Travel across India and you will hear many languages. People may use different languages at home, at school, and with friends.
Fun fact: CIIL publishes a learning primer for Khasi.
A four-slide private lesson about India’s Amazing Languages
India’s Amazing Languages
AI-generated narration. Press Play to listen.
Tap ▶ Play to hear the lesson read aloud
India's Constitution lists 22 languages in its Eighth Schedule, including Hindi, Bengali, Tamil, Telugu, and many others. That list does not include every language spoken in India.
Fun fact: Tamil and Telugu are both listed in the Eighth Schedule.
Languages can also be written in different scripts. For example, Hindi is commonly written in Devanagari, while Tamil has its own script.
Fun fact: CIIL offers Sindhi primers in two different scripts.
A person's language is part of their stories, songs, and everyday life. Learning a greeting in someone else's language can be a friendly way to begin a conversation.
Fun fact: Language-learning books can help people learn another language.