Examveda

Which is the group of languages spoken by the largest number of people in India?

A. Indo-Aryan

B. Dravidian

C. Austro-Asiatic

D. Sino-Tibetan

Answer: Option A

Solution (By Examveda Team)

lndo-Aryan group of languages spoken by the largest number of people in India. There are about 219 known Indo-Aryan languages. The largest in terms of speakers are Hindustani (Hindi-Urdu, about 329 million), Bengali (242 million), Punjabi (about 100 million) and other languages, with a 2005 estimate placing the total number of native speakers at nearly 900 million.

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