Top 10 Most Spoken Languages In India

Humans use a perfect medium for communication with each other that is known as a language. There may be thousands of different languages all around the world that people use for communication. If we talk about India, it is known for its diverse culture and languages that people use in different regions. In India, there are 23 major languages and according to Central Government, Hindi and English are official languages that are used in most of the regions of the country.

Hindi is preferred language of most of the north India and more than 53.6% use Hindi as primary or secondary language as per Census of 2001. More than 12% people can speak English in India as a secondary language. Here, we are going to talk about top 10 most spoken languages in the country. Scroll down to check out the details:

List of Top Most Spoken Languages In India

10. Malayalam

In India, more than 2.97 % people news Malayalam as their first language. It is official language of Kerala that is spoken by more than 34 million people in India. This language is also used in other reasons including Lakshadweep and Puducherry. Today, a large number of people speak Malayalam in other reasons including Bangalore, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Chennai, Delhi and Pune. This language is considered as Classical language in India since the year 2013.

9. Odia

Odia is spoken by more than 3.20 % people in India. Odia is considered as classical Indo Aryan language that is mostly used in Eastern part of India. More than 40 million people speak Odia all over the world. It is main language of Odisha state in the country. In Odisha, more than 75% of population speak Odia language and it is also referred in various parts of West Bengal, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand and Andhra Pradesh. It is also considered as second official language of the Indian state of Jharkhand. In Chhattisgarh, more than 1 million people can speak this language. Odia is considered to have a long literary history and it is considered as sixth Indian language declared as classical language in India.

8. Kannada

Kannada is a Dravidian language that is used by Kannada people in India. It is the main language of Karnataka state and it is also used in other states including Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, Tamilnadu, Kerala and Goa. In India, there are about 43.7 million speakers (3.73 %) of Kannada language. It is also considered as second hand third language of more than 12.9 million people who live in Karnataka. This language is also designated as classical language of India and it is in use since Dravidian Civilization in the country.

7. Urdu

In the country, more than 4.34% of population speak Urdu as the primary language. This language was originated from Indo Aryan Central civilization. It is considered as the languages having official status in the states of Jammu and Kashmir, Uttar Pradesh, Telangana, Jharkhand, Bihar and West Bengal in the country. This language is also official language of other countries like Pakistan and Regional language in Nepal. In the spoken manner, Urdu is quite similar to Hindi language. According to the reports, Urdu is considered as 21^st most spoken language in the world having 66 million speakers. Urdu is considered as one of the most beautiful and sweet languages because of accent of the speakers.

6. Gujarati

Gujarati is also considered as Indo Aryan language and it is official language of Indian state of Gujarat. Gujarati is also official language in union territories including Daman and Diu and Dadra and Nagar Haveli. In the country, Gujarati is spoken by more than 55 million people (4.74 %) as per the reports of the year 2011. As of 2017, Gujarati is 26^th most widely spoken language around the world. Gujarati is considered as one of the fastest growing languages in several other countries including USA, Canada, Europe and much more. Gujarati is also considered as mother tongue of Mahatma Gandhi.

5. Tamil

Tamil came from Dravidian Civilization and it is main language spoken by the Tamil people in India as well as Sri Lanka. Tamil is considered as official language of the countries including Sri Lanka and Singapore. It is also official language of Indian state of Tamil Nadu and union territory Puducherry. Tamil is also spoken by people in various other South Indian states including Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Telangana. In India, more than 5.89 % means over 69 million people speak Tamil as the primary language and it is one of the top five languages in the country. This language is considered as one of the longest surviving languages in this world.

4. Telugu

Telugu is spoken by more than 81 million people in the country that is more than 6.93 % of total population of India. Telugu is considered as South Central Dravidian language and it is considered as official primary language of more than one Indian state. Telugu is considered as primary language in Indian states of Telangana, Andhra Pradesh and union territory of Puducherry. It is also spoken by the people in many neighbouring States. In the country, it is fourth language having highest number of native speakers. Telugu is at the 15^th position in Ethnologue list of the most widely spoken languages in the world. Telugu is also considered as fourth most spoken language in the United States as per Census of 2011.

3. Marathi

Marathi is Indo Aryan language that is spoken by more than 83 million people in the country. Marathi is considered as the official language of Maharashtra state and it is the official language in the Indian state of Goa. In the country, more than 7.09 % of the population speak Marathi as their primary language. Marathi is one of the 22 major languages in the country and it is ranked at the 19^th position in most spoken languages in the world. In India, it is at third position after Hindi and Bengali. Marathi is also spoken by the people in other states including Gujarat, Tamilnadu, Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka, Telangana and Chhattisgarh. There are more than 68.93 % of native speakers of Marathi language in Maharashtra.

2. Bengali

Bengali, also known as Bangla is Indo Aryan language that is spoken in South Asia. Bengali is one of the 22 scheduled languages in India and it is second most spoken language in the country after Hindi. Bengali is also official language of Bangladesh where more than 98% people can fluently speak Bengali. In India, Bengali is official language of West Bengal, Tripura and some regions of Assam. This language is also used in other states including Jharkhand, Bihar, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Odisha and Andaman and Nicobar Islands. As per the census of 2011, there are more than 97 million people in India who can speak Bengali as primary language. It is about 8.03 % of total population in the country. There are about 250 to 300 million people around the world who can speak Bengali. Bengali is considered as 7^th most spoken language in the world as per the number of native speakers of the language.

1. Hindi

Hindi is the most spoken language in the country and it is the official language of the country. In India, more than 43.63 % of the total population can speak Hindi as the primary language. This language is the primary source of communication in most of the northern States including Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, Chhattisgarh, Bihar, Jharkhand, Delhi and much more. Hindi is considered as the language that connects various cultures of India in different states because of a large number of native speakers in the country. It is considered as one of the simple languages that anyone can easily learn and speak.

In India, more than 125 million people can speak English as the secondary language but it is the first language of only 0.019 % people. This language is second official language of the country that is used for the trading and business purpose.

These are Top 10 languages on the basis of a number of native speakers in the country. Because of such diverse culture of the country, these languages work to connect the people and make the communication easy for everyone in the country. These languages are not only preferred in India but also and lots of other countries where Indian people and other native speakers live to use these languages for communication.