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[[File: Language region maps of India.svg|thumb|320px|States and union territories of India by the most commonly spoken (L1) first language.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://nclm.nic.in/shared/linkimages/NCLM50thReport.pdf |title= Report of the Commissioner for linguistic minorities: 50th report (July 2012 to June 2013) |publisher=Commissioner for Linguistic Minorities, Ministry of Minority Affairs, Government of India |format=PDF| accessdate=17 September 2016}}</ref><ref group="lower-alpha">Some languages may be over- or under-represented as the census data used is at the state-level. For example, while Urdu has 52 million speakers (2001), in no state is it a majority language.</ref>]] |
[[File: Language region maps of India.svg|thumb|320px|States and union territories of India by the most commonly spoken (L1) first language.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://nclm.nic.in/shared/linkimages/NCLM50thReport.pdf |title= Report of the Commissioner for linguistic minorities: 50th report (July 2012 to June 2013) |publisher=Commissioner for Linguistic Minorities, Ministry of Minority Affairs, Government of India |format=PDF| accessdate=17 September 2016}}</ref><ref group="lower-alpha">Some languages may be over- or under-represented as the census data used is at the state-level. For example, while Urdu has 52 million speakers (2001), in no state is it a majority language.</ref>]] |
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==List of languages by number of native speakers== |
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{{Further|List of languages by number of native speakers}} |
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Ordered by number of speakers as '''first language'''. |
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===More than one million speakers=== |
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The 2001 census recorded 29 individual languages as having more than 1 million native speakers (0.1% of total population). The languages in '''bold''' are scheduled languages (the only scheduled language with less than 1 million native speakers is Sanskrit). The first table is restricted to only speaking populations for scheduled languages. |
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{| class="wikitable sortable" |
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|+'''First, Second, and Third languages by number of speakers in India''' (2001 Census) |
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!'''Language''' |
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!''' First language<br>speakers'''<ref name="1971-2001">{{cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/Census_Data_2001/Census_Data_Online/Language/Statement5.aspx|title=Census of India: Comparative speaker's strength of Scheduled Languages-1971, 1981, 1991 and 2001|first=|last=ORGI|publisher=}}</ref><ref name="thehindu">{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/data/sanskrit-and-english-theres-no-competition/article6630269.ece|title=Sanskrit and English: there’s no competition|first=Rukmini|last=S|publisher=}}</ref> |
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!'''First language<br>speakers''' as a percentage |
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of total population<ref name="pop">http://www.censusindia.gov.in/Census_Data_2001/India_at_glance/popu1.aspx</ref> |
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!''' Second language<br>speakers'''<ref name="thehindu"/> |
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!''' Third language<br>speakers'''<ref name="thehindu"/> |
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!''' Total speakers'''<ref name="timesofindia">{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Indiaspeak-English-is-our-2nd-language/articleshow/5680962.cms|title=Indiaspeak: English is our 2nd language - Times of India|publisher=}}</ref><ref name="thehindu"/> |
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!Total speakers as a |
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percentage of total |
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population<ref name="pop" /> |
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|- |
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|[[Hindi]]<ref group="lower-alpha">includes [[Western Hindi]] apart from Urdu, [[Eastern Hindi]], [[Bihari languages]] except for [[Maithili language|Maithili]], the [[Rajasthani languages]], and the [[Pahari languages]] apart from Nepali and (in 2001) Dogri, whether or not the included varieties were reported as "Hindi" or under their individual names.</ref> |
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|422,048,642 |
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|41.03 |
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|98,207,180 |
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|31,160,696 |
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|551,416,518 |
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|53.60 |
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|[[Bengali language|Bengali]] |
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|83,369,769 |
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|8.10 |
