Bilingualism in India
The Republic of India has two official languages: Hindi and English. The Constitution does not give any language the status of national language.[1][2] The Constitution of India designates the official language of the Government of India as Standard Hindi written in the Devanagari script, as well as English.[3] The following data is collected by Quartz India from the 2011 Census of India.[4]
Languages by share of non-native speakers
An overwhelming majority (99.8%) of English speakers are non-native. Nearly a quarter (23.5%) of Hindi speakers speak a different native language.
Languages by prevalence of bilingualism with any other language
Only 12% of Hindi speakers are bilingual.
Languages by prevalence of Hindi as a second language (bilingualism)
Languages by prevalence of Hindi as a second or third language
See also
References
- ↑ Khan, Saeed (25 January 2010). "There's no national language in India: Gujarat High Court". The Times of India. Retrieved 5 May 2014.
- ↑ Press Trust of India (25 January 2010). "Hindi, not a national language: Court". The Hindu. Ahmedabad. Retrieved 23 December 2014.
- ↑ "Constitutional Provisions: Official Language Related Part-17 of The Constitution Of India". Department of Official Language, Government of India. Retrieved 1 July 2015.
- 1 2 3 4 5 "These four charts break down India's complex relationship with Hindi". Quartz.
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