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Indian Languages

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• The Indian Constitution (Article 343) declares Hindi to be the official

language of the Union. Hindi is also the mother tongue of about 20% of

the Indian population, living in the area known as the 'Hindi-belt' or the

'cow-belt' of northern India.

• This includes the states of Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Uttaranchal,

Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan. Haryana and

Himachal Pradesh also have Hindi as their official language.

Introduction - Official Language

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• English language is the commonly used official language of India. It enjoys a

special status and remains the additional official language of India. It is also

the authoritative legislative and judicial language.

• Apart from the more widely spoken English and Hindi, there are the various

regional languages as well. In fact, each state of India has its own official

language, apart from the numerous dialects.

• However, the 8th schedule of the Constitution of India lists 22 such regional

languages only, giving them official status.

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Vocabulary

Linguistic of or belonging to language

Dialects a variety of a language that is distinguished from othervarieties of the same language by features of phonology, grammar,and vocabulary, and by its use by a group of speakers who are set offfrom others geographically or socially.

Regional of or relating to a particular region, district, area, or part, as of acountry; sectional; local

Constitution the system of fundamental principles according to which a nation,state, corporation, or the like, is governed.

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Different languagesAssamese

A language of Assam that's spoken by nearly 60 percent of the State's population.

BengaliAn official language of West Bengal, now spoken by nearly 200 million people in West Bengal and in Bangladesh.

BodoIt is the language spoken by the Bodo people of Assam and comes under the Assam-Burmese group of languages

Dogri Mainly spoken by the people of Jammu region

GujaratiIt is the official language of Gujarat. 70 percent of the State's population speak Gujarati, it is the most spread language not only in India but also abroad.

HindiThe official language of India, accent and dialect differs with different regions but almost every Indian has a working knowledge of Hindi.

KannadaA language of Karnataka and is spoken by 65 percent of the state's population. It belongs to the Dravidian family.

KashmiriThough the language is mistaken as a state language of Kashmir only 55 per cent of the state's population speak Kashmiri.

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Konkani Spoken in the Konkan region stretched across Maharashtra, Goa and Karnataka.

Maithili Mostly spoken in the parts of Bihar and the eastern Terai region of Nepal

MalayalamThe state language of Kerala. It is the youngest of all developed languages in the Dravidian family.

Manipuri/Meitei

official language of state of Manipur.

MarathiAn official language of Maharashtra. It has a fully developed literature of the modern type.

Nepali The official language of Nepal, it is also spoken in some north eastern parts of India

Oriya A branch of the Indo-Aryan family, is the official language of the State of Orissa.

PunjabiThe official language of the State of Punjab. It is written in Gurmukhi script, created by the Sikh Guru, Angad.

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Sanskrit

The classical language of India that has lost it's value in the modern world. It is also one of the oldest languages in the world- perhaps the oldest to be recorded. All the ancient scripts are found to be written in the same language.

SanthaliSanthal tribals of the Chota Nagpur Plateau (comprising the states of Bihar, Chattisgarh, Jharkhand, Orissa)

SindhiIs spoken by a great number of people in the Northwest frontier of the Indian sub-continent comprising parts of India and Pakistan.

Tamil

The State language of Tamil Nadu. Tamil literature goes back to Centuries before the Christian era and is spoken by more than 73 million people. It belongs to the Dravidian language family.

TeluguA language of Andhra Pradesh. It is numerically the biggest linguistic unit in India.

Urdu

The state language of Jammu and Kashmir and is spoken by more than 28 million people in India. Urdu and Hindi have proceeded from the same source. Urdu is written in the Persio - Arabic script and contains many words from the Persian language.

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