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|6,637,222 |
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|1,108,088 |
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|91,115,079 |
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|8.86 |
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|[[Telugu language|Telugu]] |
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|74,002,856 |
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|7.19 |
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|9,723,626 |
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|1,266,019 |
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|84,992,501 |
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|8.26 |
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|[[Marathi language|Marathi]] |
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|71,936,894 |
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|6.99 |
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|9,546,414 |
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|2,701,498 |
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|84,184,806 |
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|8.18 |
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|[[Tamil language|Tamil]] |
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|60,793,814 |
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|5.91 |
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|4,992,253 |
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|956,335 |
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|66,742,402 |
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|6.49 |
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|[[Urdu]]<!-- Urdu is a standardized version of Hindustani, a Hindi language. --> |
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|51,536,111 |
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|5.01 |
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|6,535,489 |
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|1,007,912 |
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|59,079,512 |
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|5.74 |
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|[[Kannada]] |
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|37,924,011 |
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|3.69 |
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|11,455,287 |
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|1,396,428 |
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|50,775,726 |
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|4.94 |
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|[[Gujarati language|Gujarati]] |
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|46,091,617 |
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|4.48 |
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|3,476,355 |
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|703,989 |
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|50,271,961 |
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|4.89 |
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|[[Odia language|Odia]] |
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|33,017,446 |
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|3.21 |
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|3,272,151 |
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|319,525 |
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|36,609,122 |
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|3.56 |
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|[[Malayalam]] |
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|33,066,392 |
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|3.21 |
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|499,188 |
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|195,885 |
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|33,761,465 |
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|3.28 |
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|[[English language|English]] |
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|226,449 |
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|0.02 |
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|86,125,221 |
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|38,993,066 |
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|125,344,736 |
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|12.18 |
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|[[Sanskrit]] |
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|14,135 |
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|<0.01 |
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|1,234,931 |
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|3,742,223 |
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|4,991,289 |
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|0.49 |
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{| class ="wikitable sortable" |
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|+ '''''Table: Ordered by number of native speakers ''''' |
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!Rank || Language |
