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	{{Short description\|Languages of a geographic region}}		{{Short description\|Languages of a geographic region}}
	[[File:South Asian ~~Language~~ Families.~~png~~\|thumb\|~~right\|400px\|Language~~ families of South Asia]]		[[File:South Asian language Families.jpg\|thumb\|Map of language families in [[South Asia]].]]
	[[File:States of South Asia.png\|thumb\|right\|400px\|The names of each state in the script of the dominant language of that state of India, part of Pakistan and the whole of Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal and Sri Lanka.]]		[[File:States of South Asia.png\|thumb\|right\|400px\|The names of each state in the script of the dominant language of that state of India, part of Pakistan and the whole of Bangladesh, Maldives , Bhutan, Nepal and Sri Lanka.]]
	[[South Asia]] is home to several hundred languages, spanning the countries of [[Bangladesh]], [[Bhutan]], [[India]], [[Nepal]], [[Pakistan]] and [[Sri Lanka]]. It is home to the third most spoken language in the world, [[~~Hindi-Urdu~~]] and the sixth most spoken language, [[Bengali language\|Bengali]]. The [[Indo ~~sub~~-~~continent~~]] ~~majorly comprises~~ of [[~~Indo~~-~~Aryan~~ languages\|~~Aryan~~]] and [[~~Dravidian~~ languages]], and ~~other minor families~~ like [[~~Austroasiatic~~ languages\|~~Austroasiatic~~]] and [[Tibeto-Burman languages]].		[[South Asia]] is home to several hundred languages, spanning the countries of [[Afghanistan]], [[Bangladesh]], [[Bhutan]], [[India]], [[Nepal]], [[Pakistan]], [[Maldives]] and [[Sri Lanka]]. It is home to the third most spoken language in the world, [[Hindi–Urdu]]; and the sixth most spoken language, [[Bengali language\|Bengali]]. The languages in the region mostly comprise [[Indo-Iranian languages\|Indo-Iranic]] and [[Dravidian languages\|Dravidian]] languages, and further members of other language families like [[Austroasiatic languages\|Austroasiatic]], [[Turkic languages\|Turkic]], and [[Tibeto-Burman languages\|Tibeto-Burman]] languages.

			[[South Asian English]] is considered the international lingua franca of the [[SAARC\|South Asian countries]].

			== Afghanistan ==
			{{Main\|Languages of Afghanistan}}

			The official languages of Afghanistan are [[Pashto]] and [[Dari]], both of which are [[Iranic languages]]. Dari, an Afghan [[Register (sociolinguistics)\|standardized register]] of the [[Persian language]], is considered the lingua franca of Afghanistan and used to write Afghan literature. [[Tajik language\|Tajik]] is spoken by people closer to [[Tajikistan]], although officially the language is regarded same as Dari. A few [[Turkic languages]] like [[Uzbek language\|Uzbek]] and [[Turkmen language\|Turkmen]] are also spoken near regions closer to [[Uzbekistan]] and [[Turkmenistan]]. [[Pashto]] is widely spoken by the [[Pashtun]] people, who mainly reside towards the south of [[Afghanistan]] on the [[Pakistani]]-[[Afghanistan\|Afghan]] border.

			== Bangladesh ==
			{{Main\|Languages of Bangladesh}}

			[[Bengali language\|Standard Bengali]] based on [[Rarhi dialect]] (West Bengal, India) is the national language of Bangladesh. Majority of Bangladeshis speaks [[Eastern Bengali]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web\|title=Bangladesh - Languages {{!}} Britannica\|url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Bangladesh/Languages\|access-date=2022-01-10\|website=www.britannica.com\|language=en}}</ref> Native languages of Bangladesh are [[Sylheti language\|Sylheti]] and [[Chittagonian language\|Chittagonian]], while some ethnic minority groups also speak [[Tibeto-Burman languages\|Tibeto-Burman]], [[Dravidian languages\|Dravidian]] and [[Austroasiatic languages\|Austro-asiatic]] languages. <ref name=":0" />

			== Bhutan ==
			{{Main\|Languages of Bhutan}}

			[[Dzongkha]] is the national language of the [[Kingdom of Bhutan]]. Almost all the languages of Bhutan are from [[Tibetic languages\|Tibetic family]] (except [[Nepali language\|Nepali]], an [[Indo-Aryan language]]).

