Eternal India Encyclopedia
EXPRESSIONS OF INDIA
Eternal India encyclopedia
THE ALPHABET CRADLE
Sumerians used clay tablets with Pictographs to keep records (4000 B.C.)
Cuneiform (Wedge-shaped) script evolved as a full syllabic alphabet (3000 B.C.)
Egyptian literature begins
Chinese Shang Dynasty (1000 B.C.)
Phoenician alphabet (1600 B.C.) ancestor of all European, Middle-Eastern Indian, S-E Asian, Ethiopian & Korean alphabets Hammurabi (1750 B.C.)
Elba Civilization (2500 B.C.)
Peruvian neolithic Ceremonial Centres
Aryans invade India
Bronze age Minoan civilization emerges on Crete
Mt. Sinai revelations to Moses
Mexican Olmec Civilization
The myriad spoken and written languages of India belong to four major language families. According to the 1961 census there are in all 1,652 languages. Subsequently the 1971 census recorded 700 languages after taking into account only dialects spoken by more than a thousand people. The following 18 official languages are recognised by the Government of India as on 1st July 1993. The 18 Official languages : Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Kashmiri, Konkani, Malayalam, Manipuri, Marathi, Nepali, Oriya, Punjabi, Sanskrit, Sindhi, Tamil, Telugu and Urdu. LANGUAGE CLASSIFICATION
AUSTRO-ASIATIC
UNCLASSIFIED
INDO ARYAN DRAVIDIAN
SINO-TIBETAN
Kamari
Madhya Pradesh
INDO ARYAN
DRAVIDIAN
Assam, Madhya Pradesh
Katia
Madhya Pradesh D & N Haveli,
Bihari Bishnupu riya Haijong Khorta Kishanga njia
I Southern Centrnl Group
Assam
Katkari
Varli Dadra and JNagar Haven Chakma
Assam, Tripura
Gujarat, Maharashtra. Daman and Diu, Goa,
Gujarat. Haijong/Hajong
Assam
Konkani
Bihar, West Bengal
Maharashtra,
Bihar
Karnataka
II Sinhalese Group
West Bengal
Koshti Marathi
Madhya Pradesh,
Amindiv Islands, Magahi/Maghadi
Bihar
Maharashtra Maharashtra,
Kerala, Laccadive, Minicoy.
Bihar, West Bengal Assam, West Bengal
Marathi
Madesi Magahi
Karnataka
Bihar
Madhya Pradesh Madhya Pradesh
Bihar, Madhya Pradesh,
Parvar Taakri
III North Western Oriya Multani Maharashtra, Punjab Sindhi Maharashtra Madhya Pradesh, Punjab. IV Western Group Kachchhi Gujarat, Maharashtra Punchhi Jammu and Kashmir
Oriya Panchipa rganta Rajbangs i Relli Sadan/Sa dri Surajpuri
Orissa Bihar
Maharashtra
VII Pahari Group Baghati Himachal Pradesh Bhadrawahi Jammu & Kashmir
West-Bengal Andhra-Pradesh Bihar, Assam, Madhya Pradesh
Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh Himachal Pradesh Himachal Pradesh Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Jammu &
Bharmauri/Gaddi
Bihar
Chameali Churahi
VI Southern Group
V Eastern Group VI Southern Group Assamese Assam, Dinar, West Bengal Bengali Assam, Bihar, West Bengal
Dogri
Guanese Govari
Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh
Bhatri Madhya Pradesh
Kashmir
Bhojpuri Bihar, Uttar Pradesh
Garhwali
Himachal Pradesh
Made with FlippingBook