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!colspan=2 class="unsortable"| [[Indian census|2001 census]]<ref name="2001Stm1">[http://www.censusindia.gov.in/%28S%282scoev45b4mhlg45mz5jq345%29%29/Census_Data_2001/Census_Data_Online/Language/Statement1.aspx Abstract of speakers' strength of languages and mother tongues – 2000], Census of India, 2001</ref><br><small>(total population 1,028,610,328 )</small> |
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!colspan=2 class="unsortable"| [[Indian census|1991 census]]<ref name="2001Stm5">[http://www.censusindia.gov.in/%28S%28z5ltjf55h4fqb4u2sybp3i55%29%29/Census_Data_2001/Census_Data_Online/Language/Statement5.aspx Comparative Speaker's Strength of Scheduled Languages -1971, 1981, 1991 and 2001], Census of India, 1991</ref><br><small>(total population 838,583,988)</small> |
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! [[Encarta]] 2007 estimate<ref name="2007Encarta">{{cite web|title=Languages Spoken by More Than 10 Million People – Table – MSN Encarta |url=http://encarta.msn.com/media_701500404/languages_spoken_by_more_than_10_million_people.html |work= |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071203134724/http://encarta.msn.com/media_701500404/Languages_Spoken_by_More_Than_10_Million_People.html |archivedate=2007-12-03 |deadurl=yes |df= }}</ref><br><small>(worldwide speakers) |
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</small> |
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! || || Speakers || Percentage || Speakers || Percentage || Speakers |
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| 1 || '''[[Hindi belt|Hindi]]'''<ref>includes [[Western Hindi]] apart from Urdu, [[Eastern Hindi]], [[Bihari languages]] except for [[Maithili language|Maithili]], the [[Rajasthani languages]], and the [[Pahari languages]] apart from Nepali and (in 2001) Dogri, whether or not the included varieties were reported as "Hindi" or under their individual names.</ref> || 422,048,642 || 41.1% || 329,518,087 || 39.29% || 366 M |
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| 2 || '''[[Bengali language|Bengali]]''' || 83,369,769 || 8.11% || 69,595,738 || 8.30% || 207 M |
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| 3 || '''[[Telugu language|Telugu]]''' || 74,002,856 || 7.19% || 66,017,615 || 7.87% || 69.7 M |
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| 4 || '''[[Marathi language|Marathi]]''' || 71,936,894 || 6.99% || 62,481,681 || 7.45% || 68.0 M |
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| 5 || '''[[Tamil language|Tamil]]''' || 60,793,814 || 5.91% || 53,006,368 || 6.32% || 66.0 M |
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| 6 || '''[[Urdu]]''' || 51,536,111 || 5.01% || 43,406,932 || 5.18% || 60.3 M |
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| 7 || '''[[Gujarati language|Gujarati]]''' || 46,091,617 || 4.48% || 40,673,814 || 4.85% || 46.1 M |
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| 8 || '''[[Kannada language|Kannada]]''' || 37,924,011 || 3.69% || 32,753,676 || 3.91% || 35.3 M |
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| 9 || '''[[Malayalam language|Malayalam]]''' || 33,066,392 || 3.21% || 30,377,176 || 3.62% || 35.7 M |
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| 10 ||''' [[Odia language|Odia]]''' || 33,017,446 || 3.21% || 28,061,313 || 3.35% || 32.3 M |
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| 11 || '''[[Punjabi language|Punjabi]]''' || 29,102,477 || 2.83% || 23,378,744 || 2.79% || 57.1 M |
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| 12 || '''[[Assamese language|Assamese]]''' || 13,168,484 || 1.28% || 13,079,696 || 1.56% || 15.4 M |
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| 13 || '''[[Maithili language|Maithili]]''' || 12,179,122 || 1.18% || 7,766,921 || 0.926% || 24.2 M |
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| 14 || [[Bhil languages|Bhili/Bhilodi]] || 9,582,957 || 0.93% || || || |
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| 15 || '''[[Santali language|Santali]]''' || 6,469,600 || 0.63% || 5,216,325 || 0.622% || |
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| 16 || '''[[Kashmiri language|Kashmiri]]''' || 5,527,698 || 0.54% || || || |
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| 17 || '''[[Nepali language|Nepali]]''' || 2,871,749 || 0.28% || 2,076,645 || 0.248% || 16.1 M |
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| 18 || [[Gondi language|Gondi]] || 2,713,790 || 0.26% || || || |
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| 19 || '''[[Sindhi language|Sindhi]]''' || 2,535,485 || 0.25% || 2,122,848 || 0.253% || 19.7 M |
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| 20 || '''[[Konkani language|Konkani]]''' || 2,489,015 || 0.24% || 1,760,607 || 0.210% || |
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| 21 || '''[[Dogri language|Dogri]]''' || 2,282,589 || 0.22% || || || |
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| 22 || [[Khandeshi language|Khandeshi]] || 2,075,258 || 0.21% || || || |
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| 23 || [[Kurukh language|Kurukh]] || 1,751,489 || 0.17% || || || |
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| 24 || [[Tulu language|Tulu]] || 1,722,768 || 0.17% || || || |
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| 25 || '''[[Meitei language|Meitei]]''' (Manipuri) || 1,466,705<sup>'''*'''</sup> || 0.14% || 1,270,216 || 0.151% || |
