It is spoken by around 8.3 crore people in India that is around 6.8 % of the total population of India. It is the third most spoken language in India as well as one of the 22 official languages in India. The Marathi language belongs to the Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-European language family. It is based on Brahmi, an ancient script of India and is closely related to the Devanagari alphabet. The Bengali script or alphabet is written from left to right in the form of horizontal lines and it does not have capital letters. Besides India, it is also the national language of Bangladesh and is also spoken in other parts of the world such as Nepal, Pakistan, America, Middle East, UK, Japan and Canada. It is also the official language of West Bengal, Assam and Tripura and second official language of Jharkhand. In India, Bengali is mostly spoken in West Bengal, Assam, Tripura and Jharkhand. However, it mostly varies in terms of usage, words, pronunciation, and phonetic form in the Indian states.
It is an Indian-Aryan language that is mostly spoken in South Asia including various states of India. It is spoken by around 9.7 crore people in India that is around 8% of the total population of India. Besides India, Hindi speaking people are also found in Bangladesh, Mauritius, Yemen, Uganda and South Africa.īengali is the second most spoken language of India and is known as Bangla. Furthermore, it is also an additional official language in 3 Indian states. It is an official language in 9 states and 3 union territories in India. One of the dialects of Hindi, Chhattisgarhi, was recently declared an official language of Chhattisgarh. These dialects are also known as regional languages of Hindi zone or belt that mostly lies in the northern and central India. The main dialects of Hindi include Braj Bhasha, Awadhi, Bhojpuri, Bagheli, Bundeli, Chhattisgarhi, Haryanawi, Garhwali, Kanuji, Kumayuni, Marwari and Magahi. Its standard form is based on the Khari Boli dialect that is mostly found in the east and north part of Delhi. Hindi is a descendant of Sanskrit language. If we talk about the world, Hindi is the fourth-most spoken language in the world after Mandarin, Spanish and English. As of now, it is spoken by 53 crore people in India. In 2011 census, the Hindi speaking population was increased to 43.6 %. In 1950, Hindi was declared as an official language of India and its use in the Devanagari script was allowed by Indian Constitution as an official language of the Union.Īs per the 2001 census, 41% of the people were speaking Hindi as their mother tongue in India. It is an Indo-Aryan language that is written in Devanagari script. Hindi is the most spoken as well as one of the official languages in India.
The 22 official languages in India are described below: However, the Indian constitution has not given the status of national language to any language. As per the 8 th schedule of Indian constitution, there are 22 scheduled or official languages that are given official acknowledgement and support. India is known for its rich diversity of culture, tradition, religion as well as languages. Next → ← prev How many languages in India | Official Languages in India