2006-06-21 05:56:28 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Travel ➔ India ➔ Other - India
Languages of India
There are 22 languages recognized by the Indian Constitution. These languages are
Assamese
Bengali
Bodo
Dogri
Gujarati
Hindi
Kannada
Kashmiri
Konkani
Maithili
Malayalam
Manipuri
Marathi
Nepali
Oriya
Punjabi
Sanskrit
Santhali
Sindhi
Tamil
Telugu
Urdu
Hindi is the official and main link language of India. Its homeland is mainly in the north of India, but it is spoken and widely understood in all urban centers of India. It is written in the Devanagri script, which is phonetic and, unlike English, is pronounced as it is written. Hindi is a direct descendant of Sanskrit through Prakrit and Apabhramsha. It has been influenced and enriched by Dravidian, Turkish, Farsi, Arabic, Portugese and English. It is a very expressive language. In poetry and songs, it can convey emotions using simple and gentle words. It can also be used for exact and rational reasoning.
2006-06-21 10:03:00 · answer #1 · answered by Ayush S 2 · 3⤊ 1⤋
there are 22 languages in india some people learn some languages soon. now on days people can english they know the important of this languages
2006-06-21 07:22:09 · answer #2 · answered by gokul d 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Every Indian, on an average, know 3 languages. One English, One Hindi, and one their local one.
2006-06-21 18:37:02 · answer #3 · answered by Siddharth Razdan 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
there are 22 regional languages in india as per govt. record. But each region contains no. of languages. for ex. i live in gujarat. All people speak gujarati in gujarati. but thaere are also some diff, like charotari, kathiyavadi, Mehsani, surti etc. etc. languages in india is countless
2006-06-22 01:00:07 · answer #4 · answered by Jiya 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
9 out of 10 Indians know more than one language, one their own and atleast one another language, not necessarily English. And those who know only one language, it is their own language.
2006-06-21 06:44:43 · answer #5 · answered by helpaneed 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i would say that most indian ppl know about 3-4 languages. indians living outside of india may know more.
2006-06-22 07:05:25 · answer #6 · answered by reigning queen 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am from India, I know my mother tongue Malayalam, English and a little Hindi and Spanish.
2006-06-21 06:59:04 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
of coarse they know their local language.In fact some know know a variety of language who often travel to different parts of India.
2006-06-21 06:02:06 · answer #8 · answered by Hakim S 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They know their own dialects as well, of which there are hundreds. But there are twenty two recognized languages:
http://indiaimage.nic.in/languages.htm
2006-06-21 05:59:13 · answer #9 · answered by Hax 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