Indo-Aryan ,the Indic branch of the Indo-European family ,came into India with the aryans.It is the biggest
language groups in India accounting for about 74% of the Indian population.
* By 71st Amendment to the constitution of India (the 8th Schedule)KONKANI, Manipuri and Nepali were
added to the list ( of statutorily recognised regional languages) in 1992.
**Strength of Scheduled Languages (1991 figures)
Mother Tongue Speakers % to total population
Hindi .... 33.72
crores (39.85%)
Marathi.... 6.25
crores (7.38%)
