India, a Linguistically Rich Nation with 780 Languages in its Kitty

Dr. Devy, PLSI President said “As per the 2011 Census, there are about 122 languages spoken by more than 10,000 people. Of them 22 are the scheduled languages. Other than the 122 languages, the survey has come up with languages that are spoken by less than 10,000 people many from tribal areas, nomadic communities and from the interiors of north-eastern part of the country,” reported The Hindu.

Coming to tribal languages, Jharkhand is one such state which has only a couple of scripts, but 16 different tribal languages.

Based on the survey, the north-eastern regions of the country have one of the highest per capita language densities in the entire world and are believed that the complicated topography of the region and the history of the tribal communities could be the main reason behind such a situation.

On the contrary, West Bengal has the highest number of scripts (9) as people in West Bengal believe that writing something makes it more authentic and can be referred to by the generations to come.

This survey on Indian languages conducted by PLSI aims to study how languages in the country are evolving.

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