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Languages of India
Language familie of India
Official language (s) StandardHindi written in the Devanāgarī script (the IndianConstitution recognises English as a subsidiary official language)
Regional language (s)
*Angika
*Assamese
*Beary bashe
*Bengali
*Bodo
*Chhattisgarhi
*Dogri
*Garhwali
*Garo
*Gujarati
*Standard Hindi
*Kannada
*Kashmiri
*Khasi
*Kodava
*Takk
*Kokborok
*Konkani
*Kumaoni
*Maithili
*Malayalam
*Manipuri
*Marathi
*Mizo
*Nepali
*Oriya
*Punjabi
*Rajasthani
*Sanskrit
*Santali
*Sindhi
*Tamil
*Telugu
*Tulu
*Urdu

Official languages in India
*Language
*Family
*Speakers
(in millions, 2001)
*State(s)
1.Assamese/ Axomiya
Indo-Aryan, Eastern
13
Assam , Arunachal Pradesh
2.Bengali
Indo-Aryan, Eastern
83
West Bengal , Tripura , Andaman & Nicobar Islands
3. Bodo
Tibeto-Burman
1.4
Assam
4.Dogri
Indo-Aryan, Northwestern
2.3
Jammu and Kashmir
5.Gujarati
Indo-Aryan, Western
46
Dadra and Nagar Haveli , Daman and Diu , Gujarat
6.Hindi
Indo-Aryan, Central
258–422
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Arunachal Pradesh , Bihar , Chandigarh , Chhattisgarh , the national capital territory of Delhi , Haryana , Himachal Pradesh , Jharkhand , Madhya Pradesh , Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand
7.Kannada
Dravidian
38
Karnataka
8.Kashmiri
Indo-Aryan, Dardic
5.5
Jammu and Kashmir
9.Konkani
Indo-Aryan, Southern
2.5–7.6
Goa , Karnataka , Maharashtra , Kerala
10.Maithili
Indo-Aryan, Eastern
12–32
Bihar
11.Malayalam
Dravidian
33
Kerala , Andaman and Nicobar Islands , Lakshadweep , Pondicherry
12.Manipuri (also Meitei or Meithei )
Tibeto-Burman
1.5
Manipur
13.Marathi
Indo-Aryan, Southern
72
Maharashtra , Goa , Dadra & Nagar Haveli , Daman and Diu, Madhya Pradesh
14.Nepali
Indo-Aryan, Northern
2.9
Sikkim , West Bengal , Assam
15.Oriya
Indo-Aryan, Eastern
33
Orissa
16.Punjabi
Indo-Aryan, Northwestern
29
Chandigarh , Delhi , Haryana, Punjab
17.Sanskrit
Indo-Aryan
0.01
non-regional
18.Santhali
Munda
6.5
Santhal tribals of the Chota Nagpur Plateau (comprising the states of Bihar , Chattisgarh , Jharkhand , Orissa )
19.Sindhi
Indo-Aryan, Northwestern
2.5
non-regional
20.Tamil
Dravidian
61
Tamil Nadu , Andaman & Nicobar Islands , Pondicherry
21.Telugu
Dravidian
74
Andaman & Nicobar Islands , Andhra Pradesh , Pondicherry
22.Urdu
Indo-Aryan, Central
52
Jammu and Kashmir , Andhra Pradesh , Delhi , Bihar , UttarPradesh and Uttarakhand