Languages of India

The foundations of Hindi lie in the 5000-year-old tongue of the Aryan immigrants, Sanskrit. Hindi borrows flavors from Dravidian, Turkish, Arabic, Portuguese and English A richly expressive and simple language, the language of poetry and songs.

National language - Hindi Business language - English Official language - Hindi & English Other languages - Sindhi, Sanskrit  Vedic language - Sanskrit  State Language Spoken Andaman & Nicobar Islands   Andamanese Andhra Pradesh  Telugu, Hyderabad city - Telugu plus Urdu Assam  Assamese, others Bihar  Hindi, Bhojpuri, Maithini, Santhali, Angika, numerous others, Bengali, Urdu Delhi  Hindi, English, Punjabi & numerous others Gujarat  Gujarati Goa  Konkani Haryana  Hindi, Haryanvi Himanchal Pradesh  Hindi, Pahadi Jammu & Kashmir  Dogri, Kashmiri, Ladakhi, Punjabi, Urdu, Hindi Jharkhand Santhali, Mundari, Kurukh, Khortha, Nagpuria, Sadri, Khariya, Panchparagnia, Ho, Malto, Karmali, Hindi, Urdu, Bengali    Karnataka  Kannad Kerala  Malayalam Madhya Pradesh  Hindi,  Urdu Maharashtra  Hindi and Marathi Meghalaya  Garo, Khasi Mizoram  Mizo Nagaland  Naga Orissa  Oriya Punjab  Punjabi, Hindi and Urdu Rajasthan  Hindi, Rajasthani, Marwadi and urdu Sikkim  Nepali, Lepcha, Bhutia Tamil Nadu  Tamil Tripura  Tripuri, Bengali, Kuki Uttar Pradesh  Hindi, Brijbhasha, Pahadi, Avadhi, Bhojpuri,Urdu and  numerous others. Uttranchal Hindi, Pahadi, Avadhi West Bengal  Bengali