Indian languages have corresponding distinct alphabets. The two major families are those of the Dravidian languages and those of the Indo-Aryan languages, the former largely confined to the south and the latter to the north. With the exception of Urdu the alphabets of all these languages are native to India. There are those scholars who believe the scripts of the Northern languages (like Sanskrit, Bengali, Hindi and Punjabi) to be distant derivations of the Aramaic alphabet, though this is a disputed theory primarily because the number and grouping of sounds and letters are so radically different.< ...

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Languages of India, Languages of India - The languages of India, Languages of India - Alphabets of Indian languages, Languages of India - Phonetic alphabet, Languages of India - Urdu alphabet, Languages of India - List of Indian Languages

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Indian numerals, Indian numerals - Devanagari numerals and their Sanskrit names, Indian numerals - Other modern Indian languages, Indian numerals - History

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There are also references in Sanskrit literature which suggest that a section of the Kambojas was probably also under Vedic cultural influence. There is reference to a sage from Kamboja clan mentioned in the Vamsa Brahmana (1/18-19) of Sama Veda. Sage Kamboja is referred to as the pupil of sage Shaungayani Madrakara. Sage Madrakara belonged to Uttara-Madra tribe (Vedic Index). These Uttra-Madras were an Iranian settlement of the Bahlika Uttara-Madras (Jean Przyluski). An ancient Vedic Chudakarma Samskaara in Pa ...

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Language and ethnicity of Kambojas, Language and ethnicity of Kambojas - Yaska's Nirukata on Kambojas, Language and ethnicity of Kambojas - Patanjali's Mahabhasaaya on Kambojas, Language and ethnicity of Kambojas - Dr Ernst Kuhn's views, Language and ethnicity of Kambojas - Dr Grierson's earlier views, Language and ethnicity of Kambojas - Bhuridatta Jataka on Kambojas, Language and ethnicity of Kambojas - Dr Grierson's changed views, Language and ethnicity of Kambojas - Further evidence on Kambojas being non-Indo Aryans, Language and ethnicity of Kambojas - Mahabharata on Kamboja culture, Language and ethnicity of Kambojas - Majjhima Nikaya on Kamboja social customs, Language and ethnicity of Kambojas - Panini's Ganapatha on Kamboja/Yavana culture, Language and ethnicity of Kambojas - Kamboja: a non-Brahmanical society, Language and ethnicity of Kambojas - Devi Bhagawatam & Markandeya Purana evidence, Language and ethnicity of Kambojas - Some scholarly opinions on Kambojas' ethnicity, Language and ethnicity of Kambojas - Iranian vs Indian affinities of the Kambojas, Language and ethnicity of Kambojas - Classical defintion of Scythia/Scythians, Language and ethnicity of Kambojas - Scythic vs Indo-Aryan question

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India is rich in languages, boasting not only the indigenous sprouting of Dravidian and Indo-Aryan tongues, but of the absorption of Middle-Eastern and European influences as well. Distinct, often ancient, and rich literary traditions are to be found in several languages, among them Bengali, Hindi, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Punjabi, Telugu, and Urdu, and not to mention two Classical languages of the world, Tamil and Sanskrit. Languages of India - The languages of India. While 22 major languages are recognized a ...

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Languages of India - List of Indian Languages

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While 22 major languages are recognized as "Official Languages" by the Constitution of India, Hindi, in the Devanagari script, is often, undeservingly and wrongly assumed by many people in india to be the only national language of the federal government of India. This, however is not fact. While Hindi has been adopted along with English as the official language of the central govt., no special status is bestowed on either hindi or any other language as the sole 'national' languages of India. Hindi is the mother tongue of 18% of the pe ...

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Below is a list of the Indian numerals in their Devanagari form, the corresponding European (Indo-Arabic) equivalents, and their Sanskrit pronunciation. It is thus evident that the words for each number in the Sanskrit language very closely approximate the Greek and Latin words for the same numbers. ...

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Indian numerals, Indian numerals - Devanagari numerals and their Sanskrit names, Indian numerals - Other modern Indian languages, Indian numerals - History

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Languages in the United States - American Indian languages. The Native American languages predate European settlement of the New World. In a few parts of the U.S. (mostly on Indian reservations) they continue to be spoken fluently. Most of these languages are endangered, although there are efforts to revive them. Normally the fewer the speakers of a language the greater the degree of endangerment but there are many small Native American language communities in the Southwest (A ...

