,000
 Hajam India 2,242,000 ☀︎
 Hajang India 91,000
Hajang Banai India 5,600
 Halba India 825,000
 Halwai (Hindu traditions) India 1,632,000 ☀︎
 Haomei India 75,000
 Hmar India 111,000
 Ho Bangladesh 98,000
 Ho India 1,213,000
 Idu India 9,100
 Jat (Sikh traditions) India 9,928,000 ☀︎
 Jhalo Malo Bangladesh 224,000 ☀︎
 Jhalo Malo India 459,000
 Jogi (Hindu traditions) Bangladesh 646,000 ☀︎
 Jogi (Hindu traditions) India 3,752,000 ☀︎
 Kachari (Hindu traditions) India 93,000 ☀︎
 Kachari Dimasa India 164,000
 Kachin India 36,000
 Kahar (Hindu traditions) India 9,362,000 ☀︎
 Kahha India 60,000
 Kaibartta Jalia Bangladesh 256,000 ☀︎
 Kaibartta Jalia India 514,000 ☀︎
 Kaibartta unspecified Bangladesh 258,000 ☀︎
 Kaibartta unspecified India 1,860,000 ☀︎
 Kalingi India 308,000
Kandra India 750,000
 Kapali India 353,000 ☀︎
Karan India 598,000
 Kawar India 1,127,000
 Kayastha (Hindu traditions) Bangladesh 1,534,000 ☀︎
 Kayastha (Hindu traditions) Bhutan 1,600 ☀︎
 Kayastha (Hindu traditions) India 8,297,000 ☀︎
 Kayastha Karan India 610,000 ☀︎
 Khairwar India 472,000
 Khambu India 385,000
 Khampti India 20,000
 Khandait India 1,991,000 ☀︎
 Kharia India 853,000
 Khasi India 1,405,000
 Khiamniungan India 70,000
 Kisan India 1,752,000
 Koch (Hindu traditions) India 57,000
 Koiri (Hindu traditions) India 9,241,000 ☀︎
 Kokna India 1,220,000
 Kol India 1,992,000 ☀︎
 Koli Dhor India 464,000
 Kolta India 755,000
 Konyak India 270,000
 Korku India 1,138,000
 Korwa India 503,000
 Koya unspecified India 885,000
 Kui Khond India 1,788,000
 Kuki Chin India 160,000
Kuki Chin Changsen India 2,800
Kuki Chin Khelma India 3,000
 Kumhar Bardiha India 732,000 ☀︎
 Kumhar Kanaujia India 576,000 ☀︎
 Kumhar, Kusavar (Hindu traditions) India 18,002,000 ☀︎
 Kurmi (Hindu traditions) Bangladesh 72,000 ☀︎
 Kurmi (Hindu traditions) India 21,602,000 ☀︎
 Kurmi Mahato India 288,000 ☀︎
Kusiari India 2,000 ☀︎
Laju India 1,900
 Lodha (Hindu traditions, tribal) India 146,000
 Lohar (Hindu traditions) India 10,857,000 ☀︎
Lohara India 295,000
Loi India 97,000 ☀︎
 Lotha India 201,000
 Lunia (Hindu traditions) India 3,629,000 ☀︎
 Madari (Muslim traditions) India 64,000 ☀︎
 Magar India 410,000
 Mahali India 101,000
Mahara India 5,600 ☀︎
 Mahishya India 11,690,000
 Mahli Bangladesh 43,000
 Mahli India 459,000
 Majhi India 135,000
 Majhwar India 210,000
 Mal (Hindu traditions) India 1,981,000 ☀︎
 Mali (Hindu traditions) Bangladesh 180,000 ☀︎
 Mali (Hindu traditions) India 13,455,000 ☀︎
 Malto India 214,000
 Mara India 49,000
 Maramei India 31,000
 Marma (Magh) India 52,000
 Mech India 62,000
 Mech Nepal 5,700
 Meena India 5,210,000
 Meitei (Manipur Muslim) India 223,000 ☀︎
 Meitei Kshatriya India 135,000
 Meitei Panan India 14,000 ☀︎
 Meitei Thanga India 134,000
 Meitei unspecified India 1,608,000
 Miji India 9,100
 Miju Mishmi India 7,000
 Miri India 783,000
 Mishmi India 27,000
 Mizo India 162,000
Mizo Lushai India 637,000
 Mochi (Hindu traditions) Bangladesh 243,000 ☀︎
 Mochi (Hindu traditions) India 2,195,000
 Monpa India 45,000
Mukha Dhora India 51,000
 Munda Bhutan 2,000
 Munda India 4,094,000
 Musahar (Hindu traditions) India 3,532,000
 Naga India 19,000
 Naga Tangkhul India 224,000
 Nagarchi (Hindu traditions) India 169,000
 Nai (Hindu traditions) India 13,626,000 ☀︎
 Naikda India 4,288,000 ☀︎
 Namassej (Hindu traditions) Bangladesh 657,000
 Namassej (Hindu traditions) Bhutan 4,900 ☀︎
 Namassej (Hindu traditions) India 4,371,000
 Namassej Chandel Bangladesh 2,192,000
 Namassej Chandel India 1,627,000
