Which is the first language in India?

Hindi, the language most commonly spoken as a mother tongue (primary language) in India, serves as the lingua franca across much of north and central India. Bengali is the second most commonly spoken primary language, with a significant number of speakers in eastern and northeastern regions.
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Which is the oldest language in India List?

Sanskrit. Sanskrit is a dialect of the Old Indo-Aryan language. It dates back to the 2nd millennium BC and is considered the oldest Indo-European language.
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What is India's first and second language?

528 million speak Hindi as a first language. It is both the most widely spoken first as well as second language in India, while English is just the 44th most widely spoken first language even though it is the second-most widely spoken second language.
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Which is first language in world?

Dating back to at least 3500 BC, the oldest proof of written Sumerian was found in today's Iraq, on an artifact known as the Kish Tablet. Thus, given this evidence, Sumerian can also be considered the first language in the world.
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What is the mother of all languages?

Sanskrit is the Holy and Divine language of India, written in Devanagari script which is also known for its clarity and beauty. Sanskrit belongs to the Indo-European languages family.
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Which is best language in India?

1. Hindi. Hindi is officially the most popular language spoken across India. There are approximately 366 million speakers that span the country in states such as Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Himachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand.
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What is India's third language?

In several Hindi-speaking states, Sanskrit became the third language instead of any modern language mainly in the south Indian language.
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Which is the 2nd oldest language in the world?

Modern Greece that is spoken by 13.5 million people around the world has a rough origination from almost 3,500 years back. This is the second oldest language in the world which is still being used today. Sanskrit is the language of Jainism, Hinduism, and Buddhism.
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Which is the youngest language in India?

Malayalam

It is belongs to Dravidian language group and considered as the smallest and the youngest language of the Dravidian language group. It is one of the 22 languages listed in the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution of India. Government of India declared this language as the 'Classical language of India' in 2013.
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Is Hindi older than Tamil?

Tamil is much older compared to Hindi. It is the oldest of the Dravidian languages and one of the longest and long-lasting languages in the world. In addition, it is regarded as one of the classical languages in India.
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Which is the sweetest language in India?

Originated from Sanskrit, Bengali has been ranked the sweetest of all languages in the world. It is spoken mainly in parts of east India (West Bengal) and all over Bangladesh.
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Which country has most languages?

Papua New Guinea has the most languages in the world – over 800. Indonesia isn't far behind with over 700. Languages are spread unequally throughout the world. That trend is clear whether we're looking at whole regions or individual countries.
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What is 2nd language in school?

The term second language refers to a language in which instruction in other school subjects is carried on or that serves as a common language for speakers of diverse language groups, as English does in India or French in Guinea.
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Do Indians speak English?

India now claims to be the world's second-largest English-speaking country. The most reliable estimate is around 10% of its population or 125 million people, second only to the US and expected to quadruple in the next decade.
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Which is modern Indian language?

The Department of Modern Indian languages is a multi lingual department consisting of Seven Indian languages namely Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, Bengali, Marathi, Punjabi and Kashmiri.
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What is the most easy language?

15 of the easiest languages to learn for English speakers - ranked
  • Frisian. Frisian is thought to be one of the languages most closely related to English, and therefore also the easiest for English-speakers to pick up. ...
  • Dutch. ...
  • Norwegian. ...
  • Spanish. ...
  • Portuguese. ...
  • Italian. ...
  • French. ...
  • Swedish.
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What is the hardest language in India?

Malayalam

Google declares Malayalam (the official language of Kerala State) to be the most difficult language in India. When compared to any other language in India, it is both difficult to learn and to pronounce. It may be the world's second most difficult language, behind Chinese.
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How old is India?

India: 2500 BC. Vietnam: 4000 Years Old.
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Whats the youngest country?

South Sudan (2011)

Unfortunately, even after gaining independence, civil wars continued in this young country until a recent peace agreement in 2020. Currently, South Sudan is the youngest country in the world.
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What is powerful language?

English is by far the most powerful language. It is the dominant language of three G7 nations (USA, UK and Canada), and British legacy has given it a global footprint. It is the world's lingua franca. Mandarin, which ranks second, is only half as potent.
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What is the softest language?

Latin languages tend to be "soft" to the ear because they tend to use more vowels than consonants at least in speech. German, Dutch, Russian, Arabic, probably some of the Caucasian languages like Georgian, etc sound "Hard" because they have groups of consonants with fewer connecting vowel sounds.
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