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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
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 30% 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 ; CIA World Factbook, 14 June, 2007 ; Wikipedia: Languages of the African Union ; Wikipedia: Nobel Prize in Literature

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: India, Republic of India

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Rohit (Delhi, Bhaarat(india))
24th September 2007
Barely 5% people can understand enflish in India. Actual figure is around 40-60 million and not 100 million.

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