Indian Languages

Infants have their own created languages with which they communicate but once we cross this stage we are bound to learn a variety of languages through which we can make our communication a successful one, and grasping languages become a requisite when one's roots is linked to a India, a land of variety of linguistic communities. People in different parts of the country uses a different language to communicate, this variety of languages gives a unique identity to India in the whole world.

India has a diverse list of spoken languages. Around 800 different languages and more than 2000 dialects have been identified in India. There are 24 regional languages in India that are recognised by the Constitution of India. These languages are spoken throughout the country. Some of the regional languages are - Assamese, Bengali, Bodo, Dogri, Gujarathi, Hindi, Kannada, Kashmiri, Konkani, Maithli, Malayalam, Meitei, Marathi, Nepali, Oriya, Punabi, Sanskrit, Santhali, Sindhi, Tamil, Telugu and Urdu. Hindi and English are the two principal languages of India. In fact Hindi is spoken by around 250 million speakers. Tribal languages are also spoken by a majority of Indians and have more than 4 mi8llion speakers.

In states like Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, Uttaranchal, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Chattisgarh, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana and Delhi, Hindi is recognised as the official language. However English is identified as the co-official language of India. Tamil and Sanskrit have been given the status of classical languages of India.

The vividness of languages in India can be seen in its various means of communication like: newspapers ( which is published in more than 90 languages), radio programmes and films. The Indian languages find their roots from four distinct families namely - Indo-European, Dravidian, Mom - Khmer and Sino - Tibetan. However Indo-European and Dravidian languages are used by a majority of Indian population. The Indo -European languages dominate in the northern and central India and the southern India is dominated by the Dravidian languages.