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Languages of India

The Linguasphere Register records 28 entries for India, spread across 3 of its ten sectors. Each row below links to the Register entry, where the sets, chains and individual languages underneath it can be opened.

28Register entries
3Sectors present
14Zones
5Language entries

4= EURASIA 5= INDO-EUROPEAN 7= SINO-INDIAN

Register entries recorded in India

CodeEntryLevelNote
46=SOUTH-EURASIAZone
47=DAICZoneCovers the "Daic", "wider Kadai" or Thai + Gelao set, part of the "Austro-Tai" hypothesis (with languages of …
49-DBA-aactelugu-FVariety"formal spoken" telugu.
49=DRAVIDICZoneCovers the "Dravidian" grouping.
51-AAA-infrançais-d'indeInner"indian french". former official language of French possessions in India; still studied and spoken by small bilingual …
51-AAA-inafrançais-de-mahéVariety
51-AAA-inbfrançais-de-pondichéryVariety
51-AAA-indfrançais-de-yanaonVariety
51-AAA-inefrançais-de-chandernagoreVariety
51=ROMANICZoneCovers the "Romance" or Italiano + Româneasca set, part of the "Indo-European" intercontinental affinity.
52-ANORSK + FRYSKSetGERMANIC,.
52=GERMANICZoneCovers the "Germanic" or Norsk + Frysk set, part of the "Indo-European" intercontinental affinity.
58=IRANICZoneCovers the "Iranian" or Farsi + Pashto set, part of the "Indo-Iranian" grouping within the "Indo-European …
59-AAF-eapanjābi-FInner"standard" panjabi, "formal" panjabi.
59-AAF-fasindhi-FInner"standard" sindhi, "formal" sindhi. Lari model.
59-AAF-ubasadhu-bhashaVarietyKalikata, Calcutta…
59=INDICZoneCovers the "Indic", "Indo-Aryan" or Hindi + Domari set of languages, part of the "Indo-Iranian" grouping within the …
70=TIBETICZoneCovers the "Tibetan" or Phöke + Kinnauri set, part of the "Tibeto-Burman" affinity within the "Sino-Tibetan …
71=HIMALAYICZoneCovers the "East Himalayan + Dhimal" grouping, part of the "Tibeto-Burman" affinity within the "Sino-Tibetan …
72=BRAHMAPUTRICZoneCovers the Bodo + Konyak grouping, part of the "Tibeto-Burman" affinity within the "Sino-Tibetan" ("Sino-Indian") …
73-DDFALAM + KOMChain"old" ’kuki’.
73-DDDFALAM + HRANGKHOLNet"old" ’kuki’-W..
73-DDD-bFalam + LaizoOuterChin hills (Falam district)… Chittagong lowlands
73-DDD-bafalamInnerChin hills: Falam district…
73=KUKICZoneCovers the "Kuki + Naga" grouping, part of the "Tibeto-Burman" affinity within the "Sino-Tibetan" ("Sino-Indian") …
75=KACHINICZoneCovers the "Kachin + Luish" or Jingpho + Kado grouping, part of the "Tibeto-Burman" affinity within the "Sino-Tibetan …
76=RUNGICZoneCovers the "Rung" reference area, part of the "Tibeto-Burman" affinity within the "Sino-Tibetan" ("Sino-Indian") …
79=SINITICZoneCovers the "Chinese" or Han-Yu set, part of the "Sino-Tibetan" ("Sino-Indian") continental affinity.

Country placements come from the geographic data published with the Linguasphere Register. They mark where a speech community is recorded, not where a language is official. See sources and attribution.