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Asia > India > Language

INDIAN LANGUAGE STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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English speakers 100,000,000 [2nd of 52]
English status
Official language. Bible 1535-1989.
English-speaking population > First language 178,598 [13th of 62]
John Doe > Informal names for unknown or unspecified persons in various countries/regions
Naamalum (Used in judicial purposes as well, for male, female and child alike) नामालुम (in Devnagri). Translates directly into "unknown."
Languages
Hindi 41%, Bengali 8.1%, Telugu 7.2%, Marathi 7%, Tamil 5.9%, Urdu 5%, Gujarati 4.5%, Kannada 3.7%, Malayalam 3.2%, Oriya 3.2%, Punjabi 2.8%, Assamese 1.3%, Maithili 1.2%, other 5.9%; note: English enjoys associate status but is the most important language for national, political, and commercial communication; Hindi is the national language and primary tongue of 41% of the people; there are 14 other official languages: Bengali, Telugu, Marathi, Tamil, Urdu, Gujarati, Malayalam, Kannada, Oriya, Punjabi, Assamese, Kashmiri, Sindhi, and Sanskrit; Hindustani is a popular variant of Hindi/Urdu spoken widely throughout northern India but is not an official language
Languages of the African Union > Illiteracy > Literacy rate 61 [144th of 174]
Nobel Prize in Literature > Most awarded countries > % 0.98 [18th of 37]
Nobel Prize in Literature > Most awarded countries > Laureates 1 [18th of 37]

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SOURCES: Ethnologue; Wikipedia: List of countries by English-speaking population ; Wikipedia: John Doe ; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; Wikipedia: Languages of the African Union ; Wikipedia: Nobel Prize in Literature

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: India, Republic of India

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