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Languages in the United States, Languages in the United States - Official language status, Languages in the United States - Pre-colonial languages, Languages in the United States - American Indian languages, Languages in the United States - Austronesian languages, Languages in the United States - The colonial languages, Languages in the United States - English, Languages in the United States - French, Languages in the United States - Welsh, Languages in the United States - Scottish Gaelic, Languages in the United States - Dutch, Languages in the United States - German, Languages in the United States - Swedish, Languages in the United States - Spanish, Languages in the United States - Russian, Languages in the United States - Finnish, Languages in the United States - Immigrant languages, Languages in the United States - New American languages, Languages in the United States - Gullah, Languages in the United States - Hawaiian Creole, Languages in the United States - Sign languages, Languages in the United States - Artificial languages, Languages in the United States - Bibliography

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Assamese (অসমীয়া) or Asamiya or Oxomiya is the language spoken by some of the natives of the state of Assam in northeast India. It is also the official language of Assam. It is spoken in parts of Arunachal Pradesh and other northeast Indian states. Small pockets of Assamese speakers can be found in Bhutan and Bangladesh. Immigrants from Assam have carried the language with them to other parts of the world. The eastern most of Indo-European languages, it is spoken by over 20 million people. As ...

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Assamese language - Formation of Assamese Assamese language - Writing Assamese language - Phonetics Assamese language - Dialects Assamese language - History
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Awadhi is an Indian language, often considered a dialect of Hindi, spoken in the Awadh (Oudh) region of Uttar Pradesh. Its speakers are also found in Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Delhi and Nepal. It is the dialect in which the Raamcharitmaanas of Tulsidaas and other important works of Hindi literature are written. It is spoken by at least 2,000,000 people. See also. Languages of India List of national languages of India List of Indian languages by total speakers ...

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Bhojpuri is the main language spoken in the Indian states of Bihar, Jharkhand, and the Purvanchal region of Uttar Pradesh. Bhojpuri is also spoken in Guyana, Suriname, Fiji, Trinidad and Tobago and Mauritius and is often said to be the only Indian language to be spoken on all continents. It is sometimes considered to be a dialect of Hindi (the main language in official and written use in the states above). It is definitely part of the mix of languages and dialects that also include Urdu and what is referred to as Hindustani. The three ...

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Akshara is the Sanskrit term for what can be roughly translated as a letter in alphabet. It also refers to the basic unit of sound, that is syllable. It derives its name from the fact that the first letter of this varnamala(alphabet) is 'a' and the last is 'ksha'. Combining these two characters, one gets the term akshara which is used to denote the all letters in entire varnamala. There are two main kinds of letters in indian alphabet, vowels and consonants. Vowels are ending sounds of any syllable. Consonants are starting soun ...

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The Utes are an ethnically related group of American Indians now living primarily in Utah and Colorado. There are three Ute tribal reservations: (1) Uintah-Ouray in northeastern Utah (3,500 members), (2) Southern Ute (1,300 members) and (3) Ute Mountain (2,000 members) — both in southwestern Colorado. The name of the state of Utah was derived from the word Ute. Ute Tribe - Language. The native Ute language belongs to the Uto-Aztecan (Shoshone) family of languages and is a dialect of Southern Numic. ...

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The Cheyenne are a Native American nation of the Great Plains. The Cheyenne nation is composed of two united tribes, the Sotaeo'o [no definite translation] and the Tsitsistas, which translates to "Like Hearted People". The name Cheyenne itself derives from a Sioux word meaning 'Little Cree'. During the pre-reservation era, they were allied with the Arapaho and Lakota (Sioux). They are one of the best known of the Plains tribes. The Cheyenne nation comprised ten bands, spread all over the Great Plains, from souther ...

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Uttar Pradesh (Hindi: उत्तर प्रदेश, Urdu: اتر پردیش), also popularly known by its acronym UP, is the most populous and fifth largest state in the Union of India. Uttar Pradesh covers a large part of the densely populated Gangetic plain. It shares an international border with Nepal and is bounded by the Indian states of Uttaranchal, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, Delhi, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand and Bihar. The administrative and legislative capital of Uttar Pradesh is Luc ...

