There are thousands of languages and dialects spoken in India, but most children learn three: the local tongue, Hindi and ...

When British traders landed on India’s shores in the 1600s, they arrived in search of spices and silk but stayed for ...

Billions of people around the world speak more than one language. They learn different languages to facilitate communication ...

A Hindi-English jumble, spoken by 350 million By Scott Baldauf Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor Nov. 23, 2004, 12:11 p.m. ET | GURGAON, INDIA ...

Hindi has emerged as the largest spoken Indian language in the United States, with nearly 6.5 lakh people speaking it, according to the latest Census data. The U.S. Census Bureau based on American ...

Indonesian is the official language of Indonesia, spoken by approximately 199 million people. The language derives from Malay and has been influenced by, namely, Dutch, Arabic, Sanskrit, and English.

However, just because English is an official language doesn’t mean you can expect everyone you meet in the country to speak it. According to one report, only about 30 percent of Indian residents ...