Other Important State languages in India ----------------------------------------------------- These languages are state official languages but are not yet recognized as national languages: Kokborok - official language of Tripura Mizo - official language of Mizoram Khasi - official language of Meghalaya Garo - official language of Meghalaya Other popular languages of India These languages have over 5 million speakers but no official status. Many are often considered sub-varieties of Hindi. Bihari languages These three Bihari languages also have over 5 million speakers but no official status. They were once mistakenly thought to be dialects of Hindi, but have been more recently shown to be part of the Eastern Group of Indic languages, along with Bengali, Assamese, and Oriya. Angika — language of Bihar, Spoken largely in the Northern and Southern part of Bihar, Major part of Jharkhand and Maldah district of West Bengal Bhojpuri — language of Bihar Magadhi — language of southern Bihar Rajasthani languages Rajasthani dilect is spoken in state of Rajasthan by more than fifty million people, the dilect changes from district to district but people could communicate with each other even if they are from different districts and have different dilects.The main varities are as such. Marwari — language of Marwar. The region including Jodhpur,Nagour and Bikaner. Mewari — language of Mewar. The region including Udaipur, Chittor and Kota-Bundi. Shekhavati — language of Shekhavati. The region including Sikar, Churu, Jhunjhunu. Other languages Bhili (Bhil tribals) Gondi (Gond tribals) Kodava, spoken in the Kodagu district of Karnataka Kutchi — language of Kutch, a region in Gujarat Tulu — spoken by Tulu people of Karnataka and Kerala Sankethi — spoken by Sankethi people in Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Kerala The Constitution of India lists 18 regional languages. Minority languages of India These languages have fewer than one million speakers: Mahl — language of Minicoy, spoken in the island of Minicoy.
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