Country Info

India Languages

Below you can see all the written languages used in this country. View All Countries for the list of all world countries, or All Languages for all the written languages of the world.

There are 805,058,304 people (63% of India) that can read or write at least one language.

77 Writing Systems used in India

Hindi (Devanagari)

hi-deva
language code
525,595,400
people

English (Latin)

en-latn
language code
243,568,600
people

Bangla (Bangla)

bn-beng
language code
103,837,144
people

Telugu (Telugu)

te-telu
language code
92,299,677
people

Marathi (Devanagari)

mr-deva
language code
89,735,800
people

Tamil (Tamil)

ta-taml
language code
75,634,461
people

Urdu (Arabic)

ur-arab
language code
64,097,000
people

Gujarati (Gujarati)

gu-gujr
language code
57,687,300
people

Kannada (Kannada)

kn-knda
language code
47,431,780
people

Malayalam (Malayalam)

ml-mlym
language code
41,022,080
people

Odia (Odia)

or-orya
language code
41,022,080
people

Punjabi (Gurmukhi)

pa-guru
language code
35,894,319
people

Bhojpuri (Devanagari)

bho-deva
language code
29,484,619
people

Awadhi (Devanagari)

awa-deva
language code
23,074,919
people

Assamese (Bangla)

as-beng
language code
16,665,219
people

Haryanvi (Devanagari)

bgc-deva
language code
15,383,280
people

Magahi (Devanagari)

mag-deva
language code
15,383,280
people

Maithili (Devanagari)

mai-deva
language code
15,383,280
people

Marwari (Devanagari)

mwr-deva
language code
15,383,280
people

Chhattisgarhi (Devanagari)

hne-deva
language code
14,101,340
people

Deccan (Arabic)

dcc-arab
language code
12,819,400
people

Kanauji (Devanagari)

bjj-deva
language code
7,178,864
people

Nepali (Devanagari)

ne-deva
language code
7,178,864
people

Santali (Latin)

sat-latn
language code
7,050,670
people

Mewati (Devanagari)

wtm-deva
language code
5,896,924
people

Rangpuri (Bangla)

rkt-beng
language code
5,640,535
people

Kashmiri (Arabic)

ks-arab
language code
5,255,953
people

Konkani (Devanagari)

kok-deva
language code
4,743,178
people

Goan Konkani (Devanagari)

gom-deva
language code
4,102,207
people

Shekhawati (Devanagari)

swv-deva
language code
3,589,432
people

Garhwali (Devanagari)

gbm-deva
language code
3,461,238
people

Lambadi (Telugu)

lmn-telu
language code
3,461,238
people

Sindhi (Arabic)

sd-arab
language code
3,333,043
people

Gondi (Telugu)

gon-telu
language code
3,076,655
people

Kumaoni (Devanagari)

kfy-deva
language code
2,820,267
people

Dogri (Arabic)

doi-arab
language code
2,563,880
people

Kurukh (Devanagari)

kru-deva
language code
2,435,685
people

Sadri (Devanagari)

sck-deva
language code
2,307,492
people

Waddar (Telugu)

wbq-telu
language code
2,307,492
people

Kangri (Devanagari)

xnr-deva
language code
2,051,103
people

Khandesi (Devanagari)

khn-deva
language code
1,922,910
people

Tulu (Kannada)

tcy-knda
language code
1,922,910
people

Wagdi (Devanagari)

wbr-deva
language code
1,922,910
people

Bodo (Devanagari)

brx-deva
language code
1,794,716
people

Nimadi (Devanagari)

noe-deva
language code
1,666,521
people

Bhili (Devanagari)

bhb-deva
language code
1,538,327
people

Manipuri (Bangla)

mni-beng
language code
1,410,133
people

Ho (Devanagari)

hoc-deva
language code
1,281,940
people

Rajasthani (Devanagari)

raj-deva
language code
1,281,940
people

Mewari (Devanagari)

mtr-deva
language code
1,256,301
people

Mundari (Bangla)

unr-beng
language code
1,205,023
people

Bhilali (Devanagari)

bhi-deva
language code
1,179,384
people

Hadothi (Devanagari)

hoj-deva
language code
1,051,190
people

Khasi (Latin)

kha-latn
language code
1,025,551
people

Kachchi (Devanagari)

kfr-deva
language code
961,455
people

Garo (Bangla)

grt-beng
language code
679,428
people

Munda (Bangla)

unx-beng
language code
615,331
people

Bagheli (Devanagari)

bfy-deva
language code
474,317
people

Sirmauri (Devanagari)

srx-deva
language code
448,679
people

Saurashtra (Saurashtra)

saz-saur
language code
371,762
people

Chakma (Chakma)

ccp-cakm
language code
358,943
people

Sindhi (Devanagari)

sd-deva
language code
333,304
people

Badaga (Tamil)

bfq-taml
language code
294,846
people

Ao Naga (Latin)

njo-latn
language code
294,846
people

Riang (India) (Latin)

ria-latn
language code
166,652
people

Tibetan (Tibetan)

bo-tibt
language code
141,013
people

Bishnupriya (Bangla)

bpy-beng
language code
87,171
people

Balti (Arabic)

bft-arab
language code
79,480
people

Braj (Devanagari)

bra-deva
language code
52,559
people

Lepcha (Lepcha)

lep-lepc
language code
44,867
people

Bateri (Devanagari)

btv-deva
language code
33,330
people

Limbu (Devanagari)

lif-deva
language code
33,330
people

Lahnda (Arabic)

lah-arab
language code
32,048
people

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

sa-deva
language code
15,383
people

Khamti (Myanmar)

kht-mymr
language code
8,973
people

Divehi (Thaana)

dv-thaa
language code
5,127
people

Dzongkha (Tibetan)

dz-tibt
language code
2,563
people

References

Our data is sourced from a number of places. We use ISO639 codes for the country codes. The language code we are showing is non-standard and combines the language short name with the script shortname. The population numbers, country names and script names come from the Unicode CLDR dataset.

  1. Unicode CLDR