	== India ==		== India ==
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	The [[SIL International\|SIL]] Ethnologue lists 461 living languages for India.		The [[SIL International\|SIL]] Ethnologue lists 461 living languages for India.

	[[Hindustani language\|Hindustani]] is the most widespread language of India. The Indian census takes the widest possible definition of "Hindi" as the broad variety of the [[Hindi languages]]. The native speakers of Hindi so defined account for 39% of Indians. Bengali is the second most spoken language of South Asia, found in both [[Bangladesh]] and Indian states of [[West Bengal]] and [[Tripura]]. The [[International Mother Language Day]] was created by [[UNESCO]] to commemorate the [[Bengali language]].<ref name="UNESCO">{{cite web \|url=https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000117961.page=38\|title=The General Conference proclaim"International Mother Language Day" to be observed on 21 February\|website=unesdoc.unesco.org \|date=1999-11-16 \|access-date=2019-04-21}}</ref> Other notable languages include Odia, Telugu, Punjabi, Marathi, Tamil, Urdu, ~~Gujarati~~, Kannada, Pashto, Malayalam and ~~Konkani.~~		[[Hindustani language\|Hindustani]] is the most widespread language of India. The Indian census takes the widest possible definition of "Hindi" as the broad variety of the [[Hindi languages]]. The native speakers of [[Hindi]] so defined account for 39% of Indians. Bengali is the second most spoken language of South Asia, found in both [[Bangladesh]] and Indian states of [[West Bengal]] and [[Tripura]]. The [[International Mother Language Day]] was created by [[UNESCO]] to commemorate the [[Bengali language]].<ref name="UNESCO">{{cite web \|url=https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000117961.page=38\|title=The General Conference proclaim"International Mother Language Day" to be observed on 21 February\|website=unesdoc.unesco.org \|date=1999-11-16 \|access-date=2019-04-21}}</ref> Other notable languages include [[Odia language\|Odia]], [[Telugu language\|Telugu]], [[Punjabi language\|Punjabi]], [[Marathi language\|Marathi]], [[Tamil language\|Tamil]], [[Urdu]], [[Sindhi language\|Sindhi]], [[Kannada]], [[Pashto]], [[Malayalam]] and [[Konkani language\|Konkani]].

	[[~~Indian English~~]] ~~is recorded as the native language of 226,449 Indians in the 2001 census. English is the second "language of the Union" besides Hindi~~.

	Thirteen languages account for more than 1% of Indian population each, and between themselves for over 95%; all of them are "[[Official languages of India#The languages of the Eighth Schedule to the Constitution\|scheduled languages of the constitution]]."		Thirteen languages account for more than 1% of Indian population each, and between themselves for over 95%; all of them are "[[Official languages of India#The languages of the Eighth Schedule to the Constitution\|scheduled languages of the constitution]]."

	Scheduled languages spoken by less than 1% of Indians are [[Santali language\|Santali]] (0.64%), [[Meitei language\|Manipuri]] (0.14%), [[Bodo language\|Bodo]] (0.13%), [[Dogri language\|Dogri]] (0.01%, spoken in [[Jammu and Kashmir (state)\|Jammu and Kashmir]]). The largest language that is not "scheduled" is [[Bhili language\|Bhili]] (0.95%), followed by [[Gondi language\|Gondi]] (0.27%), [[Tulu language\|Tulu]] (0.17%) and [[Kurukh language\|Kurukh]] (0.099%)		Scheduled languages spoken by less than 1% of Indians are [[Santali language\|Santali]] (0.64%), [[Meitei language\|Manipuri]] (0.14%), [[Bodo language\|Bodo]] (0.13%), [[Dogri language\|Dogri]] (0.01%, spoken in [[Jammu and Kashmir (state)\|Jammu and Kashmir]]). The largest language that is not "scheduled" is [[Bhili language\|Bhili]] (0.95%), followed by [[Gondi language\|Gondi]] (0.27%), [[Tulu language\|Tulu]] (0.17%) and [[Kurukh language\|Kurukh]] (0.099%)

			== Maldives ==
			{{Main\|Languages of Maldives}}

			[[Dhivehi language\|Divehi]] is national language of [[Maldives]], spoken by 95% of the population. [[Arabic]] being considered as religious language and [[English language\|English]] being medium of instruction for education and international purposes such as tourism.

