Question

How many languages are there in India

Answer 1

The total number of languages spoken in India is 1652(including languages not native to the subcontinent). But only about 150 languages have a sizable speaking population.According to Census of India of 2001, India has 122 major languages and 1599 other languages.

The Constitution of India recognizes 22 languages in addition to English.These 22 languages are called the Scheduled Languages of India.They are:-
Assamese
Bengal
Bodo
Dogri
English
Gujarat
Hindi
Kannada
Kashmiri 
Konkani
Maithili
Malayalam
 Manipuri
Marathi
Nepali
Odia 
Punjabi
Sanskrit
Santali
Sindhi
Tamil
Telugu
Urdu

Answer 2

Answer:

Languages spoken in India belong to several language families,

the major ones being the Indo-Aryan languages spoken by 78.05% of Indians and the Dravidian languages spoken by 19.64% of Indians

Languages spoken by the remaining

2.31% of the population belong to the Austroasiatic, Sino-Tibetan, Tai-Kadai and a few other minor language families and isolates.

Languages of India

South Asian Language Families.

Language families of the Indian subcontinent

Nihali, Kusunda and Thai languages are not shown.

Official

⏩Assamese

⏩Bengali

⏩BodoDogriEnglish

⏩Gujarati

⏩Hindi

,⏩Kannada

⏩Kashmiri

⏩Konkani

⏩Maithili

⏩Malayalam

⏩Marathi

⏩Meitei

⏩Nepali

⏩Odia

⏩Punjabi

⏪Sanskrit

⏩Santali

⏩Sindhi

⏩Tamil

⏩Telugu

⏩Urdu(total: 23, including 22 8th Schedule languages and additional official language, English)

Article 343 of the Indian constitution stated that the official language of the Union should become Hindi in Devanagari script instead of the extant English. Later, a constitutional amendment, The Official Languages Act, 1963, allowed for the continuation of English alongside Hindi in the Indian government indefinitely until legislation decides to change it.

The form of numerals to be used for the official purposes of the Union were supposed to be the international form of Indian numerals, distinct from the numerals used in most English-speaking countries.

Despite the misconceptions, Hindi is not the national language of India. The Constitution of India does not give any language the status of national language.