Languages of India

:The article describes the languages spoken in the Republic of India. For information on languages spoken by the native peoples of North America, see Native American languages.

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Republic of India - Native American languages

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India is rich in languages, boasting not only the indigenous sprouting of Dravidian and Indo-Aryan tongues, but of the absorption of Middle-Eastern and European influences as well. Distinct, often ancient, and rich literary traditions are to be found in several languages, among them Telugu, Bengali, Marathi, Hindi, Tamil, Kannada, and Urdu, not to mention one of the world's great classical languages, Sanskrit.

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India - Dravidian - Indo-Aryan - Telugu - Bengali - Marathi - Hindi - Tamil - Kannada - Urdu - Sanskrit

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