Sl. No. |
Language |
Family |
State(s) |
1 |
Assamese |
Indo-Aryan, North Eastern |
Assam, Arunachal Pradesh |
2 |
Bengali |
Indo-Aryan, Eastern |
West Bengal, Tripura, Assam, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Jharkhand[99] |
3 |
Bodo |
Tibeto-Burman |
Assam |
4 |
Dogri |
Indo-Aryan, North-western |
Jammu and Kashmir |
5 |
Gujarati |
Indo-Aryan, Western |
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Gujarat |
6 |
Hindi |
Indo-Aryan, Central |
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, the National capital territory of Delhi, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, and Uttarakhand |
7 |
Kannada |
Dravidian |
Karnataka |
8 |
Kashmiri |
Indo-Aryan, Dardic |
Jammu and Kashmir |
9 |
Konkani |
Indo-Aryan, Southern |
Goa |
10 |
Maithili |
Indo-Aryan, Eastern |
Bihar |
11 |
Malayalam |
Dravidian |
Kerala, Lakshadweep, Puducherry |
12 |
Manipuri (Meitei or Meithei) |
Tibeto-Burman |
Manipur |
13 |
Marathi |
Indo-Aryan, Southern |
Maharashtra, Goa, Dadra & Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu |
14 |
Nepali |
Indo-Aryan, Northern |
Sikkim, West Bengal |
15 |
Oriya |
Indo-Aryan, Eastern |
Odisha |
16 |
Punjabi |
Indo-Aryan, North-western |
Chandigarh, Delhi, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu, Punjab, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand |
17 |
Sanskrit |
Indo-Aryan |
Uttarakhand |
18 |
Santali |
Munda |
Santhal tribes of the Chota Nagpur Plateau (comprising the states of Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Odisha) |
19 |
Sindhi |
Indo-Aryan, North-western |
Sindh (now in Pakistan) |
20 |
Tamil |
Dravidian |
Tamil Nadu, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Puducherry |
21 |
Telugu |
Dravidian |
Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Puducherry, Andaman & Nicobar Islands |
22 |
Urdu |
Indo-Aryan, Central |
Jammu and Kashmir, Telangana, Delhi, Bihar and Uttar Pradesh |