indian languages

The following table lists the languages set out in the eighth schedule as of May 2008, together with the regions where they are used:^[25]

Language	Family	Speakers (in millions, 2001)[26]	State(s)
Assamese	Indo-Aryan, North Eastern	13	Assam, Arunachal Pradesh
Bengali	Indo-Aryan, Eastern	83	West Bengal, Tripura, Assam, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Jharkhand,[27] Odisha
Bodo	Tibeto-Burman	1.4	Assam
Dogri	Indo-Aryan, Northwestern	2.3	Jammu and Kashmir
Gujarati	Indo-Aryan, Western	46	Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Gujarat
Hindi	Indo-Aryan, Central	258–422[28]	Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bihar, Chandigarh, Chhattisgarh, the National capital territory of Delhi, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand
Kannada	Dravidian	38	Karnataka
Kashmiri	Indo-Aryan, Dardic	5.5	Jammu and Kashmir
Konkani	Indo-Aryan, Southern	2.5–7.6[29]	Goa, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Kerala
Maithili	Indo-Aryan, Eastern	12–32[30]	Bihar
Malayalam	Dravidian	33	Kerala, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
Manipuri (also Meitei or Meithei)	Tibeto-Burman	1.5	Manipur
Marathi	Indo-Aryan, Southern	72	Maharashtra, Goa, Dadra & Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu
Nepali	Indo-Aryan, Northern	2.9	Sikkim, West Bengal
Oriya	Indo-Aryan, Eastern	33	Odisha
Punjabi	Indo-Aryan, Northwestern	34	Chandigarh, Delhi, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu, Punjab
Sanskrit	Indo-Aryan	0.01	non-regional
Santali	Munda	6.5	Santhal tribals of the Chota Nagpur Plateau (comprising the states of Bihar, Chattisgarh, Jharkhand, Odisha)
Sindhi	Indo-Aryan, Northwestern	2.5	non-regional
Tamil	Dravidian	61	Tamil Nadu, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Puducherry
Telugu	Dravidian	74	Andhra Pradesh, Puducherry, Andaman & Nicobar Islands
Urdu	Indo-Aryan, Central	52	Jammu and Kashmir, Andhra Pradesh, Delhi, Bihar and Uttar Pradesh