According to the 2011 census, 43.6% of the Indian population speaks Hindi as their native language.

Bengali is spoken by 8.6% of the Indian population, making it the second most widely spoken language in the country.

Telugu is spoken by 7.8% of the Indian population, making it the third most widely spoken language in the country.

Marathi is spoken by 7.1% of the Indian population, making it the fourth most widely spoken language in the country.

Tamil is spoken by 5.9% of the Indian population, making it the fifth most widely spoken language in the country.

Gujarati is spoken by 4.8% of the Indian population, making it the sixth most widely spoken language in the country.

Kannada is spoken by 3.7% of the Indian population, making it the seventh most widely spoken language in the country.

Malayalam is spoken by 3.2% of the Indian population, making it the eighth most widely spoken language in the country.

Odia is spoken by 3.2% of the Indian population, making it the ninth most widely spoken language in the country.

Punjabi is spoken by 2.8% of the Indian population, making it the tenth most widely spoken language in the country.

Assamese is spoken by 1.3% of the Indian population, making it the eleventh most widely spoken language in the country.

Kashmiri is spoken by 0.6% of the Indian population, making it the twelfth most widely spoken language in the country.

Nepali is spoken by 0.5% of the Indian population, making it the thirteenth most widely spoken language in the country.

Konkani is spoken by 0.4% of the Indian population, making it the fourteenth most widely spoken language in the country.

Manipuri is spoken by 0.3% of the Indian population, making it the fifteenth most widely spoken language in the country.