India: Languages of India

The languages of India primarily belong to two major linguistic families, Indo-European (whose branch Indo-Aryan is spoken by about 75 percent of the population) and Dravidian (spoken by about 25 percent). Other languages spoken in India come mainly from the Austro-Asiatic and Tibeto-Burman linguistic families, as well as a few language isolates. Individual mother tongues in India number several hundred, and more than a thousand if major dialects are included

The list of some of the Indian languages includes:

Sanskrit

Hindi

English

Gujarati - Language of Gujarat and Union Territories of Dadar and Nagar Haveli

Punjabi - The official language of Punjab

Bengali- The state language of West Bengal

Assamese - Official language of Assam

Dogri, Urdu - The language of Jammu and Kashmir

Oriya - The state language of state of Odisha

Marathi - Language of Maharashtra

Kannada - The official language of Karnataka

Tamil - The state language of Tamil Nadu

Telugu - It is the official language of Andhra Pradesh.

Malayalam - It is the official language of Kerala

Sindhi

Konkani - The state language of Goa

Manipuri - The official language of Manipur

Khasi - The official language of Meghalaya

Mizo - The official language of Mizoram

English - The official language of Nagaland

Urdu and Telugu are also the official languages of the newly formed state of Telangana.

Besides these, there are other languages, which are spoken by large masses but have still not acquired the status of Scheduled Languages of India. These languages spoken by regional people are known as regional languages of India. These include Rajasthani, Haryanvi, Bhili, Gondi and Tulu among others. 

Some Indian languages are not widely spoken and have been given the status of minority languages. Mahl and Portuguese languages come under this category.