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What is a non Indo-European language?
Here are some the general families for these Non-Indo-European languages: ALTAIC: A language family including Turkish, Tungusic, and Mongolian. SEMITIC: A language family including Akkhadian, Amorite, Arabic, Ugaritic, Proto-Canaanite, Hebrew, Eblaite and Elamite.
How many Indo Aryan languages does India have?
There are well over 200 known Indo-Aryan languages. Modern Indo-Aryan languages descend from Old Indo-Aryan languages such as early Vedic, through Middle Indo-Aryan languages (or Prakrits).
How many Indians can speak English?
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| Country | Eligible population | Total English speakers |
|---|---|---|
| No. | ||
| India | 1,368,737,436 (2011) | 194,086,968 (2012) |
| Pakistan | 208,800,150 (2020) | 102,312,073 (2020) |
| Nigeria | 206,200,000 (2020) | 178,198,040 (2020) |
How many Indo European languages are there?
445
There are about 445 living Indo-European languages, according to the estimate by Ethnologue, with over two-thirds (313) of them belonging to the Indo-Iranian branch.
How many languages speak in Europe?
The European Union has designated by agreement with the member states 24 languages as “official and working”: Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Irish, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Maltese, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish …
How many languages are in the Indo-European family?
The Indo-European languages include some 449 (SIL estimate, 2018 edition) languages and dialects spoken by about or more than 3.5 billion people (roughly half of the world population). Most of the major languages belonging to language branches and groups of Europe, and Western and southern Asia, belong to the Indo-European language family.
Which Indo-European language has the greatest number of native speakers?
The Indo-European languages with the greatest numbers of native speakers are Spanish, English, Hindustani ( Hindi / Urdu ), Portuguese, Bengali, Punjabi, and Russian, each with over 100 million speakers, with German, French, Marathi, Italian, and Persian also having more than 50 million.
What is the oldest Indo-European language?
It dates back to the 2nd millennium BC and is considered the oldest Indo-European language. Sanskrit evolved from the Vedic form currently known as Vedic Sanskrit. The language is spoken as a first language by approximately 14,100 Indians, and 1.2 million speak it as a second language, representing less than 1\% of the population.
When did Indo-European language dispersal begin?
Scheme of Indo-European language dispersals from c. 4000 to 1000 BCE according to the widely held Kurgan hypothesis.