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29 states in India language spoken in tamil

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India, a potpourri of different cultures, religions and beliefs, is home to not just one or two languages but to an uncountable number of different lingual families. Languages belonging to the two major language families - Indo Aryan and Dravidian - are spoken by more than 90% of the people of India. Know more about the languages of India with India Language Map.
According to Ethnologue, India is considered to be home to 461 languages, out of which 14 have been reported to be extinct.
But still there is not a single Indian language that is spoken across its length and breadth. Hindi is spoken by a majority of North Indians, but it is not a popular means of communication in the southern part of India. Similarly, South Indian languages such as Tamil, Telugu, and Malayalam are not understood by the people of North India.
For the convenience of people, the Constitution of India has recognised 22 languages as the official languages of India. These are known as Scheduled Languages and constitute the major languages of the country. India Language Map provides detailed information about these languages listed in Schedule VIII of the Constitution and spoken in different parts of the country.
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.

List by number of native speakers in India

The 2001 census recorded 29 individual languages as having more than 1 million native speakers

RankLanguage2001 census  SpeakersPercentage1Hindi languages422,048,64241.03%2Bengali83,369,7698.11%3Telugu74,002,8567.19%4Marathi71,936,8946.99%5Tamil60,793,8145.91%6Urdu51,536,1115.01%7Gujarati46,091,6174.48%8Kannada37,924,0113.69%9Malayalam33,066,3923.21%10Oriya33,017,4463.21%11Punjabi29,102,4772.83%12Assamese13,168,4841.28%13Maithili12,179,1221.18%14Bhili/Bhilodi9,582,9570.93%15Santali6,469,6000.63%16Kashmiri5,527,6980.54%17Nepali2,871,7490.28%18Gondi2,713,7900.26%19Sindhi2,535,4850.25%20Konkani2,489,0150.24%21Dogri2,282,5890.22%22Khandeshi2,075,2580.21%23Kurukh1,751,4890.17%24Tulu1,722,7680.17%25Meitei/Manipuri1,466,705*0.14%26Bodo1,350,4780.13%27Khasi1,128,5750.11%28Mundari1,061,3520.10%29Ho1,042,7240.10%

Scheduled Languages in descending order of speaker's strength - 2001

S. No.LanguagePersons who returned the language as their mother tonguePercentage to total population1Hindi422,048,64241.032Bengali83,369,7698.113Telugu74,002,8567.194Marathi71,936,8946.995Tamil60,793,8145.916Urdu51,536,1115.017Gujarati46,091,6174.488Kannada37,924,0113.699Malayalam33,066,3923.2110Oriya33,017,4463.2111Punjabi29,102,4772.8312Assamese13,168,4841.2813Maithili12,179,1221.1814Santali6,469,6000.6315Kashmiri5,527,6980.5416Nepali2,871,7490.2817Sindhi2,535,4850.2518Konkani2,489,0150.2419Dogri2,282,5890.2220Manipuri *1,466,7050.1421Bodo1,350,4780.1322Sanskrit14,135N