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EXPRESSIONS OF INDIA

SIKKIM

NAGALAND

2.4 1.8 1.2 0.5 0.2 0.1 0.1 7.8 2.6 1.2 0.9 0.8 0.4 1.2 5.2 4.0 0.7 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.4

Kannada

Nepali Lepcha Bhotia Limbu

Ao

61.0

13.4 12.1 10.7 10.1

Urdu

7.1 6.8 5.7 4.7 0.5 0.4 0.2 0.2

Malayalam

Sema

Gujarati

Konyak Angami

Hindi

7.5 3.7 3.5 3.5 3.2 3.1 3.1

Marathi Others

Hindi

Lotha

Bengali

Sangtam Bengali

Urdu

ANDHRA PRADESH

Malayalam

Yimchungre

Telugu

85.1

Punjabi Others

Nepali Hindi Phom Chang Others

13.4

Urdu Hindi Tamil

ASSAM

3.0 23.1

Assamese

60.0 19.5 20.5

Kannada Marathi

TRIPURA

Bengali Others

Bengali Tripuri Hindi Halam Mogh Oriya Others Manipuri

69.0 22.9

Oriya Others

(Hindi, Bodo/Boro etc.,)

1.3 0.9 0.9 0.8 0.7 3.5

PONDICHERRY

MEGHALAYA

Tamil

Khasi

89.2

47.1 29.9

Malayalam

Garo

9.0 4.6 2.2 1.8 0.3 0.2 4.9

Telugu

Bengali Nepali

Urdu Hindi

Hindi

ARUNACHA L Nissi/Dafla

PRADESH

Bengali Gujarati Kannada

Assamese

22.1 18.9

Punjabi

Urdu

Adi

7.2 7.2 5.3 5.1 4.4 4.2 3.8 3.8 2.6 0.3 0.3 0.2

Others

Others

Nepali Bengali Monpa

LAKSHADWEEP

MIZORAM

Malayalam

Lushai/Mizo

84.5

74.9

Wancho '

8.0 4.1 3.2 0.5 0.1 9.2

0.1

Tamil

Bengali Tripuri Lakher

Nocie

15.4

Others*

Assamese

Hindi

ORISSA

Hindi

Mishmi Tangsa

Oriya

82.2

Malayalam

2.3 2.3 1.5 1.4

Hindi

Others

Malayalam

Telugu Bengali

Oriya

MANIPUR

Punjabi Others

Manipuri Tangkhul

61.8

14.6

Urdu

10.3

5.5 4.1 3.8 3.5 2.6 2.6 1.3 0.7 0.1

Others

ANDAMAN & NICOBAR ISLANDS

Thado

WEST BENGAL

Bengali

24.7 18.1 14.8 10.4

Mao

Bengali

86.3

Kabui

Hindi Tamil

5.9 2.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 5.1

Hindi Urdu

Kuki

Nepali Bengali Hindi Tamil Others

Malayalam

9.9 1.0 1.0

Telugu

Telugu

Oriya

Urdu

Punjabi Others

Punjabi

14.0

0.2 0.1 etc.) 19.8

Marathi Kannada Others (Nicobaris

* The language spoken in Minicoy island of Lakshadweep is Mahaul/M'hal. It is a fully developed language with its own script and is taught in the schools of Minicoy. The script is written from right to left. It is not like the Arabic script. It is only in Minicoy island that this language is spoken and written. Perhaps the language has affinities with the Maldivian script and language.