	== Nepal ==		== Nepal ==
	{{Main\|Languages of Nepal}}		{{Main\|Languages of Nepal}}

	Most of the languages of [[Nepal]] either fall under [[Indo-Aryan languages]] or [[Sino-Tibetan languages]]. The official language of the country is [[Nepali language\|Nepali]], earlier known as Gorkhali.		Most of the languages of [[Nepal]] either fall under [[Indo-Aryan languages]] or [[Sino-Tibetan languages]]. The official language of the country is [[Nepali language\|Nepali]], earlier known as Gorkhali in the [[Kingdom of Nepal]], and is the mother tongue of around half the population.

	== Pakistan ==		== Pakistan ==
	{{Main\|Languages of Pakistan}}		{{Main\|Languages of Pakistan}}

	The major languages of Pakistan broadly fall under the category [[Indo-Iranian languages]], with ~~Western~~ regions of Pakistan (close to [[Iran]]) speaking [[~~Iranian~~ languages]] and ~~Eastern~~ regions (close to India) speaking [[Indo-Aryan languages]] (with the [[Indus River]] approximately dividing the families). The national uniting medium of Pakistan is [[Urdu]], a ~~standardized~~ register of [[Hindustani language]]. The major native languages of Pakistan are Baluchi, Punjabi, Sindhi ~~and~~ Pashto, while other languages like ~~Saraiki~~, Balti, etc. are also ~~widely~~ spoken.		[[Pakistan]] is a linguistically diverse country it has many dozens of languages spoken as first languages.<ref>{{Cite journal \|last=Kukreja \|first=Veena \|date=March 2020 \|title=Ethnic Diversity, Political Aspirations and State Response: A Case Study of Pakistan \|url=http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0019556120906585 \|journal=Indian Journal of Public Administration \|language=en \|volume=66 \|issue=1 \|pages=28–42 \|doi=10.1177/0019556120906585 \|issn=0019-5561}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news \|title=A revealing map of the world’s most and least ethnically diverse countries \|language=en-US \|work=Washington Post \|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2013/05/16/a-revealing-map-of-the-worlds-most-and-least-ethnically-diverse-countries/ \|access-date=2022-04-29 \|issn=0190-8286}}</ref> The major languages of Pakistan broadly fall under the category [[Indo-Iranian languages]], with western regions of Pakistan (close to [[Iran]] and [[Afghanistan]]) speaking [[Iranic languages]] and eastern regions (close to India) speaking [[Indo-Aryan languages]] (with the [[Indus River]] approximately dividing the families).

			Other language families in Pakistan include [[Dravidian languages\|Dravidian]] ([[Brahui language\|Brahui]] spoken in Central [[Balochistan, Pakistan\|Balochistan]]), [[Sino-Tibetan languages\|Sino-Tibetan]] languages such as [[Balti language\|Balti]] and [[Purgi language\|Purgi]] spoken in the north-east (In [[Baltistan]] region of Pakistan), [[Nuristani languages]] such as [[Kamkata-vari language\|Kamkata-vari]] spoken in the north-west (In [[Chitral Kalasha language\|chitral]] region of Pakistan), [[Language isolate\|Language Isolate]] [[Burushaski]] spoken in the north (In [[Gilgit Division]]), [[Turkic languages]] are also spoken in Pakistan by a few [[Kyrgyz people\|kyrgyz]] families in the North and by Refugees from [[Afghan refugees\|Afghanistan]] and [[China]].<ref>{{Cite web \|title=The last Kirghiz khan in Gilgit {{!}} Footloose {{!}} thenews.com.pk \|url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/tns/detail/575661-the-last-kirghiz-khan-in-gilgit \|access-date=2022-04-29 \|website=www.thenews.com.pk \|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web \|title=Government delivered first new Proof of Registration smartcards to Afghan refugees \|url=https://www.unhcr.org/pk/12999-government-to-deliver-first-new-por-smartcards-to-afghan-refugees.html \|access-date=2022-04-29 \|website=UNHCR Pakistan \|language=en}}</ref>

