Indian Scripts and Their Languages

The Brahmi script, dating back to the 3rd century BCE, is the oldest known script in India. It is the ancestor of many modern Indian scripts, including Devanagari, Bengali, and Tamil.

Devanagari, a script derived from Brahmi, is the primary script used in the Indian constitution. It is also the official script of the Hindi language and is widely used in North India.

The Tamil script, a Dravidian script, is used to write the Tamil language. It is one of the oldest scripts in India, dating back to the 3rd century BCE.

The Telugu script, a Dravidian script, is used to write the Telugu language. It is one of the major scripts of South India and is spoken by over 75 million people.

The Kannada script, a Dravidian script, is used to write the Kannada language. It is spoken by over 40 million people in South India.

The Malayalam script, a Dravidian script, is used to write the Malayalam language. It is spoken by over 35 million people in South India.

The Gujarati script, a Devanagari-derived script, is used to write the Gujarati language. It is spoken by over 50 million people in Western India.

The Bengali script, a Devanagari-derived script, is used to write the Bengali language. It is spoken by over 250 million people in Eastern India and Bangladesh.

The Odia script, a Devanagari-derived script, is used to write the Odia language. It is spoken by over 35 million people in Eastern India.

The Marathi script, a Devanagari-derived script, is used to write the Marathi language. It is spoken by over 80 million people in Western India.

The Gurmukhi script, a Devanagari-derived script, is used to write the Punjabi language. It is spoken by over 100 million people in North India.

The Khudabadi script, a Devanagari-derived script, is used to write the Sindhi language. It is spoken by over 20 million people in Pakistan and India.

The Sharada script, a Brahmi-derived script, is used to write the Kashmiri language. It is spoken by over 7 million people in Kashmir.

The Devanagari script is used to write the Sanskrit language. Sanskrit is a classical language of India and is considered the mother of many modern Indian languages.