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Oriya

Oriya

Oriya ('), officially Odia', the Indian language, belonging to the Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-European language family

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Nepali

Nepali

Nepali or Nepalese (नेपाली), the language in the Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-European language family

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Punjabi

Punjabi

Punjabi or Panjabi (in Gurmukhi script, in Shahmukhi script, in Devanagari script, in transliteration), the Indo-Aryan language spoken by inhabitants of the historical Punjab region (in Pakistan and north western India)

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Sanskrit

Sanskrit

Sanskrit, the spoken human language

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Tamil

Tamil

Tamil (the Dravidian language spoken since prehistoric times by the Tamil in southern India and Sri Lanka)

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Urdu

Urdu

Urdu (Urdū, ), the Central Indo-Aryan language of the Indo-Iranian branch, belonging to the Indo-European family of languages

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Assamese

Assamese

Assamese, Eastern Indo-Aryan language

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Malayalam

Malayalam

Malayalam, one of the four major Dravidian languages of southern India
Bhojpuri

Bhojpuri

Bhojpuri, the Indian language

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Bengali

Bengali

Bengali or Bangla (Bengali: বাংলা, ), the Indo-Aryan language of the eastern Indian subcontinent, evolved from the Magadhi Prakrit and Sanskrit languages

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English

English

The English language, which takes its name from its origins as the native tongue of the people of England, today the most widely spoken language in the world

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Gujarati

Gujarati

Gujarati (ગુજરાતી Gujrātī), the Indo-Aryan language, and part of the greater Indo-European language family

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Kannada

Kannada

Kannada (the Dravidian language spoken in southern India)

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Hindi

Hindi

Hindi (Devanāgarī: or, IAST:, IPA: ), the name given to an Indo-Aryan language, or a dialect continuum of languages, spoken in northern and central India (the "Hindi belt")

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Telugu

Telugu

Telugu, the spoken human language

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Marathi

Marathi (the Indic language; the state language of Maharashtra in west central India; written in the Devanagari script)

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Kashmiri

Kashmiri (Koshur), the Indo-Aryan language and it is spoken primarily in the Kashmir Valley, in Jammu and Kashmir

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What languages (systematic means of communicating by the use of sounds or conventional symbols) are a language that is spoken by a significant part of the population of India, conventional long name Republic of India ('; see also official names of India), the state located in South Asia?

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Fact 1: English is significantly spoken in India ([fact: ["20049690@trueknowledge.com"]])

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Bengali is a language ([fact: ["360963991@trueknowledge.com"]])

Fact 4: Hindi is significantly spoken in India ([fact: ["20051046@trueknowledge.com"]])

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Fact 5: Kannada is significantly spoken in India ([fact: ["20051054@trueknowledge.com"]])

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Fact 6: Marathi is significantly spoken in India ([fact: ["20051062@trueknowledge.com"]])

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Marathi is a language ([fact: ["646327740@trueknowledge.com"]])

Fact 7: Oriya is significantly spoken in India ([fact: ["20051066@trueknowledge.com"]])

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Oriya is a language ([fact: ["387398259@trueknowledge.com"]])

Fact 8: Punjabi is significantly spoken in India ([fact: ["20051090@trueknowledge.com"]])

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Punjabi is a language ([fact: ["646403092@trueknowledge.com"]])

Fact 9: Tamil is significantly spoken in India ([fact: ["20051104@trueknowledge.com"]])

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Fact 10: Telugu is significantly spoken in India ([fact: ["20051110@trueknowledge.com"]])

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Fact 11: Gujarati is significantly spoken in India ([fact: ["123907547@trueknowledge.com"]])

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Gujarati is a language ([fact: ["647743460@trueknowledge.com"]])

Fact 12: Malayalam is significantly spoken in India ([fact: ["123907551@trueknowledge.com"]])

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Malayalam is a language ([fact: ["688921840@trueknowledge.com"]])

Fact 13: Nepali is significantly spoken in India ([fact: ["123907555@trueknowledge.com"]])

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Nepali is a language ([fact: ["432054148@trueknowledge.com"]])

Fact 14: Bhojpuri is significantly spoken in India ([fact: ["123907559@trueknowledge.com"]])

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Fact 15: Sanskrit is significantly spoken in India ([fact: ["154907809@trueknowledge.com"]])

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Fact 16: Assamese is significantly spoken in India ([fact: ["664192132@trueknowledge.com"]])

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Fact 17: Kashmiri is significantly spoken in India ([fact: ["664192140@trueknowledge.com"]])

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Kashmiri is a language ([fact: ["646331404@trueknowledge.com"]])

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English has been significantly spoken in India since at least October 23rd 2007

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English is a language

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Urdu has been significantly spoken in India since at least August 24th 2007, 00:00:00

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Urdu is a language

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Bengali has been significantly spoken in India since at least August 24th 2007, 00:00:00

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Bengali is a language

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Hindi has been significantly spoken in India since at least January 25th 2010, 15:37:51

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Hindi is a language

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Kannada has been significantly spoken in India since at least January 6th 2009

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Marathi has been significantly spoken in India since at least September 24th 2008

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Marathi is a language

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Oriya has been significantly spoken in India since at least September 24th 2008

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Oriya is a language

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Punjabi has been significantly spoken in India since at least August 24th 2007, 00:00:00

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Punjabi is a language

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Tamil has been significantly spoken in India since at least November 26th 2007

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Telugu has been significantly spoken in India since at least August 1st 2008

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Gujarati has been significantly spoken in India since at least February 14th 2008, 00:00:00

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Gujarati is a language

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Malayalam has been significantly spoken in India since at least February 14th 2008, 00:00:00

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Malayalam is a language

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Nepali has been significantly spoken in India since at least February 14th 2008, 00:00:00

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Nepali is a language

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Bhojpuri has been significantly spoken in India since at least February 14th 2008, 00:00:00

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Sanskrit has been significantly spoken in India since at least September 24th 2008

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Assamese has been significantly spoken in India since at least January 25th 2010, 15:37:51

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Assamese is a language

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Kashmiri has been significantly spoken in India since at least January 25th 2010, 15:37:52

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Kashmiri is a language

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