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  2. Languages of India - Wikipedia

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    Languages spoken in India belong to several language families, the major ones being the Indo-Aryan languages spoken by 78.05% of Indians and the Dravidian languages spoken by 19.64% of Indians. The most important language families in terms of speakers are: [ 59 ] [ 5 ] [ 6 ] [ 10 ] [ 60 ]

  3. List of languages by number of native speakers in India

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    States and union territories of India by the spoken first language [1] [note 1]. The Republic of India is home to several hundred languages.Most Indians speak a language belonging to the families of the Indo-Aryan branch of Indo-European (c. 77%), the Dravidian (c. 20.61%), the Austroasiatic (precisely Munda and Khasic) (c. 1.2%), or the Sino-Tibetan (precisely Tibeto-Burman) (c. 0.8%), with ...

  4. Languages with legal status in India - Wikipedia

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    An additional official language in West Bengal [34] [35] Major spoken language in Northern India, and one of the official languages of the Government of India along with English. 1950 Devanagari Kannada: 43.7: Official language of Karnataka. 1950 Kannada script: Kashmiri: 6.8: Official language of Jammu and Kashmir [31] 1950

  5. Classical languages of India - Wikipedia

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    The Indian Classical languages, or the Śāstrīya Bhāṣā or the Dhrupadī Bhāṣā (Assamese, Bengali) or the Abhijāta Bhāṣā (Marathi) or the Cemmoḻi (Tamil), is an umbrella term for the languages of India having high antiquity, and valuable, original and distinct literary heritage. [1]

  6. Linguistic history of India - Wikipedia

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    In the year 1972, Meitei language was given the recognition by the National Sahitya Akademi, the highest Indian body of language and literature, as one of the major Indian languages. [88] [89] On 20 August 1992, Meitei language was included in the Eighth Schedule to the Constitution of India and made one of the languages with official status in ...

  7. Category:Languages of India - Wikipedia

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    Bible translations into the languages of India; Bible translations into the languages of Northeast India; Bihari languages; Bishnupriya Manipuri; Boro–Garo languages; Bombay Hindi; Bonda language; Boroic languages; Braj Bhasha; Brajabuli; Brokskat; Bugun language; Bundeli language; Burmese language

  8. Indian languages - Wikipedia

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    Indian Languages may refer to: Languages of India , referring to the many languages spoken in India Languages of the Indian subcontinent , more broadly, i.e., South Asia

  9. Hindi - Wikipedia

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    [12] [13] [14] It is the preferred official language of India, although much national business is also done in English and the other languages recognized in the Indian constitution. It is the official language of India alongside English in nine states and three union territories and an additional official language in three other states.