Language Families of India
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- čas přidán 27. 07. 2024
- This video explores the linguistic diversity of India, which is home to hundreds of languages and dialects that come from many different language families. The video covers the six largest language families spoken in India, including Indo-European, Dravidian, Austroasiatic, Sino-Tibetan, Tai-Kadai, and Andamanese, as well as a few unique languages not found anywhere else on earth.
The Indo-European language family is the largest language family in the world, and over 70% of the Indian population speaks a language from this family, including Hindi, Bengali, Punjabi, Marathi, Gujarati, Kashmiri, Assamese, and Oriya. The Dravidian language family is the second largest language family in India, with over 200 million speakers, including Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, and Malayalam.
The Austroasiatic language family is one of the oldest language families in India, with a history dating back over 3,500 years. This language family includes languages like Santali, Mundari, and Khasi, and is predominantly spoken in the northeastern region of India. The Sino-Tibetan language family is one of the largest language families in the world, with over 400 languages spoken across Asia. In India, some of the most commonly spoken Sino-Tibetan languages include Manipuri, Bodo, and Tibetan, and these languages are mainly spoken in the northeastern region of India.
The Tai-Kadai language family is predominantly spoken in Southeast Asia, but it also includes languages spoken in parts of Northeast India, such as Thai and Lao. The Andamanese language family is spoken in the Andaman Islands and the nearby Nicobar Islands, and some of the most commonly spoken Andamanese languages include Great Andamanese and Onge. Unfortunately, many of the languages in the Austroasiatic and Andamanese language families are at risk of extinction.
In addition to these language families, India has a few language isolates, such as Nihali, Burushaski, and Kusunda. Nihali is one of the oldest languages in India, with a unique phonological and grammatical structure, and Burushaski is known for its complex verbs and sentence structure. Kusunda has a unique phonological and grammatical structure and is believed to be one of the oldest languages in the region.
This video showcases the rich linguistic and cultural diversity of India and highlights the importance of preserving these languages for future generations.
CHAPTERS
0:00 - Introduction
0:52 - Indo-European languages
1:43 - Dravidian languages
2:22 - Austroasiatic languages
3:00 - Sino-Tibetan languages
4:12 - Tai-Kadai languages
4:53 - Andamanese languages
5:24 - Language isolates
5:50 - Nihali
6:35 - Burushaski
7:11 - Kusunda
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Fascinating information you share in this video- thank you!
Wow!! This video is quite informative and interesting. Good job!👏
Very interesting! 👍👍🙂
Admirable as well as informative ❤
Austroasiatic language family -mundari family is most spoken in eastern region and khasi family is spoken in north eastern region....
Very informative! From a native malayali who can speak fluent English and Malayalam and a little bit of German and Hindi
Reporting for misinformation; you are using the wrong map of India.
Quel bon chapeau!
I’m Indian. We have border disputes, get over it
@@trevorguy63 Even if you don’t recognise the Indian claim, a safer, more neutral way to mark a disputed border is to show it as disputed border. Picking a particular version implies taking a side.
Coucou, je suis indien 🇮🇳, je parle cinq (5) langues hindi, anglais, bhojpuri, bengali et français. Je veux apprendre plus de langues
Indo Aryan language is spoken by 75-77 percent of Indian population
You should've also mentioned that most major languages have their own States in India that are homelands of those respective language like European languages in Europe do.
😊
Marathi Telugu and English
You hv completely removed 2 union territories of india
Use the right map now
English odia hindi bengali sanskrit😊
We talk Telugu and Hindi. I am a CZcamsr also
Thai and Lao are not spoken in India. They're spoken in Thailand and Laos, respectively.
The following Tai-Kadai languages exist in India:
Khamti
Phake
Aiton
Khamyang
Turung (extinct)
Ahom (extinct)
Also, Nihali is spoken in MH and MP, but not in Gujarat.
Thanks for the clarification :)
Hey Indian here, I speak Malayalam, Tamil, Kannada, Hindi and English. That's a few more than your average indian but in my experience most indians my age are at least bilingual, if not trilingual. A lot of these languages are very closely tied so if you know one learning another is very easy. One thing that can be a little annoying is that a lot of indian languages use different scripts
Follow up question: How many scripts do you know how to read then? :D
@@TheTravellingLinguist All indian script has single origin "Brahmi". Tamil brahmi is considered to be the oldest then Ashok brahmi is second oldest.
@@TheTravellingLinguistI know English Hindi and Urdu(because I have lived in Oman so I tried to learn Arabic also but Arabic was too hard so I learnt Urdu).
I want to learn Bangla, Assamese and Gujarati. Means that I can read 7 languages.
Wrong map of India!
What country is that? Wait thumbnail says India... That is definitely not India
I mean it is just doesn’t have the Ashoka chakra and the colors are to me more pastel like then the flag itself as the flags orange and green are darker