Languages of India

The number of individual languages listed for India is 452.

438 are living
languages.
97%
14 have no
known
speakers.
3%
Example for living languages :
Hindi, Oriya, Marathi, Nepali,
Bodo, Telugu, Pali.
Languages of India
India have 22 official languages.
However, The official languages of the Republic are Standard Hindi and
English (English is the secondary official language.)
Assamese, Bengali, Bodo, Dogri, Gujarati, Hindi,
Kannada, Kashmiri, Konkani, Maithili, Malayalam,
Marathi, Meitei, Nepali, Oriya, Eastern Panjabi,
Sanskrit, Santali, Sindhi, Tamil, Telugu, Urdu.
Languages of India
The number of native speakers.
42%
8% 7%
7%
6%
5%
5%
4%
3%
3%
3%
1% 1%
1%
Hindi Bengali
Telugu Marathi
Tamil Urdu
Gujarati Kannada
Malayalam Oriya
Punjabi Assamese
Maithili Bhili/Bhilodi
Santali Kashmiri
Nepali Gondi
Sindhi Konkani
Dogri Khandeshi
Kurukh Tulu
Meitei/Manipuri Bodo
Khasi Mundari
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The 2001 census recorded 29 individual languages as having
more than 1 million native speakers. (total population 1,028.610,328 )
Languages of India
The individual states can legislate their own official languages.
Languages of India
Hindi [ ]
Namaste / Namaskar
Hello.
Apka subhanam kya hai
What your name?
Mera nam_______hai
My name is____.
Languages of India
Marathi []
(Namaskr.)
Hello.
(Dhanyavd.)
Thank you.

?
(Tumh kase ht?)
What do you do?
Languages of India
Pali [Pli]
Araham samm-sambuddho
bhagav Buddham bhagavantam
abhivdemi
Svkkhto bhagavat dhammo
Dhammam namassmi
Supatipanno bhagavato
svakasagho
Sagham nammi
The Lord, the Perfectly
Enlightened and Blessed One,
I pay homage to the Buddha,
the Awakened One, the Blessed
One.
The Teaching, well expounded
by the Blessed One, I pay
homage to the Dhamma.
The Sangha, the Blessed One's
disciples have practiced
well, I pay homage to the
Sangha.