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| Urdu Language |
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| The Urdu language is an oral language rather than a written one. Urdu is a language associated with a form of Indian poetry known as Urdu poetry. Over the years, it has absorbed elements of Persian and Arabic writing. Some Indian schools teach Urdu Languageas a first language and have their own syllabus and exams.Urdu is the official language of P...
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| Hindi Language |
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| The Constitution of India, adopted in 1950, declares Hindi in the Devanagari script as the "official language of the Union" (Article 343(1)). Hindi is also enumerated as one of the twenty-two languages of the Eighth Schedule of Indian Constitution.Hindi is the most commonly spoken Indian language. It is the fifth most spoken language in the world .
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| Indian Tribal Languages |
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| | The Indian subcontinent consists of a number of separate linguistic communities each of which share a common language and culture. Tribal language is defined `as folk languages having no literary of their own and spoken by people of ethnic groups who preferred to live in relatively isolated groups`. Indian tribal languages are very complex ...
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| Dravidian language |
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| The Dravidian language family is large, with about 20 languages spoken in southern India. The four major Indian languages of Dravidian family are Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, and Malayalam. There is no definite origin of Dravidian language. Though it is said that the Dravidian language has some connections with the Indus-Valley civilization.Dravidian La...
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| Bengali Language |
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| Bengali or Bangla is an Indo-Aryan language of the eastern Indian subcontinent. It has evolved from Prakrit, Pali and Sanskrit. Bengali is native to the region of eastern India.Bengali is the national and official language of Bangladesh and one of the 23 Indian national languages recognised by the Union of India. It is the official language of the ...
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| Bhojpuri Language |
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| Bhojpuri t is widely spoken mainly in north central and also some of the eastern provinces of Indian subcontinent. States like Bihar, north west of Jharkhand speak Bhojpuri along with other speakers residing in Uttar Pradesh`s Purvanchal region and its suburbs. It shares space with other Indian languages like Maithili and Magadhi etc. an estim...
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| Indian Classical Languages |
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| A classical language is a language with a literary tradition that can be judged as "classical" —ie. "it should be ancient, it should be an independent tradition that arose mostly on its own not as an offshoot of another tradition, and it must have a large and extremely rich body of ancient literature.
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