2006-10-13 11:26:55 · 10 answers · asked by Niki 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
English enjoys associate status but is the most important language for national, political, and commercial communication; Hindi is the national language and primary tongue of 30% of the people; there are 14 other official languages: Bengali, Telugu, Marathi, Tamil, Urdu, Gujarati, Malayalam, Kannada, Oriya, Punjabi, Assamese, Kashmiri, Sindhi, and Sanskrit; Hindustani is a popular variant of Hindi/Urdu spoken widely throughout northern India but is not an official language
2006-10-13 11:29:55 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The national language of India is Hindi. Apart from that every state has it's own language. :)
2006-10-13 11:29:29 · answer #2 · answered by white_falcon21 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
337,272,114 40.22%
Bengali 69,595,738 8.30%
Telugu 66,017,615 7.87%
Marathi 62,481,681 7.45%
Tamil 53,006,368 6.32%
Urdu 43,406,932 5.18%
Gujarati 40,673,814 4.85%
Kannada 32,753,676 3.91%
Malayalam 30,377,176 3.62%
Oriya 28,061,313 3.35%
Punjabi 23,378,744 2.79%
Assamese 13,079,696 1.56%
Sindhi 2,122,848 0.25%
Nepali 2,076,645 0.25%
Konkani 1,760,607 0.21%
Manipuri 1,270,216 0.15%
Kashmiri 56,693 0.01%
Sanskrit
aka hindi
2006-10-13 11:56:05 · answer #3 · answered by kendallphllps 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Sanskrit and HIndi are not the same. Asmi kupita: at the person that said Sanskrit a.k.a Hindi.
2006-10-13 12:21:04 · answer #4 · answered by the_post2001 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Indi, Daaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!
2006-10-13 11:36:02 · answer #5 · answered by Lil' Gay Monster 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hindi is the most common
2006-10-13 14:00:26 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think it's urdu, but i'm not too sure!
2006-10-13 14:14:45 · answer #7 · answered by sexyblackmomba 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
OOOOpps, what Tim said!
2006-10-13 11:32:22 · answer #8 · answered by soulsearcher 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
indian
2006-10-13 11:28:55 · answer #9 · answered by mercedes_beamer902006 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
ye i think they speak indian.
2006-10-13 11:30:19 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