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 [मराठी]नमस्कार (Namaskār.) Hello.

धन्यवाद (Dhanyavād.) Thank you.

तुम्ही कसे आहात? (Tumhī kase āhāt?)

What do you do?

Languages of India

Pali [Pāli]Araham sammā-sambuddhobhagavā Buddham bhagavantamabhivādemiSvākkhāto bhagavatā dhammoDhammam namassāmiSupatipanno bhagavatosāvakasańghoSańgham namāmi

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.