The Open Assamese Bible (ASMOAB)

Overview

The Open Assamese Bible is the Indian Revised Version (IRV) of the full Bible in the Assamese language, produced by Bridge Connectivity Solutions Pvt. Ltd. and published in 2019. [1] Assamese is an Indo-Aryan language spoken by approximately 15 million people, primarily in the Indian state of Assam. The IRV is part of a multi-language open-access Bible translation project covering numerous Indian languages, released under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. [1] The translation process involved initial drafting by mother-tongue translators, followed by community checking by local churches, theological and linguistic consultant review, and church network leadership verification. [2] The text is distributed digitally through the Free Bibles India platform, the VachanOnline Scripture engagement website, and the YouVersion Bible app. [1]

Language and People

Assamese (ISO 639-3: asm) is spoken by approximately 14,800,000 people in India: Index Map. [Glottolog: assa1263]

Publishing and Organizations

Published by Bridge Connectivity Solutions.

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