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The 22 scheduled languages of India: their scripts, history, literature and where they are spoken.

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Konkani

Konkani[note 4] (Kōṅkaṇī) is an Indo-Aryan language belonging to the Indo-European family of languages and is spoken along the South western coast of India. It is one of the 22…

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Kashmiri

Kashmiri (/kæʃˈmɪəri/)[6] (कॉशुर, کأشُر), or Koshur, is a language from the Dardic subgroup[7] of the Indo-Aryan languages and it is spoken primarily in the Kashmir Valley and…

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Kannada

Kannada (/ˈkɑːnədə, ˈkæn-/;[6][7] ಕನ್ನಡ [ˈkʌnːəɖɑː]), also known as Canarese or Kanarese /kænəˈriːz/,[8] is a Dravidian languagespoken predominantly by Kannadiga people in India…

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Hindi

Hindi (Devanagari: हिन्दी, IAST: Hindī), or Modern Standard Hindi (Devanagari: मानक हिन्दी, IAST: Mānak Hindī) is a standardised and Sanskritised register[7] of the Hindustani…

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Gujarati

Gujarati (/ɡʊdʒəˈrɑːti/;[5] ગુજરાતી [ɡudʒəˈɾɑːt̪i]) is an Indo-Aryan language native to the Indian state of Gujarat. It is part of the greater Indo-European language family. It is…

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Dogri

Dogri (डोगरी or ڈوگرى) is an Indo-Aryan language spoken by about five million people[3] in India and Pakistan, chiefly in the Jammu region of Jammu and Kashmir and Himachal…

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Bodo

Bodo (बर’ [bɔɽo]), or Mech, is the Sino-Tibetan language spoken primarily by the Bodo people of North East India, Nepal and Bengal. It is official language of the Bodoland…

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Bengali

Bengali also known by its endonym Bangla , is an Indo-Aryan language spoken in the Indian Subcontinent. It is the national and official language of the People’s Republic of…

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Assamese

Assamese or Asamiya (অসমীয়া Ôxômiya) is an Eastern Indo-Aryan language spoken mainly in the Indian state of Assam, where it is an official language. It is one of the easternmost…