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Languages of India (Take Note)

The document discusses the languages of India. It notes that India has 452 individual languages, of which 438 are living languages. Hindi and English are the official languages of India, while individual states may designate additional official languages, such as Marathi in Maharashtra and Punjabi in Punjab. Some of the most widely spoken languages include Hindi, Bengali, Telugu, and Marathi. Specific information is provided on Hindi, Marathi, and Pali, including the number of speakers, official use, and sample phrases. A graphic also shows the geographic distribution of major Indian languages.

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Languages of India (Take Note)

The document discusses the languages of India. It notes that India has 452 individual languages, of which 438 are living languages. Hindi and English are the official languages of India, while individual states may designate additional official languages, such as Marathi in Maharashtra and Punjabi in Punjab. Some of the most widely spoken languages include Hindi, Bengali, Telugu, and Marathi. Specific information is provided on Hindi, Marathi, and Pali, including the number of speakers, official use, and sample phrases. A graphic also shows the geographic distribution of major Indian languages.

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General information: Languages of India

Subject Information
1. The number of individual languages listed. 452 (438 are living languages and 14 have no known speakers)
2. The official languages of the Republic.
Standard Hindi and English (English is the secondary official
language.)
3. Have 22 official languages of India.
Assamese, Bengali, Bodo, Dogri, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Kashmiri,
Konkani, Maithili, Malayalam, Marathi, Meitei, Nepali, Oriya, Eastern
Panjabi, Sanskrit, Santali, Sindhi, Tamil, Telugu, Urdu.
4. The individual states can legislate their own official languages.
For example, the state of Maharashtra has Marathi as its sole official
language, the state of Punjab has Punjabi as its sole official language.
5. The number of native speakers.
1. Hindi : 329,518,087 (1991 census), 422,048,642 (2001 census)
2. Bengali : 69,595,738 (1991 census), 83,369,769 (2001 census)
3. Telugu : 66,017,615 (1991 census), 74,002,856 (2001 census)
4. Marathi : 62,481,681 (1991 census), 71,936,894 (2001 census)
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Specific information: Languages of India
Languages Information
Hindi [ ]
- Hindi is official languages.
- 258 million people in India reported their native language to be "Hindi" (2001
Indian census)
- Hindi is the official language of the following states: Bihar, Jharkhand,
Uttarakhand, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Chhattisgarh,
Himachal Pradesh, Haryana and Delhi.
- Some sentence.
Namaste / Namaskar => Hello.
Apka subhanam kya hai => What your name?
Mera nam .hai => My name is ..



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Marathi []
- 72 million speakers in 2001.
- Standard Marathi is the official language of the State of Maharashtra.
- Some sentence.
(Namaskr.) => Hello.
(Dhanyavd.) => Thank you.
? (Tumh kase ht?) => What do you do?
Pali [Pli]
- It is the language of many of the earliest extant Buddhist scriptures.
- Some chants.
Araham samm-sambuddho bhagav Buddham bhagavantam
abhivdemi
The Lord, the Perfectly Enlightened and Blessed One, I pay homage to
the Buddha, the Awakened One, the Blessed One.
Svkkhto bhagavat dhammo Dhammam namassmi
The Teaching, well expounded by the Blessed One, I pay homage to the
Dhamma.
Supatipanno bhagavato svakasagho Sagham nammi
The Sangha, the Blessed One's disciples have practiced well, I pay
homage to the Sangha.
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Graphic information: Languages of India





Hindi Oriya
Tamil Konkani
Telugu Nepali
Kashmiri Malayalam
Punjabi Bengari
Gujarati Assamese
Marati Manipuri
Kannada

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