Largest British Indian Languages in 1901

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First published: Monday April 17th, 2023

These are the largest Indian languages in 1901 according to the British Indian.

Languages above 1,000,000 Speakers only.

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Languages	Speakers
Bengali	44624048
Hindi	39367779
Bihari	37076990
Urdu	20986358
Telugu	20696872
Marathi	18237899
Punjabi	17070061
Tamil	16526500
Rajasthani	10917712
Kannada	10365047
Gujarati	9928501
Oriya	9687429
Burmese	7474896
Malayalam	6029304
Lahnda	3337917
Sindhi	3006396
Santali	1790521
Western Pahari	1710029
Assamese	1350846
Central Pahari	1270931
Pashto	1224807
Gond	1125479
Kashmiri	1007957

3 Comments

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Level 67

Apr 21, 2023

This is insane actually

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Level 63

Apr 21, 2023

Explain?

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Level 78

Apr 22, 2023

Amusing, Bengali outnumbers Hindi

And woah, Gondi made it on here

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