Indian Languages & their Dialects with Speakers, Region-wise
The most diverse place in the whole world has always respected every other culture and has been the center for localization. Just like food, clothes and many others, language has the tendency of changing into other dialects every 100-300 km. distance.
In this article let us observe this change and get introduced to the 22 scheduled languages and their dialects that would come up to 144 dialects which are in themselves languages.
The languages are sorted in alphabetical order because for a Pakka Patriot every other language of this nation is equally dear.
There is also a mention of where the languages are spoken along with the no. of speakers and Origin, Script, Other names.
The below table is consolidated with the above mentioned information.
| No. | Languages | Spoken in/by | Speakers | Origin | Script | A.K.A |
| 1 | Assamese | Assam | 15311351 | Magadhi Prakrit | Ahom | Asamiya |
| Assamese | Assam | 14816414 | Prakrit | Ahom | Asamiya | |
| Others | NA | 494937 | NA | NA | NA | |
| 2 | Bengali | Eastern Part | 97237669 | Sanskrit and Magadhi Prakrit | Bengali | Bangla |
| Bengali | Eastern Part | 96177835 | Prakrit | Bengali | Bangla | |
| Chakma | Chittagong Hill Tracts, Mizoram, Arunachal Pradesh, Tripura | 228281 | Prakrit | Chakma | NA | |
| Hajong | Meghalaya, Assam, Mizoram, Arunachal Pradesh and West Bengal in India Mymensingh, Sherpur and Sunamganj in Bangladesh | 71792 | Prakrit | Bengali | NA | |
| Rajbangsi | Bengal, Assam | 475861 | Prakrit | Bengali | Kamtapuri | |
| Others | NA | 283900 | Prakrit | NA | NA | |
| 3 | Bodo | Northeast, Bengal | 1482929 | Sanskrit | Devanagari | Boro |
| Bodo | Northeast, Bengal | 1454547 | Sanskrit | Devanagari | Boro | |
| Kachari | Assam | 15984 | Sanskrit | Devanagari | NA | |
| Mech | Boro People | 11546 | Sanskrit | Devanagari | Bodo | |
| Others | NA | 852 | NA | NA | NA | |
| 4 | Dogri | Jammu Region | 2596767 | Sanskrit | Devanagari | Gurmukhi |
| Dogri | Jammu Region | 2596763 | Sanskrit | Devanagari | Gurmukhi | |
| Others | NA | 4 | NA | NA | NA | |
| 5 | Gujarati | Gujarat | 55492554 | Sanskrit | Gujarati | NA |
| Gujarati | Gujarat | 55036204 | Sanskrit | Gujarati | NA | |
| Gujrao | Gujarat | 15431 | Sanskrit | Gujarati | NA | |
| Pattani | HP | 16510 | Sanskrit | Gujarati | Manchati | |
| Ponchi | Pothohar Plateau | 13812 | Sanskrit | Gujarati | Pahari Pothwari | |
| Saurashtri | Saurashtrians | 247702 | Saurasena Prakrit | Saurashtra Script | NA | |
| Others | NA | 162895 | NA | NA | NA | |
| 6 | Hindi | Northern, Eastern, Western and Central India | 528347193 | Vedic Sanskrit | Devanagari | Hindui and Hindavi |
| Awadhi | Delhi, MP, UP, Bihar | 3850906 | Vedic Sanskrit | Devanagari | NA | |
| Baghati | HP | 15835 | Vedic Sanskrit | Devanagari | Mahasui | |
| Bagheli | Bagelkhand | 2679129 | Vedic Sanskrit | Devanagari | Baghelkhandi | |
| Bagri Rajasthani | Haryana, Rajasthan, Punjab | 234227 | Vedic Sanskrit | Devanagari | NA | |
| Banjari | Banjara People | 1581271 | Vedic Sanskrit | Devanagari | Lambadi | |
| Bhadrawahi | Bhaderwah | 98806 | Vedic Sanskrit | Devanagari | Bhaderwahi | |
| Bhagoria | Dadra, Haveli, Diu and Daman, MP, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Maharashtra | 20924 | Vedic Sanskrit | Devanagari | Bhili | |
