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How often is Hindi spoken?
According to the data, more than 52 crore or 43.63\% of the total of 121 crore Indians speak Hindi. It is followed by Bengali and Marathi, with 8.03\% and 6.86\% speakers, respectively. Telugu (6.7\%) and Tamil (5.7\%) are fourth and fifth-most spoken languages in the country.
What are South Indian states?
South India is a region consisting of the southern part of India, which encompasses the Indian states of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, and Telangana, as well as the union territories of Lakshadweep and Puducherry, comprising 19.31\% of India’s area (635,780 km2 or 245,480 sq mi) and 20\% of India’s …
Which is the southern most state of India?
Tamil Nadu
The southern-most state of India is Tamil Nadu which has the southern-most tip of Indian mainland Kanyakumari also known as Cape Comorin.
What will happen to South Indian languages after the Hindi invasion?
Hindi promotion has already killed many languages in North India. South India is more than just the 4 official languages (which are way older than hindi). There are several scriptless languages as well that may get lost due to Hindi Imposition.
What is the importance of learning Hindi to South Indians?
Hindi is just one of the several languages which many of us south Indians speak and use on a daily basis. It’s neither more, nor less important than the many other languages we use to communicate with each other. Speaking Hindi to communicate is voluntary — an act of friendliness.
Which state in India has no official language?
Uttarakhand comes in a close second. It has Hindi and Sanskrit as its official languages. First of all India itself has no official language, so how can you expect a state should have. There’s no state like in India where language is official.
Why is there so much opposition to Hindi in South India?
As a govt proposal to introduce Hindi learning to the South stokes up decades-old resistance, it is clear the opposition to Hindi has gone nowhere. That’s despite several Hindi-speakers working in the South. Hindi is just one of the several languages which many of us south Indians speak and use on a daily basis.