			The national uniting medium of Pakistan is [[Urdu]], a persianized register of the [[Hindustani language]]. The major native languages of Pakistan are [[Balochistan\|Baluchi]], [[Punjabi language\|Punjabi]], [[Sindhi language\|Sindhi]], [[Saraiki language\|Saraiki]], [[Pashto]], while more than 70 other languages like [[Shina language\|Shina]], [[Balti language\|Balti]], [[Gujarati language\|Gujarati]],<ref>{{Cite web \|date=2018-10-02 \|title=Karachi’s Gujarati speaking youth strive to revive Jinnah’s language \|url=https://www.arabnews.pk/node/1381116/pakistan \|access-date=2022-04-29 \|website=Arab News PK \|language=en}}</ref> [[Bengali language\|Bengali]]<ref>{{Cite web \|date=2012-01-16 \|title=Five million illegal immigrants residing in Pakistan \|url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/322325/five-million-illegal-immigrants-residing-in-pakistan \|access-date=2022-04-29 \|website=The Express Tribune \|language=en}}</ref> etc. are also spoken.

			== Sri Lanka ==
			{{Main\|Languages of Sri Lanka}}

			[[Sinhala language\|Sinhala]] and [[Tamil language\|Tamil]] are the official languages of Sri Lanka, with [[Sri Lankan English]] as the link language. Tamil is a South-Dravidian language, and Sinhala belongs to the Insular Indic family (along with [[Dhivehi language\|Dhivehi]] of [[Maldives]]). [[Vedda language\|Vedda]] is said to be the indigenous language of Sri Lanka before the arrival of Aryans and Dravidians.

	== See also ==		== See also ==
	* [[Languages of ~~Afghanistan~~]]		* [[Languages of Asia]]
			* [[Languages of Pakistan]]
	* [[Languages of Bangladesh]]		* [[Languages of Bangladesh]]
	* ~~[[Languages of Bhutan]]~~		* India:
	* [[Languages of India]]
	** [[Official languages of India]]		** [[Official languages of India]]
	** [[List of languages by number of native speakers in India]]		** [[List of languages by number of native speakers in India]]
	* [[Languages of Maldives]]		* [[Languages of Maldives]]
	* [[Languages of Sri Lanka]]

	==References==		==References==

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	[[File:South Asian Language Families.png\|thumb\|right\|400px\|Language families of South Asia]]		[[File:South Asian Language Families.png\|thumb\|right\|400px\|Language families of South Asia]]
	[[File:States of South Asia.png\|thumb\|right\|400px\|The names of each state in the script of the dominant language of that state of India, part of Pakistan and the whole of Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal and Sri Lanka.]]		[[File:States of South Asia.png\|thumb\|right\|400px\|The names of each state in the script of the dominant language of that state of India, part of Pakistan and the whole of Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal and Sri Lanka.]]
	[[South Asia]] is home to several hundred languages.		[[South Asia]] is home to several hundred languages, spanning the countries of [[Bangladesh]], [[Bhutan]], [[India]], [[Nepal]], [[Pakistan]] and [[Sri Lanka]]. It is home to the third most spoken language in the world, [[Hindi-Urdu]] and the sixth most spoken language, [[Bengali language\|Bengali]]. The [[Indo sub-continent]] majorly comprises of [[Indo-Aryan languages\|Aryan]] and [[Dravidian languages]], and other minor families like [[Austroasiatic languages\|Austroasiatic]] and [[Tibeto-Burman languages]].