| Bharmauri | HP | 181069 | Vedic Sanskrit | Devanagari | Mandeali | |
| Bhojpuri | Purvanchal-Bhojpur | 50579447 | Vedic Sanskrit | Devanagari | NA | |
| Bishnoi | HP | 12079 | Vedic Sanskrit | Devanagari | Vishnoi | |
| Brajbhasha | Brajbhoomi | 1556314 | Vedic Sanskrit | Devanagari | Braji | |
| Bundeli | Bundelkhand | 5626356 | Vedic Sanskrit | Devanagari | Bundelkhandii | |
| Chambeali | HP | 125746 | Vedic Sanskrit | Devanagari | Himachali | |
| Chhattisgarhi | Chhattisgarh | 16245190 | Vedic Sanskrit | Devanagari | NA | |
| Churahi | Bhadarwahi | 75552 | Vedic Sanskrit | Devanagari | Bhadarwagi | |
| Dhundhari | Dhundhar in Rajasthan | 1476446 | Vedic Sanskrit | Devanagari | Jaipuri | |
| Garhwali | Garhwal in Uttarakhand | 2482089 | Vedic Sanskrit | Devanagari | NA | |
| Gawari | Jharkhand, Bihar, Chattisgarh, Odisha | 19062 | Vedic Sanskrit | Devanagari | Sadri | |
| Gojri | Gurjari | 1227901 | Vedic Sanskrit | Devanagari | Gujri | |
| Handuri | Western Pahari Language | 47803 | Vedic Sanskrit | Devanagari | Hinduri | |
| Hara/Harauti | Hadoti Region | 2944356 | Vedic Sanskrit | Devanagari | Hadoti | |
| Haryanvi | Haryana | 9806519 | Vedic Sanskrit | Devanagari | NA | |
| Hindi | Hindi Belt | 322230097 | Vedic Sanskrit | Devanagari | Hindavi | |
| Jaunpuri | Garhwal Region | 136779 | Vedic Sanskrit | Devanagari | NA | |
| Kangri | HP | 1117342 | Vedic Sanskrit | Devanagari | NA | |
| Khari Boli | Around Delhi | 50195 | Vedic Sanskrit | Devanagari | Kauravi | |
| Khortha | North Chotanagpur and Santhal Pargana | 8038735 | Vedic Sanskrit | Devanagari | Khotta | |
| Kulvi | Peru | 196295 | Vedic Sanskrit | Devanagari | Culli | |
| Kumauni | Kumaon Region | 2081057 | Vedic Sanskrit | Devanagari | NA | |
| Kurmali Thar | Jharkhand, Odisha, West Bengal | 311175 | Vedic Sanskrit | Devanagari | Mahanta | |
| Lamani | Banjara People | 3276548 | Vedic Sanskrit | Devanagari | Lambadi | |
| Laria | MP, Jharkhand, Odisha, Maharashtra | 89876 | Vedic Sanskrit | Devanagari | Chhattishgarhi | |
| Lodhi | Odisha, West Bengal, Jharkhand | 139180 | Vedic Sanskrit | Devanagari | Munda | |
| Magadhi | Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal | 12706825 | Vedic Sanskrit | Devanagari | NA | |
| Malvi | MP | 5212617 | Vedic Sanskrit | Devanagari | Manthani | |
| Mandeali | Mandi District, HP | 622590 | Vedic Sanskrit | Devanagari | NA | |
| Marwari | Rajasthan | 7831749 | Vedic Sanskrit | Devanagari | Marvadi | |
| Mewari | Mewar | 4212262 | Vedic Sanskrit | Devanagari | NA | |
| Mewati | Mewat | 856643 | Vedic Sanskrit | Devanagari | NA | |
| Nagpuria | Jharkhand, Bihar, Chhattisgarh and Odisha | 763014 | Vedic Sanskrit | Devanagari | Sadri | |
| Nimadi | Nimar Region | 2309265 | Vedic Sanskrit | Devanagari | NA | |
| Padari | Padar Valley, J & K | 17279 | Vedic Sanskrit | Devanagari | NA | |
| Pahari | Uttarakhand and HP | 3253889 | Vedic Sanskrit | Devanagari | Pahadi | |
| Palmuha | MP | 23579 | Vedic Sanskrit | Devanagari | NA | |
| Panch Pargania | Assam, Jharkhand, Odisha and West Bengal | 244914 | Vedic Sanskrit | Devanagari | Kurmali | |
| Pandwani | Chhattisgarh | 15595 | Vedic Sanskrit | Devanagari | NA | |
| Pangwali | HP | 18668 | Vedic Sanskrit | Devanagari | Mandeali | |
