Indian Language Profile

District wise Language Profile

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We found 94 mother tongues which are spoken in Chennai as per census of India report 2011.
Out of 94, only 6 mother tongue is spoken by more than 0.5% of the total population of the district. The list of languages spoken by more than 0.5% of the total population 4531103 along with their percentage is given in the table below.

SL	Languages	Population	Percentage
1	Tamil	3640352	78.34
2	Telugu	432276	9.30
3	Urdu	198482	4.27
4	Hindi	129636	2.79
5	Malayalam	104991	2.26
6	Marwari	25366	0.55

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7	Kannada	21621	0.47
8	Gujarati	19690	0.42
9	Marathi	17888	0.38
10	Saurashtra/Saurashtri	11863	0.26
11	English	10284	0.22
12	Bengali	7725	0.17
13	Sindhi	5195	0.11
14	Odia	3921	0.08
15	Others	3280	0.07
16	Rajasthani	3087	0.07
17	Punjabi	2783	0.06
18	Konkani	2697	0.06
19	Nepali	1853	0.04
20	Tulu	1046	0.02
21	Assamese	487	0.01
22	Badaga	393	0.01
23	Sanskrit	246	0.01
24	Kachchhi	239	0.01
25	Manipuri	183	0.00
26	Kashmiri	134	0.00
27	Maithili	103	0.00
28	Bhojpuri	100	0.00
29	Arabic/Arbi	81	0.00
30	Prakritha/Prakritha Bhasha	60	0.00
31	Kurukh/Oraon	55	0.00
32	Pattani	51	0.00
33	Coorgi/Kodagu	49	0.00
34	Lushai/Mizo	39	0.00
35	Sadan/Sadri	36	0.00
36	Korava	31	0.00
37	Dogri	26	0.00
38	Kuruba/Kurumba	26	0.00
39	Haryanvi	21	0.00
40	Nawait	21	0.00
41	Nicobarese	19	0.00
42	Munda	17	0.00
43	Chakma	16	0.00
44	Kachari	14	0.00
45	Santali	14	0.00
46	Dhodia	12	0.00
47	Angami	11	0.00
48	Tangkhul	11	0.00
49	Zemi	11	0.00
50	Garhwali	10	0.00
51	Bodo/Boro	9	0.00
52	Bhansari	8	0.00
53	Mara	8	0.00
54	Mundari	8	0.00
55	Lamani/Lambadi	7	0.00
56	Paite	7	0.00
57	Tibetan	7	0.00
58	Ahirani	6	0.00
59	Kharia	6	0.00
60	Kuki	6	0.00
61	Hindi Multani	6	0.00
62	Lepcha	6	0.00
63	Lotha	6	0.00
64	Tripuri	6	0.00
65	Brajbhasha	5	0.00
66	Chakru/Chokri	5	0.00
67	Kom	5	0.00
68	Korku	5	0.00
69	Pochury	5	0.00
70	Chhattisgarhi	4	0.00
71	Khortha/Khotta	4	0.00
72	Kurmali Thar	4	0.00
73	Pahari	4	0.00
74	Ao	4	0.00
75	Chodhari	4	0.00
76	Koda/Kora	4	0.00
77	Banjari	3	0.00
78	Gangte	3	0.00
79	Apatani	3	0.00
80	Baghati/Baghati Pahari	2	0.00
81	Bhadrawahi	2	0.00
82	Kumauni	2	0.00
83	Adi	2	0.00
84	Kokna/Kokni/Kukna	2	0.00
85	Halam	2	0.00
86	Rongmei	2	0.00
87	Kudubi/Kudumbi	1	0.00
88	Bhili/Bhilodi	1	0.00
89	Mawchi	1	0.00
90	Garo	1	0.00
91	Khasi	1	0.00
92	Konda	1	0.00
93	Nissi/Dafla	1	0.00
94	Rabha	1	0.00
Total		4646732