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  2. List of languages by number of native speakers in India

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    States and union territories of India by the spoken first language [1] [note 1]. The Republic of India is home to several hundred languages.Most Indians speak a language belonging to the families of the Indo-Aryan branch of Indo-European (c. 77%), the Dravidian (c. 20.61%), the Austroasiatic (precisely Munda and Khasic) (c. 1.2%), or the Sino-Tibetan (precisely Tibeto-Burman) (c. 0.8%), with ...

  3. Kudmi Mahato - Wikipedia

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    Social organisations of this tribal community have agitated for scheduled tribe status and recognition of their traditional Sarna religion. [25] During the 20th century, some Kudmis of Chhotanagpur underwent a social change of Kshatriyaization along with the other Kurmi of North India [ 26 ] and elevated their status as Kshatriya .

  4. Languages of India - Wikipedia

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    The Hindi-belt, including Hindi-related languages such as Rajasthani and Bhojpuri In the 2001 census , 422 million (422,048,642) people in India reported Hindi to be their native language. [ 92 ] This figure not only included Hindi speakers of Hindustani , but also people who identify as native speakers of related languages who consider their ...

  5. Linguistic history of India - Wikipedia

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    A Jain text Shravakachar written in 933AD is considered the first Hindi book. [3] Modern Hindi is based on the prestigious Khariboli dialect which started to take Persian and Arabic words too with the establishment of the Delhi Sultanate; however, the Arabic-Persian influence was profound mainly on Urdu and to a lesser extent on Hindi.

  6. Konkani people - Wikipedia

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    The Kol tribe is believed to have migrated from Gujarat. [19] During this period worship of mother goddess in the form of anthill or Santer, was started. Anthill is called as Roen (Konkani:रोयण), this word has been derived from the Austric word Rono meaning with holes.

  7. Hindi Belt - Wikipedia

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    States and union territories of India by the most spoken language [3] [a]. The Hindi Belt, also known as the Hindi Heartland or the Hindi speaking states, is a linguistic region encompassing parts of northern, central, eastern, and western India where various Northern, Central, Eastern and Western Indo-Aryan languages are spoken, which in a broader sense is termed as Hindi languages, with ...

  8. Languages of Bihar - Wikipedia

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    The first success of spreading Modern Standard Hindi occurred in Bihar in 1881, when it displaced Standard Urdu as the sole official medium of the province. In this struggle between Hindi and Urdu standards of the Hindustani language, the potential claims of the three large mother tongues in the region – Bhojpuri, Maithili and Magahi were ignored.

  9. Pashtun diaspora - Wikipedia

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    The Moradgholi tribe is descended from Amir Shahu Khan Barakzai a member of Barakzai dynasty. The founder of this tribe in Zabul is Murad Khan, the son of Amir Kalan Khan. After him, his son Moradgholi, who also takes the name of the tribe, became the leader. Members of Moradgholi clan also live in Mazandaran, Golestan and other parts of Iran ...