Languages of India (Sheet 3)

Languages of India [Sheet 3]
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List of languages by number of native speakers in India

India is home to several hundred languages. Most Indians speak a language belonging either to the Indo-European
(ca. 74%), the Dravidian (ca. 24%), the Austroasiatic (Munda) (ca. 1.2%), or the Tibeto-Burman (ca. 0.6%) families, with
some languages of the Himalayas still unclassified. The SIL Ethnologue lists 415 living languages for India.
Overview
Hindi is the most widespread language of India. The Indian census takes the widest possible definition of "Hindi"
as a broad variety of "Hindi languages". The native speakers of Hindi so defined accounts for about 41% of Indians
according to the 2001 census.
Indian English is recorded as the native language of 226,449 Indians in the 2001 census. English is the second "language of
the Union" besides Hindi.[1]
Thirteen languages account for more than 1% of Indian population each, and between themselves for over 95%; all
of them are "scheduled languages of the constitution." Scheduled languages spoken by fewer than 1% of Indians are Santali
(0.64%), Nepali (0.28%), Sindhi (0.25%), Manipuri (0.14%), Bodo (0.13%), Dogri (0.01%), spoken in Jammu and
Kashmir). The largest language that is not "scheduled" is Bhili (0.95%), followed by Gondi (0.27%), Kumaoni (0.21%),
Tulu (0.17%) and Kurukh (0.10%)
List by number of native speakers

Ordered by number of speakers as first language. Indian population in 1991 exhibited 19.4% of bilingualism and
7.2% of trilingualism, so that the total percentage of "native languages" is at about 127%.
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Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_languages_by_number_of_native_speakers_in_India
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More than one million speakers

The 2001 census recorded 29 individual languages as having more than 1 million native speakers (0.1% of total
population).
Table: Ordered by number of native speakers
Encarta 2007
2001 census[2]
1991 census[3]
estimate[4]
(total population 1,028.610,328 ) (total population 838,583,988)
Rank Language
(worldwide speakers)
Speakers
Percentage
Speakers
Percentage
Speakers
1 Hindi[5]
422,048,642
41.03%
329,518,087
39.29%
366 M
2 Bengali
83,369,769
8.11%
69,595,738
8.30%
207 M
3 Telugu
74,002,856
7.19%
66,017,615
7.87%
69.7 M
4 Marathi
71,936,894
6.99%
62,481,681
7.45%
68.0 M
5 Tamil
60,793,814
5.91%
53,006,368
6.32%
66.0 M
6 Urdu
51,536,111
5.01%
43,406,932
5.18%
60.3 M
7 Gujarati
46,091,617
4.48%
40,673,814
4.85%
46.1 M
8 Kannada
37,924,011
3.69%
32,753,676
3.91%
35.3 M
9 Malayalam
33,066,392
3.21%
30,377,176
3.62%
35.7 M
10 Oriya
33,017,446
3.21%
28,061,313
3.35%
32.3 M
11 Punjabi
29,102,477
2.83%
23,378,744
2.79%
57.1 M
12 Assamese
13,168,484
1.28%
13,079,696
1.56%
15.4 M
13 Maithili
12,179,122
1.18%
7,766,921
0.926%
24.2 M
14 Bhili/Bhilodi
9,582,957
0.93%
15 Santali
6,469,600
0.63%
5,216,325
0.622%
16 Kashmiri
5,527,698
0.54%
17 Nepali
2,871,749
0.28%
2,076,645
0.248%
16.1 M
18 Gondi
2,713,790
0.26%
19 Sindhi
2,535,485
0.25%
2,122,848
0.253%
19.7 M
20 Konkani
2,489,015
0.24%
1,760,607
0.210%
21 Dogri
2,282,589
0.22%
22 Khandeshi
2,075,258
0.21%

23
24
25
26
27
28
29
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Kurukh
1,751,489
Tulu
1,722,768
Meitei/Manipuri 1,466,705*
Bodo
1,350,478
Khasi
1,128,575
Mundari
1,061,352
Ho
1,042,724
0.17%
0.17%
0.14%
0.13%
0.11%
0.103%
0.101%
1,270,216
1,221,881
0.151%
0.146%
* Excludes figures of Paomata, Mao-Maram and Purul sub-divisions of Senapati district of Manipur for 2001.
** The percentage of speakers of each language for 2001 has been worked out on the total population of India excluding
the population of Mao-Maram, Paomata and Purul subdivisions of Senapati district of Manipur due to cancellation of
census results.
100,000 to one million speakers

Rank
Language
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
Kui
Garo
Kokborok
Mizo
Halabi
Korku
Munda
Mishing
Karbi/Mikir
Saurashtra
Savara
Koya
English
Kharia
2001 census
Speakers Percentage
916,222
889,479
854,023
674,756
593,443
574,481
469,357
390,583 0.047%
366,229 0.044%
310,000 0.037%
273,168 0.033%
270,994 0.032%
226,449 0.027%
225,556 0.027%

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44
45
46
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
Khond/Kondh
Nishi
Ao
Sema
Kisan
Adi
Rabha
Konyak
Malto
Thado
Tangkhul
220,783
173,791
172,449
166,157
162,088
158,409
139,365
137,722
108,148
107,992
101,841
0.026%
0.021%
0.021%
0.020%
0.019%
0.019%
0.017%
0.016%
0.013%
0.013%
0.012%
10,000 to 100,000 speakers

