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Last updatedcalendar_monthAug 04, 2020Population ratio by language _ India

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The federal government of India has designated Hindi as the official language of the Union and English as a semi-official language. Hindi is spoken by the largest number of people in the country (about 40%) as their mother tongue, but many other languages are also spoken, such as Bengali (West Bengal, etc.) and Telugu (Ayodhya Pradesh, Telangana, etc.).

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Reference Japan, China, Korea, Singapore, Vietnam, Germany, and UAE Central Intelligence Agency, "The World Factbook: LANGUAGES" Retrieved July 27, 2020, from https://bit.ly/2ErAba3 Taiwan National Statistics, Republic of China (Taiwan) "2010 Population and housing Census", "Table 6 Languages used at home for the resident nationals aged 6 years and over by sex and age" Retrieved July 27, 2020, from https://bit.ly/2X06mne Hong Kong, Thailand, Indonesia, Philippines, India, United States, United Kingdom United Nations Statistics Division "Demographic Statistics Database: Population by language, sex and urban/rural residence" Retrieved July 27, 2020, from https://bit.ly/3f7ChbQ

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