India

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Official Name
Republic of India
Population Full

1,366,418,000 (2019 UNDESA)

Principal Languages
English, Hindi
Literacy Rate
74% (2018 UNESCO)
International Conventions
CPPDCE (2006), CSICH (2005), ICCPR (1979), UNCRPD (2007), UNDRIP (2007)
General References
Bradley 1997, Bradley 2005, Breton 1997, Campbell and King 2011, Hugoniot 1970, Marrison 1967, Masica 1991, Matisoff et al 1996, Singh 1994a, Singh 1994b, Singh 1995a, Singh 1995b, VanBik 2006, Van Driem 2001, Van Driem 2007
Deaf Population
Over 10,000,000
Language Counts
The number of established languages listed for India is 464. Of these, 452 are living and 12 are extinct. Of the living languages, 423 are indigenous and 29 are non-indigenous. Furthermore, 49 are institutional, 153 are developing, 108 are vigorous, 123 are in trouble, and 19 are dying. Also listed are 4 unestablished languages and 6 macrolanguages.