| Pawari | Bagelkhand | 325772 | Vedic Sanskrit | Devanagari | Baghelkhandi | |
| Puran | Bengal | 12375 | Vedic Sanskrit | Devanagari | Old Dhakaiya | |
| Rajasthani | Rajasthan | 25806344 | Vedic Sanskrit | Devanagari | NA | |
| Sadan/Sadri | Jharkhand, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Odisha | 4345677 | Vedic Sanskrit | Devanagari | Nagpuri | |
| Sirmauri | HP | 107401 | Vedic Sanskrit | Devanagari | NA | |
| Sondwari | Rajashthan, MP | 229788 | Vedic Sanskrit | Devanagari | Malvi | |
| Sugali | Marwar | 170987 | Vedic Sanskrit | Devanagari | Gor | |
| Surgujia | Chhattisgarh | 1738256 | Vedic Sanskrit | Devanagari | NA | |
| Surjapuri | North Bengal, West Bengal, and Eastern Bihar | 2256228 | Vedic Sanskrit | Devanagari | NA | |
| Others | NA | 16711170 | Vedic Sanskrit | Devanagari | NA | |
| 7 | Kannada | Karnataka | 43706512 | Sanskrit | Kannada | Kanarese |
| Badaga | Nilgiris | 133550 | Sanskrit | Tamil, Kannada | NA | |
| Kannada | Karnataka | 43506272 | Sanskrit | Kannada | Kanarese | |
| Kuruba/Kurumba | Pudukkottai, Teni, Dindigul, Coimbatore, Dharmapuri, Krishnagiri, Vellore, and Salem | 24189 | Sanskrit | Tamil, Kannada | NA | |
| Prakritha/Prakritha Bhasha | NA | 12257 | Sanskrit | NA | NA | |
| Others | NA | 30244 | Sanskrit | NA | NA | |
| 8 | Kashmiri | Kashmir | 6797587 | Sanskrit | Devanagari | Koshur |
| Dardi | Kashmir | 25600 | Sanskrit | Devanagari | Pisaca | |
| Kashmiri | Kashmir | 6554369 | Sanskrit | Devanagari | Koshur | |
| Kishtwari | Kishtwar Language | 39748 | Sanskrit | Devanagari | NA | |
| Siraji | NA | 124896 | NA | NA | NA | |
| Others | NA | 52974 | NA | NA | NA | |
| 9 | Konkani | Goa, Karnataka, Maharashtra | 2256502 | Prakrit | Devanagari | NA |
| Gorboli | NA | 50259 | NA | NA | NA | |
| Konkani | Goa, Karnataka, Maharashtra | 2146906 | Prakrit | Devanagari | NA | |
| Kudubi | NA | 17209 | NA | NA | NA | |
| Malwani | Malvan, Sindhudurg, Maharashtra, Goa | 23617 | Prakrit | Devanagari | NA | |
| Nawait | NA | 13123 | NA | NA | NA | |
| Others | NA | 5388 | NA | NA | NA | |
| 10 | Maithili | Bihar and Jharkhand | 13583464 | Sanskrit | Devanagari | NA |
| Maithili | Bihar, Jharkhand, Bengal | 13353347 | Magadhi Prakrit | Devanagari | Magadhi | |
| Purbi Maithili | Bihar, Jharkhand, Bengal | 11116 | Magadhi Prakrit | Devanagari | Magadhi | |
| Tharu | Jharkhand | 53575 | Magadhi Prakrit | Devanagari | Khotta | |
| Thati | NA | 165420 | NA | NA | NA | |
| Others | NA | 6 | NA | NA | NA | |
| 11 | Malayalam | Kerala | 34838819 | Bramhi Script | Malayalam | NA |
| Malayalam | Kerala | 34776533 | Bramhi Script | Malayalam | NA | |
| Paniya | Kerala | 22808 | Brahmi Script | Malayalam | NA | |
| Yerava | Kodagu, Wayanad | 26563 | Brahmi Script | Malayalam | Adiyan | |
| Others | NA | 12915 | NA | NA | NA | |
| 12 | Manipuri | Manipur, Northeast | 1761079 | Sanskrit | Meetei | Meitei |
| Manipuri | Manipur, Northeast | 1760913 | Sanskrit | Meetei | Meitei | |
| Others | NA | 166 | NA | NA | NA | |
| 13 | Marathi | Maharashtra, Goa | 83026680 | Early forms of Prakrit | Marathi | NA |
| Are | 53879 | |||||
| Koli | Gujarat | 13809 | Prakrit | Gujarati | NA | |
| Marathi | Maharashtra, Goa | 82801140 | Early forms of Prakrit | Marathi | NA | |
