How much languages exist in india?

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lordefan

Well, I know this sounds incredible, but India actually has 2000 dialects!!! See wikipedia: At least 30 different languages and around 2000 dialects have been identified. The Constitution of India has stipulated the usage of Hindi and English to be the two languages of official communication for the national government. Additionally, it contains a list of 22 scheduled languages.

And the major languages are:

1. Assamese (official language of Assam)
2. Bengali (official language of Tripura and West Bengal)
3. Bihari (official language of Bihar and Jharkhand)
4. Bhojpuri (official language of Bihar)
5. Bodo (official language of Assam)
6. English (official language of Nagaland)
7. Dogri (official language of Jammu and Kashmir)
8. Gujarati (official language of Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, and Gujarat)
9. Hariyanavi (official language of Haryana, second official language of Punjab)
10. Hindi (official language of Arunachal Pradesh, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Chandigarh, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and Uttaranchal)
11. Kannada (official language of Karnataka)
12. Kashmiri (Kashmir)
13. Konkani (official language of Goa)
14. Maithili (official language of Bihar)
15. Malayalam (official language of Kerala and Lakshadweep)
16. Manipuri (Meithei) (official language of Manipur)
17. Marathi (official language of Maharashtra)
18. Marwari (official language of Rajasthan)
19. Nepali (official language of Sikkim)
20. Oriya (official language of Orissa)
21. Punjabi (official language of Punjab, second official language of Delhi)
22. Sanskrit
23. Santali
24. Sindhi
25. Tamil (official language of Tamil Nadu and Pondicherry)
26. Telugu (official language of Andhra Pradesh)
27. Urdu (official language of Jammu and Kashmir, some districts in Andhra Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh)

Other popular languages of India
(over 5 million speakers but no official status)

Awadhi (often considered a sub-variety of Hindi)
Bhili (Bhil tribals)
Bundeli (often considered a sub-variety of Hindi)
Chhattisgarhi (language of Chhattisgarh, often considered a sub-variety of Hindi)
Gondi (Gond tribals)
Hindustani (A mixture of Hindi and Urdu. Spoken largely in the Northern part of India.)
Kanauji (language of Uttar Pradesh, often considered a sub-variety of Hindi)
Kodava, spoken in the Kodagu district of Karnataka
Kutchi (language of Kutch, a region in Gujarat)
Magadhi (language of southern Bihar, often considered a sub-variety of Hindi)
Tulu (spoken by Tulu people of Karnataka and Kerala)
The Constitution of India lists 18 regional languages.

Jag B

Kashmiri, Dogri, Punjabi, Urdu, Hindi, Gujrati, Marathi, Kannada, Tamil, Telgu, Malyalam, Udiya, Bangla, Sindhi, Assameas and many many more....

VJS

India is a nation of a varity of culture, religion and language. For india people says these world

" In india every mile we found change in taste of water and every 10 mile we found change in laguages used for speaking."

So by these line You can't imagine how much languages in india.

Heir of Genghis khan

There are more than 120 langauges spoken in india
THere are two types of langauges,
1.indo-european
2.Dravidian
Magor langauges include punjabi,Gujrati,Bengali,Marahati,telugo,...
Tamil,malalym,Bihari....etc

deardoctor

I THNK THERE ARE ABOUT 18 STATE LANGUAGES

helena_ts05

There're more than 25 langagues, but the mais are: hindi, urdu.
But no worry. EVERYBODY THERE SPEAKS ENGLISH LIKE AMERICANS

project_reason_girl2013

there are more than 80 languages spoken in india and over 200 dialects. i am from india!

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