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Republic of India
India
Summary
India is a country in Asia that is home to 424 living indigenous languages. One of these, Hindi, is an official language of the country. Others—Assamese, Assamese, Bengali, Bengali, Eastern Punjabi, Eastern Punjabi, Garo, Garo, Gujarati, Gujarati, Kannada, Kannada, Kashmiri, Kashmiri, Khasi, Khasi, Konkani, Konkani, Maithili, Maithili, Malayalam, Malayalam, Marathi, Marathi, Meitei, Meitei, Nepali, Odia, Odia, Tamil, Telugu, Telugu, Urdu, and Urdu—are official languages in parts of the country. In addition, 29 non-indigenous languages are established within the country. One of these, English, is also an official language of the country. The literacy rate in India is 74%. In formal education, 26 indigenous languages are used as languages of instruction.
Population
Languages
Families
Sino-Tibetan (148) Indo-European (140) Dravidian (84) Austro-Asiatic (32) Andamanese (14) Kra-Dai (5) Creole (4) Language isolate (2) Sign language (2) Mixed language (1) Pidgin (1) Unclassified (1)