Hindi is the most widely spoken language in India, with over 400 million speakers.

The modern Indian languages are classified into four major language families: Indo-Aryan, Dravidian, Austroasiatic, and Tibeto-Burman.

Hindi is an Indo-Aryan language, belonging to the Indo-European language family.

Tamil is a Dravidian language, belonging to the Dravidian language family.

Santali is an Austroasiatic language, belonging to the Austroasiatic language family.

Bodo is a Tibeto-Burman language, belonging to the Tibeto-Burman language family.

Hindi is the official language of India, along with English.

Telugu is the most widely spoken language in South India, with over 80 million speakers.

Bengali is the most widely spoken language in East India, with over 250 million speakers.

Hindi is the most widely spoken language in North India, with over 400 million speakers.

Marathi is the most widely spoken language in West India, with over 80 million speakers.

Hindi is the most widely spoken language in Central India, with over 200 million speakers.

Assamese is the most widely spoken language in Northeast India, with over 15 million speakers.

Hindi is the most widely spoken language in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, with over 50,000 speakers.

Malayalam is the most widely spoken language in the Lakshadweep Islands, with over 50,000 speakers.