Assamese language

Assamese
Assamese: অসমীয়া Template:Translit-as
Spoken in	India, Bangladesh, Bhutan & USA (DE, NJ & NY)
Region	Assam
Total speakers	13,079,696 (in 1991)
Ranking	52
Language family	Indo-European Indo-Iranian Indo-Aryan Eastern Group Bengali-Assamese Assamese
Writing system	Assamese script
Official status
Official language in	India (Assam)
Regulated by	No official regulation
Language codes
ISO 639-1	as
ISO 639-2	asm
ISO 639-3	asm

Assamese (Assamese: অসমীয়া translated asÔxômiya) (IPA: [ɔxɔmija]) is the easternmost Indo-Aryan language, spoken most in the state of Assam in North-East India. It is also the main language of Assam. It is spoken in parts of Arunachal Pradesh and other northeast Indian states. Small areas of Assamese speakers can be found in Bangladesh and Bhutan.