Ethnic Groups and Languages of India (with states as hints)

Enter either ethnic group or language. PS: A few of these languages may be considered dialects of Hindi by the official census. PPS: Indo-Aryan is a group within the Indo-European language family

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Language Family	Language	Ethnic Group	Number in India	State
Indo-Aryan	Hindi (Hindustani)	Hindi-speakers	460 million	Delhi, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar
Indo-Aryan	Bengali	Bengalis	100 million	West Bengal, Tripura, Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Indo-Aryan	Marathi	Marathis	83 million	Maharashtra
Dravidian	Telugu	Telugu people	81 million	Andhra Pradesh, Telangana
Indo-Aryan	Rajasthani languages	Rajasthanis	70 million	Rajasthan
Dravidian	Tamil	Tamils	70 million	Tamil Nadu, Pondicherry
Indo-Aryan	Gujarati	Gujaratis	56 million	Gujarat, Daman and Diu
Indo-Aryan	Bhojpuri (Bihari)	Bhojpuris	51 million	Minority in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh
Indo-Aryan	Urdu (Hindustani)	Urdu-speakers	50 million	Muslims
Dravidian	Kannada	Kannadigas	43 million	Karnataka
Indo-Aryan	Maithili (Bihari)	Maithils	40 million	Minority in Bihar and Jharkhand
Indo-Aryan	Odia	Odias	35 million	Odisha
Dravidian	Malayalam	Malayalis	34 million	Kerala, Lakshadweep
Indo-Aryan	Punjabi	Punjabis	33 million	Punjab
Indo-Aryan	Magahi or Khortha (Bihari)	Magahi people	20 million	Jharkhand (largest group - none with majority), also minority in Bihar
Indo-Aryan	Chhattisgarhi (Eastern Hindi)	Chhattisgarhi-speakers	18 million	Chhattisgarh
Indo-Aryan	Bhili (minority)	Bhils	17 million	Dadra and Nagar Haveli (largest group - none with majority), also minority in Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, and more
Indo-Aryan	Assamese	Assamese people	15 million	Assam
Dravidian	Gondi (minority)	Gondi people	13 million	Minority in Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh
Austroasiatic	Santali	Santal people	7 million	Minority in Jharkhand and West Bengal
Indo-Aryan	Kashmiri	Kashmiris	6,8 million	Jammu and Kashmir
Indo-Aryan	Sadri (Bihari)	Nagpuris	5 million	Minority in Jharkhand
Indo-Aryan	Awadhi (Eastern Hindi)	Awadhis	3,8 million	Minority in Uttar Pradesh
Indo-Aryan (Sino-Tibetan originally)	Kamtapuri/Rangpuri	Koch-Rajbongshi people	3,4 million	Minority in West Bengal
Indo-Aryan (also Sino-Tibetan ethnicities)	Nepali	Indian Gorkhas (multi-ethnic)	3 million	West Bengal (minority) and Sikkim (majority)
Sino-Tibetan	Naga languages	Naga people (several)	2,7 million	Nagaland and minority in Manipur
Indo-Aryan	Dogri	Dogras	2,5 million	Jammu (in Jammu and Kashmir)
Indo-Aryan	Konkani	Konkani people	2,3 million	Goa (also minority in the city Mangalore in Karnataka)
Austroasiatic	Mundari	Munda people	2,2 million	Minority in Jharkhand and Odisha
Dravidian	Tulu	Tulu people / Tuluvas	1,8 million	Minority in the cities Mangalore (in Karnataka) and Kasaragod (in Kerala)
Sino-Tibetan	Meitei	Meitei people	1,8 million	Manipur
Sino-Tibetan	Mizo-Kuki-Chin languages	Mizo people (several tribes) [Zo people]	1,5 million	Mizoram
Sino-Tibetan	Boro/Bodo	Boro/Bodo people	1,4 million	Bodoland (in Assam)
Austroasiatic	Khasi	Khasi people	1,4 million	Meghalaya (largest group - none with majority)
Sino-Tibetan	Garo	Garos	1,1 million	Garo Hills (in Meghalaya)
Austroasiatic	Ho	Ho people	1 million	Minority in Jharkhand
Sino-Tibetan	Kokborok	Tripuri people	1 million	Tripura (largest after Bengalis)
Sino-Tibetan	Nyishi	Nyishi people	300.000	Arunachal Pradesh (largest group - none with majority)

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