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LANGUAGES
* 13 Aug 2021
World's 10 oldest languages
The Indian languages Sanskrit and Tamil take 1st and 2nd place in the list. Tamil is the oldest Dravidian language.
1. Sanskrit Language
2. Tamil Language
3. Latin Language
4. Hebrew Language
5. Egyptian Language
6. Greek Language
7. Chinese Language
8. Arabic language
9. Korean language
10. Armenian Language
Reference: timesofindia.indiatimes.com
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Languages
There are
22 National Languages that have been recognized by the Constitution of
India, of which Hindi and English are official languages. Besides these,
there are 844 different dialects that are practiced in various parts of
the country.
| Languages |
States/region |
Other langauages
prevalent in this region |
| Assamese |
Assam |
Bengali, Bodo |
| Bengali |
West Bengal
& Tripura |
Nepali in West Bengal |
| Gujarati |
Gujarat, Dadra
& Nagar Haveli, Daman & Diu |
Hindi in Gujarat
Marathi in Dadra
& Nagar Haveli, Daman & Diu |
| Hindi |
Andaman
and Nicobar Islands, Arunachal Pradesh, Bihar, Chandigarh, Chhattisgarh,
Delhi, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan,
Uttar Pradesh & Uttaranchal |
Punjabi in Chandigarh
Tamil in Andaman
and Nicobar Islands
Urudu in UP,
Uttaranchal
Bihari, Urdu,
Maithili in Bihar
Punjabi in
Haryana & HP |
| Kannada |
Karnataka |
|
| Kashmiri |
Kashmir |
Urdu |
| Konkani |
Goa |
Marathi |
| Malayalam |
Kerala & Lakshadweep |
|
| Manipuri |
Manipur |
|
| Marathi |
Maharashtra |
|
| Nepali |
West Bengal, Sikkim |
|
| Oriya |
Orissa |
|
| Punjabi |
Punjab |
|
| Sanskrit |
|
|
| Sindhi |
|
|
| Tamil |
Tamilnadu, Pondicherry |
|
| Telugu |
Andhra Pradesh |
Hindi, Urdu |
| Urdu |
|
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There are several
other languages - Bodo, Dogri, Maithili and Santhali.
Mizo in Mizoram,
Khasi, Garo in Meghalaya, Meitei in Manipur, Kokborok in Tripura.
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Hindi (Dialects)
Hindi in a broad sense is a dialect continuum without clear boundaries.
Hindi is often divided into Eastern Hindi and Western Hindi and these
are further divided. Following is a list of important Hindi dialects.
KHADIBOLI or SARHINDI, spoken in West Uttar Pradesh CHATTISGARHI or
LAHARIA or KHALWAHI, spoken mostly in recently created Chattisgarh.
BAGHELI, spoken in Baghelkhand region of Madhya Pradesh AWADHI, spoken
in central UP, the area formerily comprising the kingdom of AWADH.
FIJIAN HINDUSTANI is a form of AWADHI spoken by Fijians of India descent.
BIHARI, spoken in the regions of Bihar.
BHOJPURI, spoken in mainly eastern UP.
MAITHILI, now an official language of Bihar.
MAGAHI, spoken in Magadh areas.
RAJASTHANI, spoken mostly in the state of Rajasthan and also comprised of several notable (sub) dialects.
BUNDELI, spoken in Bundelkhand region and Jhansi district of UP.
BRIJBHASHA, in vaguely defined regions of North Central India, centered on Delhi.
HARYANVI or BANGARU or JATTU, in the state of Haryana.
KANNAUJI, spoken in the area of Kannauj and surrounding areas in UP.
BAMBAIYA HINDI, the dialect of the city Mumbai and also the basis for the language of many popular Bollywood films.
EASTERN HINDI DIALECTS, centered on the holy city Varanasi, UP has a
atrong influence of the Sanskritised learned Hindi vocabulary of
standered Hindi.
Reference: onlinehindiguru.com
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