58
59
60
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
1991 census
Kolami
98,281 (0.012%)
Angami
97,631 (0.012%)
Kodagu
97,011 (0.012%)
Dogri
89,681 (0.011%)
Dimasa
88,543 (0.011%)
Lotha
85,802 (0.010%)
Mao
77,810 (0.009%)
Tibetan
69,146 (0.008%)
Kabui (Rongmei) 68,925 (0.008%)
Phom
65,350 (0.008%)
SIL estimate
115,000 (1997) Northwestern: 50,000; Southeastern: 10,000
109,000 (1997)
122,000
(Pakistan+India: 2.1 million)
106,000
80,000
81,000
124,280 (1994)
59,000 (1997)
34,000 (1997)
The following are SIL Ethnologue estimates:

estimated native speakers
Gaddi
120,000
Pardhi
119,700
Pardhan
116,919

Churahi
Sauria Paharia
Kullu
Bhattiyali
Ladakhi
Dungra Bhil
Adiwasi Garasia
Rajput Garasia
Noiri
Jaunsari
Pnar
Andh
Mara
Mawchi
Bishnupriya
Duruwa
Lodhi:
Saraiki:
Bhadrawahi
Eastern Magar
Balti
Korwa
Mahali
Rana Tharu
Paniya
Rathwi Bareli
Rawang
Sansi
Kachari
Bazigar
Agariya
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110,552
110,000
109,000
102,252
102,000
100,000
100,000
100,000
100,000
97,000
84,000
80,000
79,000 (India: 47,000 Burma:32,000)
76,000
75,000
75,000
75,000
74,000
69,000
67,691
67,000
66,000
66,000
64,000
63,827
63,700
60,536
60,000
59,000
58,236
55,757


Kanjari
Mal Paharia
Poumei Naga
Bodo Parja
Hmar
Juang
Desiya Oriya
Kinnauri
Moinba
Paite
Tase Naga
Wancho Naga
Braj Bhasha
Buksa
Sangtam Naga
Lepcha
Kudmali
Yimchungru Naga
Gavli
Jennu Kurumba
Nocte Naga
Khirwar
Betta Kurumba
Chang Naga
Dangaura Tharu
Gadaba
Zeme Naga
Naga Pidgin
Car Nicobarese
Kurichiya
Mzieme Naga
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55,386
51,000
51,000
50,000
50,000
50,000
50,000
48,778
46,000
45,000
45,000
45,000
44,000
43,000
39,000
38,000
37,000
37,000
35,000
35,000
35,000
34,251
32,000
31,000
31,000
31,000 (Pottangi Ollar: 15,000; Bodo: 8,000; Mudhili: 8,000)
30,800
30,000
30,000
29,375
29,000


Chenchu
Sikkimese
Limbu
Majhwar
Vaiphei
Ravula
Western Panjabi
Deori
Khoibu Naga
Falam Chin
Kanikkaran
Khiamniungan Naga
Maram Naga
Tutsa Naga
Sirmauri
Arakanese
Chokri Naga
Sholaga
Thangal Naga
Kamar
Apatani
Koch
Khezha Naga
Tiwa
Southern Rengma Naga
Shina
Gowlan
Kumarbhag Paharia
Savara
Matu Chin
Liangmai Naga
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28,754
28,600
28,000
27,958
27,791
27,413
27,386
26,900
25,600
25,367
25,000
25,000
25,000
25,000
25,000
24,000
24,000
24,000
23,600
23,456
23,000
23,000
23,000
23,000
21,000
21,000
20,179
20,179
20,179
20,000
20,000


Ooty, Nilgiris
Sakechep
Seraiki
Sherpa
Toto
Khowar
Biete
Hajong
Reli
Manna-Dora
Hrangkhol
Bhunjia
Persian
Mukha-Dora
Maring Naga
Pangwali
Asuri
Dhatki
Malaryan
Malavedan
Gangte
Konda-Dora
Korra Koraga
Mudu Koraga
Kalto (Nahali)
Dhivehi (Mahl dialect)
Northern Pashto
Ullatan
Eastern Tamang
Anal
Northern Rengma Naga
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20,000
20,000
20,000
20,000
20,000
19,200
19,000
19,000
19,000
18,964
18,665
18,601
18,000
17,456
17,361
17,000
16,596
16,400
16,068
15,241
15,100
15,000
15,000
15,000
15,000
15,000
15,000
14,846
14,000
13,853
13,000


Pochuri Naga
Western Muria
Muthuvan
Zangskari
Mirgan
War
Kaikadi
Idu-Mishmi
Pattani
Changthang
Degaru
Eastern Muria
Far Western Muria
Andaman Creole Hindi
Palya Bareli
Birhor
Lamkang
Inpui Naga
Spiti Bhoti
Vaagri Booli
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13,000
12,898
12,219
12,006
12,000
12,000
11,846
11,041
11,000
10,089
10,089
10,089
10,089
10,000
10,000
10,000
10,000
10,000
10,000
10,000


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