	==India==		== India ==
	Most languages spoken in [[India]] belong either to the [[Indo-~~European~~ languages\|Indo-~~European~~]] ([[circa\|~~c.]]~~ 74%), the [[Dravidian languages\|Dravidian]] (c. 24%), the [[Austroasiatic languages\|Austroasiatic]] ([[Munda languages\|Munda]]) (c. 1.2%), or the [[Tibeto-Burman languages\|Tibeto-Burman]] (c. 0.6%) families, with some languages of the [[Himalayas]] still unclassified.		{{Main\|Languages of India}}

			Most languages spoken in India belong either to the [[Indo-Aryan languages\|Indo-Aryan]] ({{circa\|74%}}), the [[Dravidian languages\|Dravidian]] (c. 24%), the [[Austroasiatic languages\|Austroasiatic]] ([[Munda languages\|Munda]]) (c. 1.2%), or the [[Tibeto-Burman languages\|Tibeto-Burman]] (c. 0.6%) families, with some languages of the [[Himalayas]] still unclassified.
	The [[SIL International\|SIL]] Ethnologue lists 461 living languages for India.		The [[SIL International\|SIL]] Ethnologue lists 461 living languages for India.

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	Scheduled languages spoken by less than 1% of Indians are [[Santali language\|Santali]] (0.64%), [[Meitei language\|Manipuri]] (0.14%), [[Bodo language\|Bodo]] (0.13%), [[Dogri language\|Dogri]] (0.01%, spoken in [[Jammu and Kashmir (state)\|Jammu and Kashmir]]). The largest language that is not "scheduled" is [[Bhili language\|Bhili]] (0.95%), followed by [[Gondi language\|Gondi]] (0.27%), [[Tulu language\|Tulu]] (0.17%) and [[Kurukh language\|Kurukh]] (0.099%)		Scheduled languages spoken by less than 1% of Indians are [[Santali language\|Santali]] (0.64%), [[Meitei language\|Manipuri]] (0.14%), [[Bodo language\|Bodo]] (0.13%), [[Dogri language\|Dogri]] (0.01%, spoken in [[Jammu and Kashmir (state)\|Jammu and Kashmir]]). The largest language that is not "scheduled" is [[Bhili language\|Bhili]] (0.95%), followed by [[Gondi language\|Gondi]] (0.27%), [[Tulu language\|Tulu]] (0.17%) and [[Kurukh language\|Kurukh]] (0.099%)

			== Nepal ==
			{{Main\|Languages of Nepal}}

			Most of the languages of [[Nepal]] either fall under [[Indo-Aryan languages]] or [[Sino-Tibetan languages]]. The official language of the country is [[Nepali language\|Nepali]], earlier known as Gorkhali.

			== Pakistan ==
			{{Main\|Languages of Pakistan}}

			The major languages of Pakistan broadly fall under the category [[Indo-Iranian languages]], with Western regions of Pakistan (close to [[Iran]]) speaking [[Iranian languages]] and Eastern regions (close to India) speaking [[Indo-Aryan languages]] (with the [[Indus River]] approximately dividing the families). The national uniting medium of Pakistan is [[Urdu]], a standardized register of [[Hindustani language]]. The major native languages of Pakistan are Baluchi, Punjabi, Sindhi and Pashto, while other languages like Saraiki, Balti, etc. are also widely spoken.

	== See also ==		== See also ==
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	** [[List of languages by number of native speakers in India]]		** [[List of languages by number of native speakers in India]]
	* [[Languages of Maldives]]		* [[Languages of Maldives]]
	* [[Languages of Nepal]]
	* [[Languages of Pakistan]]
	* [[Languages of Sri Lanka]]		* [[Languages of Sri Lanka]]

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Reverted good faith edits by 2409:4041:2D0F:F15E:0:0:BB8B:2F05 (talk): Sindhi has <2M speakers in India. By this standard, we could add lot of other languages at well.

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{{Short description|Languages of a geographic region}}
[[File:South Asian Language Families.png|thumb|right|400px|Language families of South Asia]]
[[File:States of South Asia.png|thumb|right|400px|The names of each state in the script of the dominant language of that state of India, part of Pakistan and the whole of Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal and Sri Lanka.]]
[[South Asia]] is home to several hundred languages.

