Rajasthan BoardEnglish MediumSTD 12 Humanities & CommerceGeographyPart - 2 CH - 1 Population: Distribution, Density, Growth and Composition3 Marks
Question
Analyse the linguistic composition of India.
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Answer
India is a land of linguistic diversity. According to Grierson (Linguistic Survey of India, 1903-1928) there were 179 languages and as many as 544 dialects in the country.
In the context of modern India, there are about 22 scheduled languages and number of non-scheduled languages.
Among the scheduled languages, the speakers of Hindi have the highest percentage (40.42).
The smallest language groups are Kashmiri and Sanskrit speakers (0.01 per cent each).
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