

Nepali is the official language of Nepal. Prime Ministers like Pravind Juganauth, Navin Ramgoolam and Seewoosagur Ramgoolam also belong to Indian origin. This is note that at least 3 presidents of Mauritius (Ariranga Pillay, Anerood Juganauth and Rajkeswur (Kailash) Purryag) belong to Indian origin.

Out of total population of 1,283,485, strength of Bhojpuri speaking population is 68,000. 5.3% of total population speaks Bhojpuri. In terms of religious demography, 40% of population is of Hindus. Bhojpuri which is a dialect of Hindi is second most spoken language in the island country of Mauritius. People of Indian origin makes 68% of total population. Majority of the population of Mauritius is Indo-Mauritians. During the colonial period a great number of contract workers from India were brought here which is the reason of spread of Hindi in this island country. Out of total population of 892,145 the strength of Hindi speaking population is more than 3,30,000 which is significantly high. 37% of total population speaks a dialect of Hindi known as Fiji Hindi. The other two official languages are English and Fijian. Hindi (Fiji Hindi) has got the honour as one of the official languages (out of 3) of Fiji. Countries where Indian Languages are Spoken: Fiji Out of total population of 423,188, the strength of Tamil speaking Indians in Brunei is 7500 which is 1.7 % of total population. The Indian community is mostly South Indian and Tamil speaking. A great chunk of Indian population is found in Brunei. National and official language of Brunei is Malay. Countries where Indian Languages are Spoken: Brunei Bengali language is a part of Indo-Aryan language family has got its ancestral roots deep inside India. 98% population of Bangladesh is fluent in Bengali and this language serves as the lingua franca. Bengali is the only official language of Bangladesh. The official and national language of Bangladesh is Bengali. The list is prepared keeping in mind of sizable and significant proportion of population of a country speaking Indian languages.Ĭountries where Indian Languages are Spoken : Bangladesh This article enlists all those countries where Indian languages are spoken and understood. Due to immigration and other reasons Indian languages travelled to different countries of the world along with Indian diaspora.

In total there are at least 11 countries where Indian languages are widely spoken. These 5 countries are Bangladesh, Fiji, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Singapore. There are at least 5 countries where Indian languages has got the official status. There are 22 official languages of India including Hindi and English. The dravidian language family which consists of Tamil, Telugu, Malyalam, Odia etc spoken by 20% of population. Indo-Aryan languages which include Hindi, Bengali, Punjabi, Marathi, Gujarati, Assamese etc are spoken by 75 % of Indian population. There are two major language families in India: Indo-Aryan languages and Dravidian languages. As per 2001 census 122 number of major languages and 1599 minor languages are spoken and understood.
