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Mainly the Indo-Aryan dialect splits in east as Bangla and Oriya and again Bangla gave rise to Assamiya. The north-western dialect gave rise to mainly Kashmiri, Sindi and Punjabi languages. The western apabharamsha split into 'Hindi' and it is the 19th century existed language again gave rises to different dialects namely Marathi and Gujarati.

Schedule languages namely Manipuri, Kashmiri, Sindhi, Nepali, Konkani as well as Sanskrit, altogether don't have more than 0.75 crore speakers in India. Other languages namely Kannada, Oriya, Punjabi, Tamil, Assamese, Bengali,Gujarati, Malayalam, Marathi and Urdu in all are spoken by the half citizens of the country.

This all explains that the languages are in five stages, at top there are Hindi and English, in the very next stage there are major literary languages like Bengali, Oriya, Marathi, Tamil, Kannada, Punjabi and Urdu. In the next stage there are other major group with less number of speakers namely Konkani, Sindhi and Manipuri. In the last there are Marwadi, Kachchi and Ahirani, which are not recognized as separate languages like Bhantu spoken by many tribal and nomadic communities.



In all the Indian country has total eighteen different languages as per the constitution and nearly 1600 different minor languages and more than thousand groups separated because of the pronunciations, grammar rules and vocabulary and style.

Many urban citizens of India know as well as speak 'English'. Where as 'Hindi' is the national language and spoken in northern states of the country predominantly. But in every area of India now people knew 'Hindi' as it is required for tourism across country and popularity of Hindi films increased nationally.

The variety of languages is the cultural ornament of India and it is because of the history of assimilation of different tribes and traditions. Four hundred million people speak 'Hindi' as their mother tongue in India and this is also official language of the country. In the north India dialects as well as the apabhramsha added to the original language also considered as new and independent language.

English is widely used for the official purpose by the Constitution, so as to make ease of communication between Hindi and non-Hindi speaking states. But in the second millennium many languages had started to emerge newly from the sub-continent of the country. These were expressions of regional ambition against the dominancy of 'Sanskrit' and it's Sanskriti.

Languages Used Officialy in India

The Hindi tradition has interactions with Islam and gave rise to Urdu and Arabic languages. Also in the southern part of the country Tamil got divided into Telagu and Kannada mainly and regenareted Malayalam as the combination of Telagu and Kannada. In start all the languages of India are considered as they are originated from Sanskrit, but some time after Dravidic family is the origin of Tamil language. Hindi was selected as the mother tongue by 20.85 crores peoples in India in 1971 and by 26.45 crores in 1981 and so finalised as the national language. In India there are 29 states and 6 union territories having 18 official and 114 total languages, 216 different mother tongues. But Hindi is national language and English is used for national, political and educational purposes as well.

States and the Official Languages

Following is the listing which provides you the information about which is the official and the co-official language used in the different states of India. Hindi : This language is the most used official language of many states in India like UP, Bihar, MP, Jharkhand, Uttaranchal, Rajasthan, Haryana, Chhattisgarh, Himachal Pradesh as well as in the National Capital Territory of Delhi. Marathi : This is official language of state Maharashtra. Punjabi : This is official language of state Punjab. Gujarati : This is official language of state Gujarat. Tamil : This is official language of states Tamil Nadu, Pondicherry as well as Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Malayalam : This is official language of states Kerala and Lakshadweep. Kannada : This is official language of state Karnataka. Telugu : This is official language of state Andhra Pradesh. Oriya : This is official language of state Orissa. English : This language is used co-officially in the Indian Union and many above mentioned states, but some may have different co-official language as well.