Eternal India Encyclopedia

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EXPRESSIONS OF INDIA

total pop.

Languages

Total No. (in

World Rank

Rank Languages

Predo minant

1.

Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh, Bihar, Delhi, Chandigarh, A & N Is., Jammu & Kashmir. Andhra Pradesh, Andaman & Nicobar Is., Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Pondicherry, Orissa, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Delhi. West Bengal, Tripura, Andaman & Nicobar Is., Assam, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Bihar. Maharashtra, Goa, Dadra & Nagar Haveli, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Daman & Diu, Gujarat. Pondicherry, Tamil Nadu, Andaman & Nicobar Is., Karnataka, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh. Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka, Arunachal Pradesh, Maharashtra, Delhi, Goa, West Bengal, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan. Daman & Diu, Gujarat, Dadra & Nagar Haveli, Goa, Maharashtra Karnataka, Goa, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh. Kerala, Lakshadweep, Andaman & Nicobar Is., Pondi- cherry, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu. Orissa, Madhya Pradesh, Tripura, Bihar Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Delhi, Chandi- garh.

907 456 383 362 293 208 189 177 148 126 123 119

MANDARIN ENGLISH HINDI

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

Hindi

39.9

2 .

Telugu

8.2

SPANISH RUSSIAN ARABIC BENGALI PORTUGUESE MALAY-INDONESIAN JAPANESE

3 .

Bengali

7.8

4 . 5 .

Marathi Tamil

7.5 6.8

10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 17 18 19 20 21 21 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 30 33 36 41 43 53 53 54 55 55 56

6 .

Urdu

FRENCH GERMAN URDU

5.3

96 89 73 71 67 67 65 64 63 61 61 61 57 50 49 46 46 44 43 39 35 31 23 17 14 4 4 3

7 .

Gujarati

5.0

PUNJABI KOREAN TELUGU TAMIL MARATHI CANTONESE WU ITALIAN VIETNAMESE JAVANESE INDONESIAN TURKISH MIN THAI UKRANIAN SWAHILI POLISH KANNADA GUJARATI MALAYALAM ORIYA ASSAMESE

8 .

Kannada

4.1

9 .

3:9

Malayalam

10 . 1 1 .

2.8

Oriya Punjabi

Percentage figures based on 1981 census. 1991 Census figures to be released in 1995.

Largest percentage of population speaking

Languages

1

2

3 --

Assamese Assam

Bengali

Assam, Mizoram

West

Bengal,

Tripura,

Bihar, Orissa, Meghalaya

A & N. Is.

--

Gujarati

Gujarat, Daman &Diu

D. & N. Haveli

Hindi

Bihar,

Himachal

Pr„

Jammu Kashmir, Gujarat, Daman & Diu Maharashtra, Andhra Pr., Tripura &

Punjab, Orissa, W. Bengal, & Nicobar Is.

Chandigarh,

Delhi,

Andaman

Haryana,

Rajasthan,

Madhya Pr., Uttar Pr.,

--

Kannada

Karnataka

Goa, Tamil Nadu

-- --

Kashmiri

Jammu & Kashmir

Malayalam Kerala, Lakhshadweep

Pondicherry

Marathi

Maharashtra

Dadra & Nagar Haveli

M.P, Daman & Diu, Goa

--

Oriya

Orissa

SINDHI NEPALI

Punjabi

Punjab

U.P

Himachal

Pradesh

Chandigarh,

Delhi

KASHMIRI KONKANI *BHILI *GONDI *KURUKH/ORAON *DOGRI

Haryana, Rajasthan

--

Sindhi

Gujarat

Rajasthan

Tamil

T.N, Pondicherry

Kerala, Lakshadweep

Chandigarh, A&N Is. .

Telugu

Andhra Pradesh

Karnataka Pondicherry

2 2 1

Tamil Nadu, Orissa

Urdu

Rajasthan, UJP Bihar, Maharashtra, Karnataka Andhra Pradesh

Punjab,

Haryana Pradesh

Delhi,

Madhya

West Bengal

Estimated world figures, for indicative purposes only. * These languages are included in global rankings BUT excluded from national rankings being non-official languages. For more information on these languages, => Language map E.

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Konkani

Goa

Kerala

--

Manipuri

Manipur

--

Nepali

Sikkim

Himachal

Pradesh

Arunachal Pradesh