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Language is a mode of communication in which people contact each other. The languages in India belong to several language families namely, Indo-Aryan language and Dravidian language. Indo-Aryan language is spoken by 72% of people and the Dravidian language is spoken by 25% of people in India. Other languages which help to communicate belong to Austro-Asiatic, Tibeto-Burman. There are a lot of languages spoken in India namely Tamil, Telugu, English, Hindi, etc. The primary official language spoken in India is Hindi, while the secondary official language is English. There is a mixture of people living in India with different religions, cultures, feelings, and faith. Every people have their own mother tongues. Some surveys convey that there are 1652 different mother tongues in India.

India is regarded as the hometown of 398 languages out of which 11 are non-existence. The languages spoken in North India are not understood by the South-Indian, similarly, the languages spoken in South India are not understood by the North- Indian. So the Constitution of India accepted 22 languages as an official language known as Scheduled Language and it constitutes the major languages in India. Some of the languages spoken in North India are Bengali, Marathi, Kashmiri, and Punjabi.

State	Language
Andhra Pradesh	Telugu
	Urdu
Arunachal Pradesh	Monpa
	Miji
	Aka
	Sherdukpen
	Nyishi
	Apatani
	Tagin
	Hill Miri
	Adi
	Digaru Mismi
	Idu-Mishmi
	Khamti
	Miju Mishmi
	Nocte
	Tangsa
	Wancho
Assam	Assamese
	Bengali
Bihar	Hindi
	Urdu
	Santhali
Chhattishgarh	Hindi
Goa	Konkani
	Marathi
Gujarat	Gujarati
Haryana	Hindi
	Punjabi
	Urdu
Himachal Pradesh	Hindi
	Punjabi
	Kinnauri
	Pahari
Jammu & Kashmir	Urdu
	Kashmiri
	Dogri
	Pahari
	Balti
	Ladakhi
	Purig
	Punjabi
	Gurji
	Dadri
Jharkhand	Hindi
	Urdu
	Maithli
	Bhojpuri
Karnataka	Kannada
Kerala	Malayalam
Madhya Pradesh	Hindi
Maharashtra	Marathi
Manipur	Manipuri
Meghalaya	Khasi
	Garo
	English
Mizoram	Mizo
	English
Nagaland	Angami
	Ao
	Chang
	Konyak
	Lotha
	Sangtam
	Sema
	Chakhesang
Orissa	Oriya
Punjab	Punjabi
Rajasthan	Rajasthani
	Hindi
Sikkim	Lepcha
	Bhutia
	Hindi
	Nepali
	Limbu
Tamil Nadu	Tamil
Tripura	Bengali
	Manipuri
	Kokborak
Uttar Pradesh	Hindi
	Urdu
Uttaranchal	Hindi
	Garhwali
	Kumaoni
West Bengal	Bengali


Andaman & Nicobar Islands	Bengali
	Hindi
	Telugu
	Tamil & Malayalam
	Nicobarese
Chandigarh	Hindi
	Punjabi
	English
Daman & Diu	Gujarati
	Hindi
	Marathi
Dadra & Nagar Haveli	Bhili
	Gujarati
	Bhilodi
	Marathi
	Hindi
Delhi	Hindi
	Punjabi
	Urdu
	English
Lakshadweep	Jeseri (Dweep Bhasha)
	Mahal and Malayalam
Pondichery	Tamil
	Telugu
	Malayalam
	English
	French