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Indian language users - by number of speakers 2016

Published by
Sanyukta Kanwal,
Oct 16, 2020
This statistic displays the Indian language users in 2016, based on the number of speakers. The most preferred language was Hindi, with about 254 million literate speakers choosing to read, write and converse in it over English, while about 22 million Indians preferred Malayalam during the measured time period.

Language users across India in 2016, by number of speakers (in millions)*

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Release date

April 2017

Region

India

Survey time period

2016

Supplementary notes

* Indian language users are literates who prefer their primary language over English to read, write and converse with each other. According to the source, the eight languages listed were considered for the report.

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