Navratri, the Festival of Nine
Nights, is celebrated in honor of goddesses Durga, Lakshmi, and
Saraswati. The festival is celebrated for nine nights every year
in the Hindu month of Ashvin (September-October) although as the
dates of the festival .........
Contd.
|
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 |
For more information:
Central Institute of Indian Languages
|
|