==India==
Most languages spoken in [[India]] belong either to the [[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]] ([[circa|c.]] 74%), the [[Dravidian languages|Dravidian]] (c. 24%), the [[Austroasiatic languages|Austroasiatic]] ([[Munda languages|Munda]]) (c. 1.2%), or the [[Tibeto-Burman languages|Tibeto-Burman]] (c. 0.6%) families, with some languages of the [[Himalayas]] still unclassified.
The [[SIL International|SIL]] Ethnologue lists 461 living languages for India.

[[Hindustani language|Hindustani]] is the most widespread language of India. The Indian census takes the widest possible definition of "Hindi" as the broad variety of the [[Hindi languages]]. The native speakers of Hindi so defined account for 39% of Indians. Bengali is the second most spoken language of South Asia, found in both [[Bangladesh]] and Indian states of [[West Bengal]] and [[Tripura]]. The [[International Mother Language Day]] was created by [[UNESCO]] to commemorate the [[Bengali language]].<ref name="UNESCO">{{cite web |url=https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000117961.page=38|title=The General Conference proclaim"International Mother Language Day" to be observed on 21 February|website=unesdoc.unesco.org |date=1999-11-16 |access-date=2019-04-21}}</ref> Other notable languages include Odia, Telugu, Punjabi, Marathi, Tamil, Urdu, Gujarati, Kannada, Pashto, Malayalam and Konkani.

[[Indian English]] is recorded as the native language of 226,449 Indians in the 2001 census. English is the second "language of the Union" besides Hindi.

Thirteen languages account for more than 1% of Indian population each, and between themselves for over 95%; all of them are "[[Official languages of India#The languages of the Eighth Schedule to the Constitution|scheduled languages of the constitution]]."

Scheduled languages spoken by less than 1% of Indians are [[Santali language|Santali]] (0.64%), [[Meitei language|Manipuri]] (0.14%), [[Bodo language|Bodo]] (0.13%), [[Dogri language|Dogri]] (0.01%, spoken in [[Jammu and Kashmir (state)|Jammu and Kashmir]]). The largest language that is not "scheduled" is [[Bhili language|Bhili]] (0.95%), followed by [[Gondi language|Gondi]] (0.27%), [[Tulu language|Tulu]] (0.17%) and [[Kurukh language|Kurukh]] (0.099%)

== See also ==
* [[Languages of Afghanistan]]
* [[Languages of Bangladesh]]
* [[Languages of Bhutan]]
* [[Languages of India]]
** [[Official languages of India]]
** [[List of languages by number of native speakers in India]]
* [[Languages of Maldives]]
* [[Languages of Nepal]]
* [[Languages of Pakistan]]
* [[Languages of Sri Lanka]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120206233628/http://www.censusindia.gov.in/Census_Data_2001/Census_Data_Online/Language/Statement1.htm Data table of Census of India, 2001]
* {{cite web |url=http://www.ciil.org/languages/map4.html |title=Indian Language Family|website=Central Institute of Indian Languages |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020615144043/http://www.ciil.org/languages/map4.html |archive-date=15 June 2002}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080324032158/http://www.censusindia.gov.in/Census_Data_2001/Census_Data_Online/Language/Statement4.htm SCHEDULED LANGUAGES IN DESCENDING ORDER OF SPEAKERS' STRENGTH – 2001]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20081118143215/http://www.censusindia.gov.in/Census_Data_2001/Census_Data_Online/Language/Statement6.htm COMPARATIVE RANKING OF SCHEDULED LANGUAGES IN DESCENDING ORDER OF SPEAKERS' STRENGTH-1971, 1981, 1991 AND 2001]
* [http://www.censusindia.gov.in/Census_Data_2001/Census_Data_Online/Language/data_on_language.html Census data on Languages]

==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070101015404/http://www.indojin.com/discoverindia/indianlang.htm Major Indian Languages]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20050109084200/http://www.ethnologue.com/show_country.asp?name=India Ethnologue report]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20041213203632/http://www.ciil.org/ Central Institute of Indian Languages]

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