| Others | NA | 157852 | NA | NA | NA | |
| 14 | Nepali | North and Eastern States | 29,26,168 | Sanskrit | Devanagari | Khaskura |
| Nepali | North and Eastern States | 29,25,796 | Sanskrit | Devanagari | Khaskura | |
| Others | NA | 372 | NA | NA | NA | |
| 15 | Odia | Odisha | 3,75,21,324 22 | Prakrit | Kalinga | NA |
| Bhatri | Chhattisgarh | 334258 | Prakrit | Kalinga | NA | |
| Bhuiya | Odisha | 32126 | Prakrit | Kalinga | Odia | |
| Bhumijali | NA | 34651 | NA | NA | NA | |
| Desiya | Odisha | 227313 | Prakrit | Kalinga | Odia | |
| Odia | Odisha | 34059266 | Prakrit | Kalinga | Odia | |
| Proja | NA | 156354 | NA | NA | NA | |
| Reli | Reli People | 12969 | Prakrit | Odiya | NA | |
| Sambalpuri | Western Odisha | 2630381 | Prakrit | Odiya | Kosali | |
| Others | NA | 34006 | NA | NA | NA | |
| 16 | Punjabi | Punjab | 33124726 | Sanskrit | Gurmukhi | NA |
| Bagri | Bagar tract region of Northwestern India | 1656588 | Sanskrit | Devanagari | NA | |
| Bhateali | Chhattisgarh | 23970 | Vedic Sanskrit | Devanagari | Loriya | |
| Bilaspuri | Bilaspur | 295805 | Vedic Sanskrit | Devanagari | Kahluri | |
| Punjabi | Punjab | 31144095 | Sanskrit | Gurmukhi | NA | |
| Others | NA | 4268 | NA | NA | NA | |
| 17 | Sanskrit | Most parts of the country | 24821 | Prakrit | Devanagari | Samskritam |
| Sanskrit | Most parts of the country | 24709 | Prakrit | Devanagari | Samskritam | |
| Others | NA | 112 | Prakrit | Devanagari | NA | |
| 18 | Santali | Assam, Bihar, Jharkhand, Mizoram, Odisha, Tripura and West Bengal | 7368192 | Sanskrit | Ol Chiki | NA |
| Karmali | Assam, Bihar, Jharkhand, Mizoram, Odisha, Tripura and West Bengal. | 358579 | Sanskrit | Ol Chiki | Santali | |
| Mahili | NA | 26399 | NA | NA | NA | |
| Santali | Assam, Bihar, Jharkhand, Mizoram, Odisha, Tripura and West Bengal | 6973345 | Sanskrit | Ol Chiki | NA | |
| Others | NA | 9869 | NA | NA | NA | |
| 19 | Sindhi | Sindhi People | 2772264 | Sanskrit | Devanagari | NA |
| Bhatia | Punjab, Rajasthan, Sindh and Gujarat | 22409 | Sanskrit | Devanagari | NA | |
| Kachchhi | Kutch | 1030602 | Sanskrit | Devanagari | Kachin | |
| Sindhi | Sindhi People | 1679246 | Sanskrit | Devanagari | NA | |
| Others | NA | 40007 | NA | NA | NA | |
| 20 | Tamil | Tamil Nadu | 69026881 | Brahmi Script | Tamil | NA |
| Irula | Nilgiri Mountains | 11870 | Brahmi Script | Tamil | NA | |
| Kaikadi | Maharashtra, MP | 25870 | Brahmi Script | NA | NA | |
| Korava | 10421 | |||||
| Tamil | Tamil Nadu | 68888839 | Brahmi Script | Tamil | NA | |
| Yerukala | Yerukala Tribe | 58065 | NA | NA | NA | |
| Others | NA | 31816 | NA | NA | NA | |
| 21 | Telugu | Andhra Pradesh, Telangana | 81127740 | Brahmi Script | Telugu | NA |
| Telugu | Andhra Pradesh, Telangana | 80912459 | Brahmi Script | Telugu | NA | |
| Vadari | AP, Karnataka, Maharashtra | 198020 | Brahmi Script | Telugu | Waddar | |
| Others | NA | 17261 | NA | NA | NA | |
| 22 | Urdu | Telangana, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand and West Bengal | 50772631 | Shauraseni language | Urdu | Lashkari |
| Bhansari | NA | 22806 | NA | NA | NA | |
| Urdu | Telangana, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand and West Bengal | 50725762 | Shauraseni language | Urdu | Lashkari | |
| Others | NA | 24063 | NA | NA | NA |