Indo-European (Indo-Aryan)

10 languages

Hindi

Indo-European602 millionDevanagari

The third most spoken language in the world. Official language of India alongside English. Uses the ...

Bengali

Indo-European272 millionBengali

The seventh most spoken language. National language of Bangladesh. The Language Movement of 1952 in ...

Urdu

Indo-European231 millionNastaliq (Perso-Arabic)

The national language of Pakistan. Mutually intelligible with Hindi in spoken form but written in a ...

Marathi

Indo-European99 millionDevanagari

The third most spoken language in India. The official language of Maharashtra state, home to Mumbai....

Punjabi

Indo-European150 millionGurmukhi/Shahmukhi

The 10th most spoken language globally. Uniquely written in two different scripts: Gurmukhi in India...

Gujarati

Indo-European62 millionGujarati

The language of Gandhi and the Indian state of Gujarat. Has a large diaspora, especially in East Afr...

Nepali

Indo-European33 millionDevanagari

The official language of Nepal. Also spoken in parts of India, especially Sikkim and Darjeeling. Use...

Sinhala

Indo-European17 millionSinhala

The majority language of Sri Lanka. Uses a rounded script derived from ancient Brahmi. Has an elabor...

Sindhi

Indo-European30 millionPerso-Arabic

Spoken in Sindh, Pakistan, and by millions in India. Written in Perso-Arabic script in Pakistan and ...

Sanskrit

Indo-European25,000Devanagari

The classical sacred language of Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism. Grammarian Panini fixed it in abou...