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FAMILY-WISE GROUPING OF THE 122 SCHEDULED AND NON-SCHEDULED LANGUAGES – 2001

Language families Number of Languages Persons who returned the languages as their mother tongue Percentage to total population
1 2 3 4
1. Indo-European


(a) Indo-Aryan

21 790,627,060 76.87
(b) Iranian 2         22,774 0.00
(c) Germanic 1       226,449 0.02
2. Dravidian 17 214,172,874 20.82
3. Austro-Asiatic 14  11,442,029  1.11
4. Tibeto-Burmese 66  10,305,026  1.00
5. Semito-Hamitic 1       51,728  0.01
Total 12 1,026,847,940* 99.83*

* Out of the total population 1,028,610,328 for India, the balance of 1,762,388 (0.17%) Speakers are "Total of Other languages" other than Scheduled and Non Scheduled languages. The total population excludes the figures of Paomata, Mao Maram and Purul Subdivision of Senapti district of Manipur.

  The names of the 122 Scheduled and Non-Scheduled languages falling in the above five language families are given below with the Scheduled Languages denoted as (S). Of the 22 Scheduled Languages, 15 fall in the Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-European family, 1 in Austro-Asiatic family, 4 in the Dravidian family and 2 in the Tibeto-Burmese family. 

1. INDO-EUROPEAN

(a) INDO-ARYAN

1. Assamese (S), 2. Bengali(S), 3. Bhili/Bhilodi, 4. Bishnupuriya, 5. Dogri(S) 6. Gujarati(S), 7. Halabi,              8. Hindi(S), 9. Kashmiri(S), 10. Khandeshi,11. Konkani(S), 12. Lahnda. 13. Maithili(S), 14. Marathi(S),           15. Nepali(S), 16. Oriya(S), 17. Punjabi(S), 18. Sanskrit(S), 19. Shina, 20. Sindhi(S), 21. Urdu(S),

 (b) IRANIAN

1. Afghani/Kabuli/Pashto, 2. Persian

(c) GERMANIC

1. English.  

2. DRAVIDIAN

1. Coorgi/Kodagu, 2. Gondi, 3. Jatapu, 4. Kannada(S), 5. Khond/Kondh, 6. Kisan, 7. Kolami, 8. Konda, 9.Koya, 10. Kui, 11. Kurukh/Oraon, 12. Malayalam(S), 13. Malto, 14. Parji, 15 Tamil(S), 16. Telugu(S), 17.Tulu. 

3. AUSTRO-ASIATIC

1. Bhumij, 2. Gadaba, 3. Ho, 4. Juang, 5. Kharia, 6. Khasi, 7. Koda/Kora, 8. Korku, 9. Korwa, 10. Munda, 11.Mundari, 12. Nicobarese, 13. Santali(S) 14.Savara. 

4. TIBETO-BURMESE

1. Adi, 2. Anal, 3. Angami, 4. Ao, 5. Balti, 6. Bhotia, 7. Bodo (S), 8. Chakesang, 9. Chakru/Chokri, 10. Chang, 11. Deori, 12. Dimasa, 13. Gangte, 14. Garo,15. Halam, 16. Hmar, 17. Kabui, 18. Karbi/Mikir, 19. Khezha,     20. Khiemnungan, 21.Kinnauri, 22. Koch, 23. Kom, 24. Konyak, 25. Kuki, 26. Ladakhi, 27. Lahauli, 28. Lakher, 29. Lalung, 30. Lepcha, 31. Liangmei, 32. Limbu, 33.Lotha, 34. Lushai/Mizo, 35. Manipuri(S), 36. Maram,     37. Maring, 38. Miri/Mishing, 39. Mishmi, 40. Mogh, 41. Monpa, 42. Nissi/Dafla, 43. Nocte, 44. Paite, 45. Pawi, 46. Phom, 47. Pochury, 48. Rabha, 49. Rai 50.Rengma, 51. Sangtam, 52. Sema, 53. Sherpa, 54. Simte,      55. Tamang 56. Tangkhul, 57. Tangsa, 58. Thado, 59. Tibetan, 60. Tripuri, 61. Vaiphei, 62. Wancho,            63. Yimchungre, 64. Zeliang, 65. Zemi, 66. Zou. 

5. SEMITO-HAMITIC

   1. Arabic/Arbi