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 Definition: This entry provides a rank ordering of languages starting with the largest and sometimes includes the percent of total population speaking that language. Source: CIA World Factbook - Unless otherwise noted, information in this page is accurate as of April 17, 2007 |
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