Does India have 15 official languages?
Article 343(1) of the Indian constitution specifically mentions that, “The official language of the Union shall be Hindi in Devanagari script….List of scheduled languages of India.
| Sr. No. | 15. |
|---|---|
| Language | Odia |
| Family | Indo-Aryan, Eastern |
| Official recognition in State(s) | Odisha, Jharkhand, West Bengal |
| ISO 639 code | or |
What are the official 22 languages of India?
The Indian constitution recognizes 22 official languages: Bengali, Hindi, Maithili, Nepalese, Sanskrit, Tamil, Urdu, Assamese, Dogri, Kannada, Gujarati, Bodo, Manipur (also known as Meitei), Oriya, Marathi, Santali, Telugu, Punjabi, Sindhi, Malayalam, Konkani and Kashmiri.
What is the 15th most spoken language in the world?
The 15 Most Spoken Languages
- Mandarin Chinese. Native speakers (2019): 917.8 million.
- English. Native speakers (2019): 379 million.
- Spanish. Native speakers (2019): 460.1 million.
- Hindi. Native speakers (2019): 341.2 million.
- Arabic. Native speakers (2019): 273.9 million.
- Malay/Indonesian.
- French.
- Portuguese.
What are the 12 most spoken languages in Africa?
Zulu. Zulu is another language with over 6 million native speakers and 9 million who speak it as a second language.
Which language is oldest in India?
Sanskrit
This language is spoken in India, Sri Lanka, Singapore and Malaysia. World’s oldest language is Sanskrit. The Sanskrit language is called Devbhasha.
What is India’s native language?
Hindi
English
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What language do people from Africa Speake?
While Arabic is the most spoken language in Africa, there’s plenty more – other popular languages include Amharic, Berber, Portuguese, Oromo, Igbo, Yoruba, Zulu and Shona.
Who speaks the best English in Africa?
According to the report by World Linguistic Society, Uganda has the best English speakers in Africa . It is then followed by Zambia, South Africa and Kenya respectively. According to the study carried out, the majority of Ugandans can articulate English words fluently, than any other English speaking country in Africa.
Which is first language in world?
The Tamil language is recognized as the oldest language in the world and it is the oldest language of the Dravidian family. This language had a presence even around 5,000 years ago. According to a survey, 1863 newspapers are published in the Tamil language only every day.