Tag: india and asia

Konkani is the official language of Goa and is spoken by a significant portion of the population there.

Indo-Aryan languages, which include Hindi, Bengali, Marathi, and others, are spoken by the largest number of people in India compared to Dravidian, Austro-Asiatic, or Sino-Tibetan groups.

Despite the presence of many indigenous tribal languages, English is the official language of Nagaland, used for government and educational purposes.

Article 343 (1) of the Constitution of India states "The Official Language of the Union government shall be Hindi in Devanagari script." Unless Parliament decided otherwise, the use of English for official purposes was to cease 15 years after the constitution came into effect, i.e. on 26 January 1965.

Dogri is a language primarily spoken in the Jammu region of the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir.

The Bhutia group of languages typically includes Ladakhi, Tibetan, and Sherpa. Lepcha is a distinct language family (Sino-Tibetan) and is not classified as part of the Bhutia group.