22 major languages are there in india.
22 major languages are there in india.
how many major languages are there in india?
22
according to the census of india of 2001, india has 122 major languages and 1599 other languages. however, figures from other sources vary, primarily due to differences in definition of the terms "language" and "dialect". the 2001 census recorded 30 languages which were spoken by more than a million native speakers and 122 which were spoken by more than 10,000 people. two contact languages have played an important role in the history of india: persian and english. persian was the court language during the mughal period in india. it reigned as an administrative language for several centuries until the era of british colonisation. english continues to be an important language in india. it is used in higher education and in some areas of the indian government. hindi, the most commonly spoken language in india today, serves as the "lingua franca" across much of north and central india. however, there have been concerns raised with hindi being imposed in south india, most notably in the state of tamil nadu and karnataka. maharashtra, west bengal, assam, punjab and other non-hindi regions have also started to voice concerns about hindi.
languages of india
the largest linguistic group in south india is the dravidian family of languages, a family of approximately 73 languages the major languages spoken include telugu, tamil, kannada and malayalam. tulu is spoken by about 1.5 million people in coastal kerala and karnataka and konkani, an indo-aryan language, is spoken by half a million people in the konkan coast, kodava takk is spoken by more then half a million people in kodagu, mysore and bangalore. english is also widely spoken in urban areas of south india. urdu is spoken by around 12 million muslims in southern india. tamil, telugu, kannada, malayalam, urdu and konkani are listed amongst the 22 official languages of india as per the official languages act (1963). tamil was the first language to be granted classical language status by the government of india in 2004. other major languages declared classical were kannada (in 2008), telugu (in 2008) and malayalam (in 2013)
south india