Indian Languages Indo-Aryan (Indic) General Characteristics Hindi Asamiya (Assamese) Bangla (Bengali) Dogri Gujarati Kashmiri Konkani Maithili Marathi Nepali Oriya Punjabi Sanskrit Sindhi Urdu Dravidian The History of the Dravidian Languages Dravidian Studies Kannada Malayalam Tamil Telugu Other Languages and Lingua Francas Munda Tibeto-Burman Indian English Hindustani Indic Writing Systems Kharosthi Brahmiĥ3 54 54 54 56 60 60 62 63 63 63 64 64 64 65 66 67 69 70 71 72 72 73 74 75 76 76 76 77 79 80 82 82 82Ĩ8 Gupta Scripts Grantha Alphabet Devanagari Selected Groups Andamanese Badaga Bhil Bhutia Bodo Bohras Bundela Gond Ho Kadar Kharia Khasi Khoja Khond Koli Korku Kota Kuki Lepcha Magar Maratha Meithei Mina Mizo Munda Naga Oraon Pahari Sansi Santhal Savara Tamil Toda Caste Varnas Jatis Cultural Milieu Family and KinshipĢ2 24 24 24 25 25 26 27 27 29 29 29 30 30 31 31 32 32 32 33 33 34 34 36 36 36 37 37 38 39 39 39 40 41 42 42 44 45 46ĥ0 Festivals and Holidays Cuisine Clothing Sports and Recreation Media and PublishingĬhapter 2: Indian Languages and Writing Systems NarinderNanu/AFP/Getty ImagesĬhapter 1: The Peoples of India and the Caste System © Molloy On pages 21, 53, 85, 122, 184, 240, 267, 296, 329, 331, 333, 335: Indian youth perform a Punjabi traditional folk dance, the Giddha, during Republic Day celebrations at the Guru Nanak Stadium in Amritsar on January 26, 2010.
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