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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
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