Saturday, July 19, 2008

Language in India

The different states of India have different official languages, some of them not recognized by the central government. Some states have more then one official language.

Some of the official languages recognized by the Constitution of India are:

* Hindi - Spoken in almost all of Northern India, and is the official language of 10 states. Hindi translation service is available at many places in India

* English - Associative official language and is mainly used for communication with states where Hindi is not the official language.

* Gujarati - Language of Gujarat and Union Territories of Dadar and Nagar Haveli.

* Punjabi - This descendent of Indo Aryan lingual family is the official language of Punjab. No problem to look for Punjabi translation service there

* Urdu - The official language of Kashmir. Don't worry when you need Urdu translation there

* Marathi - Language of Maharashtra.

* Kannada - This member of Dravidian family is the official language of Karnataka.

* Tamil - The oldest and purest form of Dravidian family is given the status of state language of Tamil Nadu.

* Telugu - This is the largest spoken language of Dravidian group. It is the official language of Andhra Pradesh.

* Malayalam - The youngest member of Dravidian family. It is the official language of Kerala.

* Sindhi - Language spoken by the people of North-West region including India and Pakistan.

* Konkani - The state language of Goa.

* Manipuri - The official language of Manipur. The language spoken in large parts of North-Eastern

You will need india translation when you visiting India, especially in several cities there

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