Languages of India


 
 
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Languages of India

Languages of India

  • India is a multi lingual country. There is not a single Indian language that is spoken across its length and breadth.
  • Hindi is spoken by a majority of North Indians, but it is not a popular means of communication in the southern part of India. Similarly, South Indian languages such as Tamil, Telugu, and Malayalam are not understood by the people of North India.
  • According to the most recent census of 2001, there are 1,635 rationalised mother tongues, 234 identifiable mother tongues and 22 major languages. Of these, 29 languages have more than a million native speakers, 60 have more than 1,00,000, and 122 have more than 10,000 native speakers.
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