FAMILY-WISE GROUPING OF THE 122 SCHEDULED AND NON-SCHEDULED LANGUAGES OF
INDIA IN CENSUS OF INDIA 2001
The following data respectively gives Language families, Number of
Languages, Persons who returned the languages as their mother tongue, and
Percentage to total population
1. Indo-European
(a) Indo-Aryan (21languages), Number of mother tongue speakers: 790,627,060
(76.87%)
(b) Iranian (2 languages), Number of mother tongue speakers: 22,774 (0.00%)
(c) Germanic (1 language), Number of mother tongue speakers: 226,449 (0.02%)
2. Dravidian (17languages), Number of mother tongue speakers: 214,172,874
(20.82%)
3. Austro-Asiatic (14 languages), Number of mother tongue
speakers:11,442,029(1.11%)
4. Tibeto-Burmese (66 languages), Number of mother tongue
speakers:10,305,026 (1%)
5. Semito-Hamitic (1 language), Number of mother tongue speakers: 51,728
(0.01%)
Total Languages:122
total population of India: 1,026,847,940*
Percentage: 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 LANGUAGE FAMILY:
(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 LANGUAGE FAMILY:
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 LANGUAGE FAMILY:
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 LANGUAGE FAMILY:
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 LANGUAGE FAMILY:
1.. Arabic/Arbi
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