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    Hindi is the most widely spoken language in India, spoken by over 366 million people. While India has 22 official languages, it is actually home to 121 languages and 270 dialects. The two major language families in India are the Indo-Aryan languages, which include Hindi, Bengali, Punjabi, and Gujarati, and the Dravidian languages, which include Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, and Malayalam. English also has official status and is widely used, especially in business and education.

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    Indian languages: A useful guide to all the languages spoken in India

    November 01, 2021

    Author

    Jo Hartley

    From business to Bollywood, India is a country filled with culture, history and alongside all of it -
    languages.

    Travel around India, and you’ll hear a multitude of languages and musical dialects. In fact, it may feel like
    you hear hundreds. You wouldn’t be wrong.

    So how many Indian languages are there? While India has 22 separate official languages , it is home to a
    total of 121 languages and 270 mother tongues. It’s also home to the world’s oldest language, Hindi.

    Indian languages spoken in India

    Happy couple discussing Indian languages and business at home over coffee

    As the world’s oldest language, Hindi is, unsurprisingly, the most spoken in India. Melodic and unique, it
    can be heard across much of North and Central India. It’s also spoken by 366 million people across the
    world.

    Hindi belongs to the Indo Aryan Languages family, which represents the largest of the language families
    in terms of speakers.

    After Hindi, the languages most spoken within the family are:

    Bengali

    Punjabi
    Marathi

    Gujarati

    Rajasthani

    Bhojpuri

    Odia

    Maithili

    Sindhi

    Nepali

    Assamese

    Chhattisgarhi

    Sinhala

    Romani

    What is the official language of India?

    Man standing in green garden wearing traditional Indian garments

    Hindi is the official language of India, with English being the second official language.

    However, there is no national language as per the Constitution.

    English in India

    English is the second language in India, and the reason why stems from history. English was the official
    language during British rule. When India was granted independence, the language lingered, and time
    hasn’t changed that.

    In fact, India is ranked as the world’s second-largest English-speaking country after the United States,
    with over 1 billion people speaking it. English in India is primarily used in business, education, and
    official documents.

    A list of Indian languages

    Happy mum and dad teaching child about Indian languages spoken in India with Indian flag background
    The Indian constitution recognises 22 official languages. These are:

    Bengali

    Hindi

    Maithili

    Nepalese

    Sanskrit

    Tamil

    Urdu

    Assamese

    Dogri

    Kannada

    Gujarati

    Bodo

    Manipur (also known as Meitei)

    Oriya

    Marathi

    Santali

    Telugu

    Punjabi

    Sindhi

    Malayalam

    Konkani

    Kashmiri

    A family affair

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    Indian languages belong to either the Indo-Aryan language family (the largest) or the Dravidian language
    family (the second largest).
    The Indo-Aryan languages are spoken by more than 800 million people and are spoken in Nepal,
    Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka. The top languages spoken in terms of the number of speakers are
    Hindi-Urdu, Bengalis, Punjabi, Marathi, and Gujarati.

    Dravidian languages are spoken by around 220 million people, living in southern and central India. The
    primary languages spoken are Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, and Malayalam.

    Other interesting Indian language facts

    Hindi ranks as one of the most spoken languages in the world. Bengali is also one of the most spoken
    languages in the world.

    India has no national language. After independence, it became too hard to select one from the
    thousands spoken.

    English has many words of Indian origin including; dungarees, avatar, jungle, tank, shampoo, roti,
    dinghy, chutney and mongoose.

    Telugu is an Indian language which is known as the ‘Italian of the East’.

    Hindi got its name from the Persian word Hind, meaning 'land of the Indus River'.

    Sanskrit, Urdu, Nepalese, Bengali and Gujarati all have some similarities with Hindi, either in spoken
    language or in the written script.

    Malayalam, the language spoken in the southern Indian state of Kerala, is the longest palindrome in the
    English language

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