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    LANGUAGES OF INDIA

    María Todorova
    June 12th 2009
    National Languages and
    Linguistic Diversity

    English (associate official)

    Hindi (in the Devanagiri script)

    The Indian Constitution also


    officially recognizes 22 regional
    languages. But around 33 different
    languages and 2000 dialects have
    been identified in India.
    Linguistic Families

    Indo-European (hindi)

    Dravidian (tamil)

    Austroasiatic (Austric)

    Sino-Tibetan
    Languages Official Language of Spoken by

    Bengali Tripura & West Bengal 67 million

    Dogri Jammu and Kashmir


    Dadra and Nagar Haeli, Daman and Diu
    Gujarati 43 million
    & Gujrat
    Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bihar,
    Chandigarh, Chhattisgarh, Delhi,
    Hindi Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, 180 million
    Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttar
    Pradesh & Uttaranchal
    Kannada Karnataka 35 million

    Konkani Goa

    Maithili Bihar 22 million

    Malayalam Kerala & Lakshadweep 34 million

    Marathi Maharashtra 65 million

    Nepali Sikkim

    Oriya Orissa 30 million

    Punjabi Punjab 26 million

    Tamil Tamil Nadu & Pondicherry 66 million

    Telugu Andhra Pradesh 70 million

    Urdu Jammu and Kashmir 46 million


    Indo-European

     Sanskrit, the classical language of India,


    represents the highest achievement of the
    Indo-Aryan Languages.

     The beginning of Sanskrit literature may be


    traced back to Rig Vedic period.

     It is the oldest literary language of India, which
    is more than 5,000 years old and the basis of
    many modern Indian languages including Hindi
    and Urdu.
    Devanagari alphabet

     The Nāgarī or Devanāgarī alphabet descendeds


    from the Brahmi script sometime around the 11th
    century AD. It was originally developed to write
    Sanskrit but was later adapted to write many
    other languages.

     The name Devanāgarī is made up of two


    Sanskrit words: deva, which means god,
    brahman or celestial, and nāgarī, which means
    city. The name is variously translated as "script of
    the city", "heavenly/sacred script of the city“.
    Devanagari alphabet
    Notable Features
     Type of writing system: alphasyllabary

     Direction of writing: left to right in horizontal lines.

     Consonant letters carry an inherent vowel which


    can be altered or muted by means of diacritics or
    matra.

     Vowels can be written as independent letters, or


    by using a variety of diacritical marks which are
    written above, below, before or after the
    consonant they belong to. This feature is
    common to most of the alphabets of South and
    South East Asia.
    Listen…
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zCFhqEFJwI

    Om Asatoma Satgamaya
    Tamasoma Jyotir Gamaya
    Mrityorma Amritam Gamaya

    Lead us from Deception to Truth, from


    Darkness to Light, from Death to
    Blissful Immortality
    References
    Sanskrit, Tamil and Pahlavi Dictionaries

    http://webapps.uni-koeln.de/tamil/

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