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| 26 || '''[[Bodo language|Bodo]]''' || 1,350,478 || 0.13% || 1,221,881 || 0.146% || |
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| 27 || [[Khasi language|Khasi]] || 1,128,575 || 0.11% || || || |
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| 28 || [[Mundari language|Mundari]] || 1,061,352 || 0.103% || || || |
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| 29 || [[Ho language|Ho]] || 1,042,724 || 0.101% || || || |
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'''*''' Excludes figures of Paomata, Mao-Maram and Purul sub-divisions of Senapati district of Manipur for 2001.<br> |
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'''**''' 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. |
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===100,000 to one million speakers=== |
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{| class = "wikitable" |
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!rowspan=2| Rank ||rowspan=2| Language ||colspan=2| 2001 census |
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| 30 || [[Kui language (India)|Kui]] || 916,222 || 0.089% |
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| 31 || [[Garo language|Garo]] || 889,479 || 0.086% |
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| 32 || [[Tripuri language|Tripuri]] || 854,023 || 0.083% |
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| 33 || [[Mizo language|Lushai/Mizo]] || 674,756 || 0.066% |
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| 34 || [[Halabi language|Halabi]] || 593,443 || 0.058% |
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| 35 || [[Korku language|Korku]] || 574,481 || 0.056% |
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| 36 || [[Miri language (disambiguation)|Miri/Mishing]] || 551,224 || 0.054% |
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| 37 || Munda<!-- not sure which one this is. The language delimitations in the census are different from the ones on wikipedia. I can't match this to a suitable language of the Munda group. The number here + the number for Mundari in the upper table seems to add up to the number of speakers listed in the article for Mundari--> || 469,357 || 0.046% |
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| 38 || [[Karbi language|Karbi/Mikir]] || 419,534 || 0.041% |
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| 39 || [[Koya language|Koya]] || 362,070 || 0.035% |
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| 40 || [[Ao language|Ao]] || 261,387 || 0.025% |
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| 41 || [[Sora language|Savara]] || 252,519 || 0.025% |
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| 42 || [[Konyak language|Konyak]] || 248,109 || 0.024% |
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| 43 || [[Kharia language|Kharia]] || 239,608 || 0.023% |
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| 44 || [[English language|English]] || 226,449 || 0.022% |
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| 45 || [[Malto language|Malto]] || 224,926 || 0.022% |
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| 46 || [[Nishi language|Nissi/Dafla]] || 211,485 || 0.021% |
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| 47 || [[Adi language|Adi]] || 198,462 || 0.019% |
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| 48 || [[Thado language|Thado]] || 190,595 || 0.019% |
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| 49 || [[Lotha language|Lotha]] || 170,001 || 0.017% |
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| 50 || [[Kodagu language|Coorgi/Kodagu]] || 166,187 || 0.016% |
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| 51 || [[Rabha language|Rabha]] || 164,770 || 0.016% |
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| 52 || [[Tangkhul language|Tangkhul]] || 142,035 || 0.014% |
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| 53 || [[Kisan language (disambiguation)|Kisan]] || 141,088 || 0.014% |
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| 54 || [[Angami language|Angami]] || 132,225 || 0.013% |
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| 55 || [[Phom language|Phom]] || 122,508 || 0.012% |
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| 56 || [[Kolami language|Kolami]] || 121,855 || 0.012% |
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| 57 || [[Kuvi language|Khond/Kondh]]<ref>different from [[Kui language (India)|Kui language]]</ref> || 118,597 || 0.012% |
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| 58 || [[Dimasa language|Dimasa]] || 111,961 || 0.011% |
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| 59 || [[Ladakhi language|Ladakhi]] || 104,618 || 0.010% |
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| 60 || [[Sema language|Sema]] || 103,529 || 0.010% |
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१८:३५, १६ जानेवारी २०१८ ची आवृत्ती
List of languages by number of native speakers
Ordered by number of speakers as first language.
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). The languages in bold are scheduled languages (the only scheduled language with less than 1 million native speakers is Sanskrit). The first table is restricted to only speaking populations for scheduled languages.
