mandatory (adj) = tappanisari తప్పనిసరి

For example:

mandatory documents = tappanisari patralu తప్పనిసరి పత్రాలు

mandatory reports = tappanisari nivedika తప్పనిసరి నివేదిక

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More than 1,500 languages and dialects are spoken in India. The constitution recognizes 15 regional languages. They are: Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Kashmiri, Malayalam, Marathi, Oriya, Punjabi, Sanskrit, Sindhi, Tamil, Telugu, and Urdu.

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India recognizes many official languages. Hindi, is reported to be spoken by about 40% of the population and English is Spoken by about 25% of the population. 100's of other languages such as Gujarati, Marathi, Punjabi, Bengali, Tamil, Telugu, Kashmiri, Kannada, Assamese, Tripuri, Oriya, Konkani, etc. Answer English, Telugu, Hindi and Bengali are the most frequently spoken languages in Inidia. Between speakers from two different states, English will be used. Hindi is reported to be spoken by about 420 million Indians (out of a total population of 1.1 billion in India). Bengali is spoken by nearly 200 million Indians. The next most frequent languages are all spoken by around 100 million people in India.

Each and every state of India has its very own state language, and it is compulsary for the students of that particular state to study the language. In Karnataka, Kannada is the regional language, Maharashtra - Marathi, Tamil Nadu - Tamil. Other languages include Urdu, and Bengali, and Telugu.

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There are 22 official languages of India.

Hindi, Nepali, Assamese/Axomiya, Bengali, Bodo, Dogri

(and about 1000 others, including malayalam, tamil, sinhala, gujarati, punjabi, and English)

Standard Hindi, although many Indians are educated in speaking English, as well. In some parts of India, English is the common language. -just as a fun fact- Namaste means "to bow to you" and is used for saying hello or goodbye or as a thank you!

A few languages are recognized as official languages. Some important languages in vogue are Hindi, Telugu, Marathi, Gujarati, Punjabi, Tamil, Sanskrit, Kannada, Bengali, Malayalam, Urdu, Oriya, Assamese, etc,.

Hindi

Many languages are spoken in India but some very popular languages are: Hindi,Punjabi & English but many languages are spoken in India

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There is a common misconception that in India, they speak Indian. There is no language called Indian.

India is linguistically very rich. There are around 3000 languages in India (including dialects)

Hindi is the national language of India. Each state in India has its own regional language and many other languages within.

India will have the largest number of English speaking population in the world by 2010 (currently 2nd)

Major Languages

• Assamese About 60% of the population of Assam speaks Assamese.
• Bengali It is the state language of West Bengal. Many people in Bengal only speak Bengali and do not speak Hindi or English.
• Gujarati State language of Gujarat.
• Hindi This is the first language of about 20% of India. It is the first language in Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh. It is the official language of the Indian government.
• Kannada State language of Karnataka.
• Kashmiri About 55% of the population of Jammu & Kashmir speak this language. It is written in an Arabic script.
• Konkani It is the language spoken in Goa.
• Malayalam State language of Kerala.
• Manipuri Spoken in northeast India.
• Marathi State language of Maharashtra. Also spoken in Mumbai.
• Nepali This is the main language in Nepal and Sikkim.
• Oriya State language of Orissa.
• Punjabi State language of the Punjab.
• Sanskrit It is the language that the Vedic scriptures are written in and it is one of the oldest languages in the world. Very few people speak this language now.
• Sindhi This language is spoken in Pakistan or by people that were from this area.
• Tamil State language of Tamil Nadu. 65 million people speak this language.
• Telugu State language of Andhra Pradesh.
• Urdu State language of Jammu & Kashmir. Urdu was developed in Delhi and is mainly spoken by the Muslim population. It is written in the Arabic script and includes many Persian words.

India has so many languages; Invariably, each and every state has its own language and sub languages; predominently northern part of India, people speak "Hindi", while most of the other parts, people have their own language. for example, southern most state of Tamil nadu, people speak "Tamil", while in state of Kerala, people speak "Malayalam".

so many languages and even we as Indians, if we travel around in India, we would find it difficult to speak the language people use in other state.
India's main language is Hindi. All Indian people should know this language but not everyone knows Hindi. In India, students learn how to speak in Hindi. That way most Indian people can talk to each other even when they speak different Indian languages.
Indian languages are languages spoken in India.

Examples:Hindi,Malayalam,Telegu,Karnatic,Keneda,etc.
Hindi, Malayalam, Assamese, Kannada, Bengali.
how many languges are spoken in india
English and hindi
There are 22 languages in the Indian Constitution in present 2009
India has two official languages - Hindi and English.
There are more than 750 languages spoken in India. The most widely spoken is Hindi.

If you are talking about Native Americans, there are also over 700 Native American languages, many of which are endangered.
English,Hindi And 14 Other offical Languges.
Hindi. The majority can also speak English.
Hindi
Hindi
Many languages are spoken in India, depending what state in particular. However, one of the main languages spoken there is Hindi, as well as Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, and many more.
oriya

It would be Hindi.
Hindi
Most people from India speak Hindi, but others can speak Tamil, Bengali, and Telegu depending where you go. For a full list, go to the wiki page: Languages of India.
Hindi and English are both official languages; they also use Gujarati, Bengali, Marathi, Telugu, Tamil, Urdu, Oryja, Malayalam, Kannada, Punjabi, and Bhojpuri.

The government recognizes 21 state official languages.

• There are a total of 1683 'mother tongues' spoken in India.
• 850 languages are put in actual use.
• 21 languages has been certified/recognized by the Constitution of India.
• 15 languages are written on an Indian rupee.
• There are 2 official languages- Hindi and English.
• Sanskrit is considered as the most sacred language of India.
• There are even many languages that have extincted in the past and unknown to the current generation.

Some languages are (other than Hindi and English):

1. Assamese

2. Bengali

3. Bodo

4. Dogri

5. Gujarati

6. Kannada

7. Kashmiri

8. Konkani

9. Malayalam

10. Maithili

11. Manipuri or Meithei

12. Marathi

13. Nepali

14. Oriya

15. Punjabi

16. Sanskrit

17. Santali

18. Sindhi

19. Tamil

20. Telugu

21. Urdu

English:

National languages are 18. The spoken languages in India are 347.

Few specifics:

According to World Almanac & Book of Facts 2007: The official languages of India are English, Bengali, Hindi, Telugu, Marathi, Tamil, Urdu, Gujarati, Malayalam, Kannada, Oriya, Punjabi, Assamese, Kashmiri, Sindhi, and Sanskrit. Popular in the north but not considered official: Hindustani, a mix of Hindi and Urdu.
There are 22 National Languages have been recognized by the Constitution of India, of which Hindi is the Official Union Language. Besides these, there are 844 different dialects that are practiced in various parts of the Country.