Languages of India LANGAUGES OF INDIA, 1991 CENSUS Scheduled Languages S. No. Language Name Number of Persons 1. Assamese 13,079,696 2. Bengali 69,595,738 3. Gujarati 40,673,814 4. Hindi 337,272,114 5. Kannada 32,753,676 6. Kashmiri 56,693 7. Konkani 1,760,607 8. Malayalam 30,377,176 9. Manipuri 1,270,216 10. Marathi 62,481,681 11. Nepali 2,076,645 12. Oriya 28,061,313 13. Punjabi 32,753,676 14. Sanskrit 49,736 15. Sindhi 2,122,848 16. Tamil 53,006,368 17. Telugu 66,017,615 18. Urdu 43,406,932 Non-Scheduled Languages Serial No. Language Name Number of Persons 1. Adi 158,409 2. Anal 12,156 3. Angami 97,631 4. Ao 172,449 5. Arabic/Arbi 21,975 6. Bhili/Bhilodi 5,572,308 7. Bhotia 55,483 8. Bhumij 45,302 9. Bishnupuriya 59,233 10. Bodo/Boro 1,221,881 11. Chakesang 30,985 12. Chakru/Chokri 48,207 13. Chang 32,478 14. Coorgi/Kodagu 97,011 15. Deori 17,901 16. Dimasa 88,543 17. Dogri 89,681 18. English 178,598 19. Gadaba 28,158 20. Gangte 13,695 21. Garo 675,642 22. Gondi 2,124,852 23. Halabi 534,313 24. Halam 29,322 25. Hmar 65,204 26. Ho 949,216 27. Jatapu 25,730 28. Juang 16,858 29. Kabui 68,925 30. Karbi/Mikri 366,229 31. Khandeshi 973,709 32. Kharia 225,556 33. Khasa 912,283 34. Khezha 13,004 35. Khiemnungan 23,544 36. Khond/Kondh 220,783 37. Kinnauri 61,794 38. Kisan 162,088 39. Koch 26,179 40. Koda/Kora 28,200 41. Kolami 98,281 42. Kom 13,548 43. Konda 17,864 44. Konyak 137,722 45. Korku 466,073 46. Korwa 27,485 47. Koya 270,994 48. Kui 641,662 49. Kuki 58,263 50. Kurukh/Oraon 1,426,618 51. Lahauli 22,027 52. Lahnda 27,386 53. Lakher 22,947 54. Lalung 33,746 55. Lepcha 39,342 56. Liangmei 27,478 57. Limbu 28,174 58. Lotha 85,802 59. Lushai/Mizo 538,842 60. Malto 108,148 61. Mao 77,810 62. Maram 10,144 63. Maring 15,268 64. Miri/Mishing 390,583 65. Mishmi 29,000 66. Mogh 28,135 67. Monpa 43,226 68. Munda 413,894 69. Mundari 816,378 70. Nicobarese 26,261 71. Nissi/Dafla 173,791 72. Nocte 30,441 73. Paite 49,237 74. Parji 44,001 75. Pawi 15,346 76. Phom 65,350 77. Pochury 11,231 78. Rabha 139,365 79. Rengma 37,521 80. Sangtam 47,461 81. Santali 5,216,325 82. Savara 273,168 83. Sema 166,157 84. Sherpa 16,105 85. Tangkhul 101,841 86. Tangsa 28,121 87. Thado 107,992 88. Tibetan 69,416 89. Tripuri 694,940 90. Tulu 1,552,259 91. Vaiphei 26,185 92. Wancho 39,600 93. Yimchungre 47,227 94. Zeliang 35,079 95. Zemi 22,634 96. Zou 15,966

India is rich in languages. There are a quite a number of languages spoken in India. Some of these languages are accepted nationally while others are accepted as dialects of that particular region. 

The Indian languages belong to four language families namely Indo-European, Dravidian, Austroasiatic (Austric) and Sino-Tibetan. Majority of India's population are using Indo-European and Dravidian languages. The former are spoken mainly in northern and central regions and the latter in southern India. Some ethnic groups in Assam and other parts of eastern India speak Austric languages. People in the northern Himalayan region and near the Burmese border speak Sino-Tibetan languages.

The written forms of language or scripts come from an ancient Indian script called Brahmi. 

India has 22 officially recognised languages. But around 33 different languages and 2000 dialects have been identified in India. Hindi, in the Devanagari script is the official language of the Federal government of India. English is an associate official language. Sanskrit, the classical language of India, represents the highest achievement of the Indo-Aryan Languages. The beginning of Sanskrit literature may be traced back  to Rig Vedic period.  It is the oldest literary language of India, which is more than 5,000 years old and the basis of many modern Indian languages including Hindi and Urdu. Its earliest dialect form, Vedic was spoken by the Aryans. All the classical literature and the Indian epics have been written in Sanskrit.

 

 

 

 

 

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