Language | First language speakers[२][३] |
First language speakers as a percentage of total population[४] |
Second language speakers[३] |
Third language speakers[३] |
Total speakers[५][३] | Total speakers as a
percentage of total population[४] |
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Hindi[b] | 422,048,642 | 41.03 | 98,207,180 | 31,160,696 | 551,416,518 | 53.60 |
Bengali | 83,369,769 | 8.10 | 6,637,222 | 1,108,088 | 91,115,079 | 8.86 |
Telugu | 74,002,856 | 7.19 | 9,723,626 | 1,266,019 | 84,992,501 | 8.26 |
Marathi | 71,936,894 | 6.99 | 9,546,414 | 2,701,498 | 84,184,806 | 8.18 |
Tamil | 60,793,814 | 5.91 | 4,992,253 | 956,335 | 66,742,402 | 6.49 |
Urdu | 51,536,111 | 5.01 | 6,535,489 | 1,007,912 | 59,079,512 | 5.74 |
Kannada | 37,924,011 | 3.69 | 11,455,287 | 1,396,428 | 50,775,726 | 4.94 |
Gujarati | 46,091,617 | 4.48 | 3,476,355 | 703,989 | 50,271,961 | 4.89 |
Odia | 33,017,446 | 3.21 | 3,272,151 | 319,525 | 36,609,122 | 3.56 |
Malayalam | 33,066,392 | 3.21 | 499,188 | 195,885 | 33,761,465 | 3.28 |
English | 226,449 | 0.02 | 86,125,221 | 38,993,066 | 125,344,736 | 12.18 |
Sanskrit | 14,135 | <0.01 | 1,234,931 | 3,742,223 | 4,991,289 | 0.49 |
Rank | Language | 2001 census[६] (total population 1,028,610,328 ) |
1991 census[७] (total population 838,583,988) |
Encarta 2007 estimate[८] (worldwide speakers)
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Speakers | Percentage | Speakers | Percentage | Speakers | ||
1 | Hindi[९] | 422,048,642 | 41.1% | 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 | Odia | 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 | Kurukh | 1,751,489 | 0.17% | |||
24 | Tulu | 1,722,768 | 0.17% | |||
25 | Meitei (Manipuri) | 1,466,705* | 0.14% | 1,270,216 | 0.151% | |
26 | Bodo | 1,350,478 | 0.13% | 1,221,881 | 0.146% | |
27 | Khasi | 1,128,575 | 0.11% | |||
28 | Mundari | 1,061,352 | 0.103% | |||
29 | Ho | 1,042,724 | 0.101% |
* 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 | 2001 census | |
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Speakers | Percentage | ||
30 | Kui | 916,222 | 0.089% |
31 | Garo | 889,479 | 0.086% |
32 | Tripuri | 854,023 | 0.083% |
33 | Lushai/Mizo | 674,756 | 0.066% |
34 | Halabi | 593,443 | 0.058% |
35 | Korku | 574,481 | 0.056% |
36 | Miri/Mishing | 551,224 | 0.054% |
37 | Munda | 469,357 | 0.046% |
38 | Karbi/Mikir | 419,534 | 0.041% |
39 | Koya | 362,070 | 0.035% |
40 | Ao | 261,387 | 0.025% |
41 | Savara | 252,519 | 0.025% |
42 | Konyak | 248,109 | 0.024% |
43 | Kharia | 239,608 | 0.023% |
44 | English | 226,449 | 0.022% |
45 | Malto | 224,926 | 0.022% |
46 | Nissi/Dafla | 211,485 | 0.021% |
47 | Adi | 198,462 | 0.019% |
48 | Thado | 190,595 | 0.019% |
49 | Lotha | 170,001 | 0.017% |
50 | Coorgi/Kodagu | 166,187 | 0.016% |
51 | Rabha | 164,770 | 0.016% |
52 | Tangkhul | 142,035 | 0.014% |
53 | Kisan | 141,088 | 0.014% |
54 | Angami | 132,225 | 0.013% |
55 | Phom | 122,508 | 0.012% |
56 | Kolami | 121,855 | 0.012% |
57 | Khond/Kondh[१०] | 118,597 | 0.012% |
58 | Dimasa | 111,961 | 0.011% |
59 | Ladakhi | 104,618 | 0.010% |
60 | Sema | 103,529 | 0.010% |
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