In India you find one of the biggest variety of languages on earth. The number of spoken languages in India is said to be around 1650. There is also a huge number of different dialects some of them only spoken by a single tribe.
Even among Indians communication is not always easy while travelling in different states due to differences of the languages. Communication difficulties are managed by using English by a large number of people to manage day-to-day life while travelling.
Proficiency in English in India is considered to be an extra qualification for the jobs as well as in business.
By knowing English as a foreign guest you will definitely find your way without having complications while travelling through India !
About 72% of Indians speak Indo-Aryan languages, mainly Hindi (38 %), Bengali, Bihari, Marathi, Oriya, Punjabi, Gujarati, Assami, Kaschmiri, Nepali and Urdu. About 25%, mainly South-Indian people, speak Drawida languages like Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada. The remaining 3% speak languages of Mongolian origin.
Official languages are Hindi (Devanagari type) and English. Additionally there are 14 regional languages (printed on every currency note) which are officially recognized. Sanskrit, which roots date more than 4000 years back, is the origin of most of today's spoken languages in India. Its prevalence as the language of the ruling and educated elite took influence on the development of other languages all over India. Sanskrit itself is no more spoken today although it is still recognized as one of the official languages in India.
For all those of you who would like to learn few words in Hindi we have compiled the following list of vocabulary.
