Guwahati: The latest Census of India Languages, 2011, which shows a decline in Assamese and Bodo-speaking people, reflects the threat posed to the language, culture and identity of the indigenous people of the state by unabated influx from Bangladesh, the AASU and the AGP said on Friday.

The data, made public on Friday, reveals that the percentage of Assamese and Bodo speakers in Assam declined compared to the total population while the percentage of Bengali speakers in the state increased from 2001 to 2011.

All Assam Students' Union adviser Samujjal Bhattacharjya said the census vindicates what AASU has been saying all along - that unabated influx will one day reduce the indigenous people of Assam into a minority in their own state.

The AGP also said the data shows the threat posed to Assamese and Bodo languages by infiltrators from Bangladesh.

According to the data, the percentage of Assamese speakers in Assam declined to 48.38 in 2011 from 48.80 in 2001 while the percentage of Bengali speakers increased to 28.91 in 2011 from 27.54 in 2001.

Like Assamese, the percentage of Bodo speakers in the state also reduced to 4.53 in 2011 from 4.86 in 2001.

In the 1991 census, the percentage of Assamese speakers was 57.81 and Bengali speakers was 21.67.

During the 1991 census, Bodo was not included in the list of Scheduled languages.