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Tamil is the first language of the majority in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, and in northern and northeastern Sri Lanka. The language is also spoken in other parts of these two countries, most notably in the Indian states of Karnataka, Kerala and Maharashtra, and in Colombo and the hill country in Sri Lanka. During the 19th and early 20th centuries, Tamil-speaking indentured servants from India and Sri Lanka were sent to many parts of the British empire where they founded Tamil-speaking communities. There are currently size ...

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Tamil language, Tamil language - History, Tamil language - Classification, Tamil language - Geographic distribution, Tamil language - Legal status, Tamil language - Spoken and literary variants, Tamil language - Dialects, Tamil language - Writing system, Tamil language - Sounds, Tamil language - Vowels, Tamil language - Consonants, Tamil language - Special character, Tamil language - Phonology, Tamil language - Grammar, Tamil language - Parts of speech, Tamil language - Sentence structure, Tamil language - Vocabulary, Tamil language - Examples

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The Magadhi language (also known as Magahi) is a language of India. Magadhi is closely related to Bhojpuri and Maithili and these languages are sometimes referred to as a single language, Bihari. These languages, together with several other related languages, are known as the Bihari languages, which form a sub-group of the Eastern Zone group of Indo-Aryan languages. Magadhi has as approximately 13 million speakers. It is spoken primarily spoken in the Magadh area of Bihar state. This area includes Patna, Gaya, Nalanda, Rajgir, ...

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Indian or Indians can refer to: India, a country Languages of India Indian American Indian Airlines Indigenous peoples of the Americas, American Indians, the aboriginal people of the Americas and their descendants Indian (motorcycle), a classical US motorcycle Cleveland Indians, a baseball team in the United States Indians, a Chicago monument created by Ivan Meštrović Indus (constellation) Indian ink is a

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Bhili is a Central Indo-Aryan language spoken in west-central India, in the region east of Ahmadabad. Other names for the language include Bhagoria, Bhil, Bhilbari, Bhilboli, Bhilla, Lengotia, and Vil. Bhili is a member of the Bhil language family, which are related to Gujarati and the Rajasthani languages. The language is written using a variation of the Devanagari script. See also. Languages of India List of national languages of Indi ...

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Telugu is mainly spoken in the state of Andhra Pradesh and a bit in the neighboring states of Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Maharastra, Orissa and Chhattisgarh in India, but it is also spoken in Bahrain, Fiji, Malaysia, Mauritius and the United Arab Emirates where there are large numbers of Telugu speaking expatriates. Telugu speaking Andhras have become a large and successful Indian community in the USA [3]. Telugu language - Official status. Telugu is one of the official languages of India. It is the official language of the state of Andhra Prade ...

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Telugu language, Telugu language - History, Telugu language - Classification, Telugu language - Geographic distribution, Telugu language - Official status, Telugu language - Dialects, Telugu language - Derived languages, Telugu language - Sounds, Telugu language - Vowels, Telugu language - Consonants, Telugu language - Phonology, Telugu language - Historical sound changes, Telugu language - Grammar, Telugu language - Location, Telugu language - Motion, Telugu language - Morphosyntactic alignment, Telugu language - Relation, Telugu language - Inclusive/Exclusive Pronouns, Telugu language - Vocabulary, Telugu language - Writing system, Telugu language - Examples, Telugu language - Literature in Telugu

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In the last century, several Indian writers have distinguished themselves not only in traditional Indian languages but also in English. India's only Nobel laureate in literature was the Bengali writer Rabindranath Tagore. Other major writers who are either Indian or of Indian origin and derive much inspiration from Indian themes are R. K. Narayan, Vikram Seth, Salman Rushdie, Arundhati Roy, Raja Rao, Amitav Ghosh, Vikram Chandra, M ...

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Indian literature, Indian literature - Sanskrit literature, Indian literature - Prakrit Literature, Indian literature - Tamil literature, Indian literature - Kannada literature, Indian literature - Hindi literature, Indian literature - Urdu literature, Indian literature - Bihari Literature, Indian literature - Bengali literature, Indian literature - Marathi literature, Indian literature - Malayalam literature, Indian literature - Indian writing in English, Indian literature - Indian literature in other languages, Indian literature - Awards

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