#
|
Language
|
Amount of Speakers
|
%
|
1
|
Hindi
|
528,347,193
|
43.63%
|
2
|
Bengali
|
97,237,669
|
8.03%
|
3
|
Marathi
|
83,026,680
|
6.86%
|
4
|
Telugu
|
81,127,740
|
6.70%
|
5
|
Tamil
|
69,026,881
|
5.70%
|
6
|
Gujarati
|
55,492,554
|
4.58%
|
7
|
Urdu
|
50,772,631
|
4.19%
|
8
|
Kannada
|
43,706,512
|
3.61%
|
9
|
Odia
|
37,521,324
|
3.10%
|
10
|
Malayalam
|
34,838,819
|
2.88%
|
11
|
Punjabi
|
33,124,726
|
2.74%
|
|
#
|
Language
|
Amount of Speakers
|
%
|
12
|
Assamese
|
15,311,351
|
1.26%
|
13
|
Maithili
|
13,583,464
|
1.12%
|
14
|
Santali
|
7,368,192
|
0.65%
|
15
|
Kashmiri
|
6,797,587
|
0.58%
|
16
|
Nepali
|
2,926,168
|
0.25%
|
17
|
Sindhi
|
2,772,264
|
0.24%
|
18
|
Dogri
|
2,596,767
|
0.22%
|
19
|
Konkani
|
2,256,502
|
0.19%
|
20
|
Meitei
|
1,761,079
|
0.15%
|
21
|
Bodo
|
1,482,929
|
0.13%
|
|