What Languages Do They Speak In India
India is a Language diverse country and no there is any such Language called Indian. So if you’ve any such misconception please get it cleared.
There are total 14 official languages that have been recognized by Constitution of India.
Assamese/Axomiya
Family – Indo-Aryan, Eastern
Number of speakers – 13 million
State – Assam, Arunachal Pradesh
Bengali
Family – Indo-Aryan, Eastern
Number of speakers – 83 million
State – West Bengal, Tripura, Andaman & Nicobar Islands and also few regions of Assam
Bodo
Family – Tibeto-Burman
Number of speakers – 1.4 million
State – Assam
Dogri
Family – Indo-Aryan, Northwestern
Number of speakers – 2.3 million
State – Jammu and Kashmir
Gujarati
Family – Indo-Aryan, Western
Number of speakers – 46 million
State – Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Gujarat
Standard Hindi
Family – Indo-Aryan, Central
Number of speakers – 130 million
State -Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Arunachal Pradesh, Bihar, Chandigarh, Chhattisgarh, the national capital territory of Delhi, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand
Kannada
Family – Dravidian
Number of speakers – 38 million
State – Karnataka
Kashmiri
Family – Indo-Aryan, Dardic
Number of speakers – 5.5 million
State – Jammu and Kashmir
Konkani
Family – Indo-Aryan, Southern
Number of speakers – 13 million
State – Goa, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Kerala
Maithili
Family – Indo-Aryan, Eastern
Number of speakers – 12 million
State – Bihar
Malayalam
Family – Dravidian
Number of speakers – 33 million
State – Kerala, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Lakshadweep,Puducherry
Manipuri
Family – Tibeto-Burman
Number of speakers – 1.5 million
State – Manipur
Marathi
Family – Indo-Aryan, Southern
Number of speakers – 72 million
State – Maharashtra, Goa, Dadra & Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka
Nepali
Family – Indo-Aryan, Northern
Number of speakers – 2.9 million
State – Sikkim, West Bengal, Assam
Odia
Family – Indo-Aryan, Eastern
Number of speakers – 33 million
State – Odisha
Punjabi
Family – Indo-Aryan, Northwestern
Number of speakers – 29 million
State – Chandigarh, Delhi, Haryana, Punjab
Tamil
Family – Indo-Aryan, Northern
Number of speakers – 2.9 million
State – Sikkim, West Bengal, Assam
Nepali
Family – Dravidian
Number of speakers – 61 million
State – Tamil Nadu, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Puducherry
Telugu
Family – Dravidian
Number of speakers – 64 million
State – Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Andhra Pradesh, Puducherry
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