 Nat (Hindu traditions) India 573,000 ☀︎
Nishang India 3,300
 Nissi India 43,000
Nocte India 43,000
 Nyishi India 281,000
 Oraon India 5,076,000
 Oraon, Kurux Bhutan 10,000
Padam India 3,500
Paik India 247,000
 Pan India 1,532,000
 Pardhan India 358,000
 Pardhi India 410,000 ☀︎
Parhaiya India 35,000
 Parja unspecified India 445,000
Pasi India 1,200
 Patial India 45,000
 Patni (Hindu traditions) Bangladesh 144,000 ☀︎
 Patni (Hindu traditions) India 256,000 ☀︎
Pawi India 59,000
 Pnar India 314,000
 Pochury India 26,000
Pomla India 1,700
 Poumai India 145,000
 Poundra Bangladesh 31,000 ☀︎
 Poundra India 3,368,000
 Puroik India 4,900
 Rai India 142,000
 Rai Nepal 713,000
 Rajbansi (Hindu traditions) Bhutan 10,000
 Rajbansi (Hindu traditions) India 5,661,000
 Rajbansi (Hindu traditions) Nepal 133,000
 Rajput (Hindu traditions) Bhutan 1,500 ☀︎
 Rajput (Hindu traditions) India 31,412,000 ☀︎
 Rajput (Sikh traditions) India 1,191,000 ☀︎
 Rajput Bais (Hindu traditions) India 1,506,000 ☀︎
 Rajput Bhatti (Hindu traditions) India 1,004,000 ☀︎
Rajput Chandrabansi India 119,000 ☀︎
 Rajput Chauhan (Hindu traditions) India 3,422,000 ☀︎
 Rajput Nagbansi India 51,000 ☀︎
 Rajput Ponwar (Hindu traditions) India 1,444,000 ☀︎
 Rajput Rathor (Hindu traditions) India 1,599,000 ☀︎
 Rajput Sisodia India 131,000 ☀︎
 Rajput Surajbansi India 293,000 ☀︎
 Rautia India 140,000
 Rengma India 79,000
Rona India 4,600
 Rongmei India 112,000
Sagarbanshi India 199,000 ☀︎
 Sahariya India 975,000 ☀︎
 Sangtam India 86,000
 Santal (Sawntal) Bhutan 5,500
 Santal (Sawntal) India 8,505,000
 Saora unspecified India 1,074,000
Saur India 172,000 ☀︎
Sauria Paharia India 58,000
 Sayyid India 8,997,000 ☀︎
 Sema India 274,000
Shabar India 599,000
 Shaikh Bhutan 9,400 ☀︎
Shaikh Nashya India 145,000 ☀︎
 Shaikh unspecified India 81,439,000 ☀︎
 Sherdukpen India 3,900
 Singpho India 9,300
 Sonar (Hindu traditions) India 9,456,000 ☀︎
 Sunri (Hindu traditions) India 733,000
 Sunri (Hindu traditions) Nepal 107,000
 Sunri Sadhubanik India 310,000
 Sunuwar India 95,000
 Sutradhar (Hindu traditions) Bangladesh 192,000 ☀︎
 Sutradhar (Hindu traditions) India 506,000 ☀︎
 Swangla India 11,000 ☀︎
Tagin India 70,000
 Tai Man India 6,000
Tai Taroi India 2,400 ☀︎
 Tamang India 275,000
Tangsa India 17,000
Tangsa Longchang India 3,500
Tangsa Moglum India 2,900
Tangsa Mossang India 4,400
Tangsa Taisen India 1,200
 Tangsa Tikhak India 2,600
 Tanti (Hindu traditions) India 5,629,000 ☀︎
 Tanu India 49,000
 Teli (Hindu traditions) Bangladesh 159,000 ☀︎
 Teli (Hindu traditions) India 21,520,000 ☀︎
 Thadou India 245,000
 Thakkar India 658,000 ☀︎
 Thakuri India 38,000
 Tharu India 522,000
 Tili India 1,279,000 ☀︎
 Tipera India 775,000
 Turi (Hindu traditions) India 390,000
Tutcha Nocte India 1,200
Valmiki (Balmiki) Mehtar India 1,200
 Valmiki (Hindu traditions) India 5,514,000 ☀︎
Valmiki Lal Begi (Hindu traditions) India 10,000 ☀︎
 Valmiki Mehtar India 143,000 ☀︎
 Varli India 1,403,000
 Wancho India 73,000
 Yadav (Hindu traditions) India 46,502,000 ☀︎
 Yadav Ghosi India 1,772,000 ☀︎
 Yadav Kaonra India 758,000 ☀︎
 Yadav Rawat India 1,609,000 ☀︎
 Yadav Sadgope India 3,025,000 ☀︎
 Yakthumba, Limbu India 161,000
 Yimchungra India 76,000
 Zeliang India 117,000
  Totals:  336     239

Language Alternate Names
Asambe
Asami
Asamiya
Jharwa (Pidgin)
Kamrupi
Pidgin
Standard Assamese
Western Assamese (Kamrupi)

Dialects
Jharwa
Mayang
Musulmani Assamese
Standard Assamese
Western Assamese

Dialect Alternate Names


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