Linguistic Diversity in India

The video explores India's linguistic diversity, highlighting the vast number of languages and dialects spoken across the country. It delves into the Dravidian and Indo-Aryan language families, their historical development, and mutual influences. The video also covers Sino-Tibetan and Austroasiatic languages, the various scripts used, and how Indians communicate across different languages using lingua francas like Hindi and English.

What is the estimated number of languages spoken in India according to the People's Linguistic Survey of India?

• 1,369

• 780

• 19,569

• 448

Which two language families are most of the languages in India classified under?

• Indo-European and Sino-Tibetan

• Dravidian and Austroasiatic

• Indo-Aryan and Dravidian

• Thai-Kadai and Uralic

What is a key grammatical feature of Dravidian languages?

• They have no influence from Sanskrit.

• They use the Latin script.

• They are agglutinative.

• They are tonal languages.

Which Dravidian language has been influenced by Sanskrit the least?

• Telugu

• Malayalam

• Tamil

• Kannada

From which ancient language are the Indo-Aryan languages directly descended?

• Persian

• Sanskrit

• Greek

• Latin

Which Indo-Aryan language is known for being a tonal language?

• Hindi

• Punjabi

• Marathi

• Bengali

Which language family does the Santali language belong to?

• Austroasiatic

• Sino-Tibetan

• Dravidian

• Indo-Aryan

What is the official language of the state of Manipur?

• English

• Assamese

• Hindi

• Mete

Which script is most widely used in India for writing Hindi and Sanskrit?

• Gurmukhi

• Bengali

• Devanagari

• Tamil

How do many Indians communicate with people who speak different native languages?

• They avoid communication.

• They use translation apps.

• They rely on English or Hindi as a lingua franca.

• They use a universal sign language.