Indian Language Profile

Language Profiles of States, Districts, Languages and Mother Tongues, as per Census Report, 2011

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We found 150 mother tongues which are spoken in TAMIL NADU as per census of India report 2011.
Out of 150, only 4 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 71103428 along with their percentage is given in the table below.

SL Languages Population Percentage
1 Tamil 63743847 88.35
2 Telugu 4234216 5.87
3 Urdu 1264412 1.75
4 Kannada 1141976 1.58
5 Malayalam 718977 1.00
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6 Hindi 331057 0.46
7 Saurashtra/Saurashtri 238556 0.33
8 Badaga 132102 0.18
9 Marathi 85380 0.12
10 Marwari 34854 0.05
11 Gujarati 34793 0.05
12 Others 31194 0.04
13 English 24495 0.03
14 Bengali 22930 0.03
15 Odia 21132 0.03
16 Lamani/Lambadi 9794 0.01
17 Rajasthani 9792 0.01
18 Irula/Irular Mozhi 8306 0.01
19 Sindhi 7757 0.01
20 Nepali 7574 0.01
21 Pania 7000 0.01
22 Punjabi 6555 0.01
23 Konkani 5989 0.01
24 Kuruba/Kurumba 5134 0.01
25 Assamese 2575 0.00
26 Tulu 2500 0.00
27 Korava 1575 0.00
28 Khortha/Khotta 1292 0.00
29 Arabic/Arbi 1119 0.00
30 Bhojpuri 944 0.00
31 Dogri 934 0.00
32 Manipuri 913 0.00
33 Kurukh/Oraon 816 0.00
34 Sanskrit 795 0.00
35 Kachchhi 690 0.00
36 Banjari 481 0.00
37 Kashmiri 450 0.00
38 Pattani 419 0.00
39 Maithili 380 0.00
40 Sadan/Sadri 238 0.00
41 Tibetan 238 0.00
42 Gondi 232 0.00
43 Coorgi/Kodagu 177 0.00
44 Santali 152 0.00
45 Chhattisgarhi 136 0.00
46 Munda 125 0.00
47 Nicobarese 124 0.00
48 Lushai/Mizo 120 0.00
49 Haryanvi 118 0.00
50 Garhwali 93 0.00
51 Kumauni 90 0.00
52 Pahari 85 0.00
53 Magadhi/Magahi 85 0.00
54 Baghati/Baghati Pahari 76 0.00
55 Khasi 73 0.00
56 Prakritha/Prakritha Bhasha 71 0.00
57 Thado 59 0.00
58 Savara 57 0.00
59 Bhansari 53 0.00
60 Bodo/Boro 53 0.00
61 Kokna/Kokni/Kukna 51 0.00
62 Mundari 39 0.00
63 Nissi/Dafla 39 0.00
64 Chakma 38 0.00
65 Pnar/Synteng 37 0.00
66 Bundeli/Bundel khandi 35 0.00
67 Sema 34 0.00
68 Kuki 32 0.00
69 Monpa 24 0.00
70 Mara 22 0.00
71 Surjapuri 22 0.00
72 Nawait 21 0.00
73 Brajbhasha 20 0.00
74 Tangkhul 17 0.00
75 Lepcha 16 0.00
76 Vadari 16 0.00
77 Tripuri 15 0.00
78 Angami 15 0.00
79 Dhodia 15 0.00
80 Pochury 15 0.00
81 Ladakhi 15 0.00
82 Kharia 14 0.00
83 Kachari 14 0.00
84 Afghani/Kabuli/Pashto 13 0.00
85 Ho 12 0.00
86 Garo 12 0.00
87 Paite 12 0.00
88 Zemi 11 0.00
89 Awadhi 11 0.00
90 Lotha 10 0.00
91 Mao 9 0.00
92 Adi 9 0.00
93 Ahirani 9 0.00
94 Korku 9 0.00
95 Koda/Kora 8 0.00
96 Kokbarak 8 0.00
97 Bagri 8 0.00
98 Vaiphei 7 0.00
99 Hindi Multani 7 0.00
100 Kom 6 0.00
101 Apatani 6 0.00
102 Bharmauri/Gaddi 6 0.00
103 Purkhi 6 0.00
104 Bhotia 6 0.00
105 Maria/ Muria 5 0.00
106 Hmar 5 0.00
107 Kurmali Thar 5 0.00
108 Ao 5 0.00
109 Chakru/Chokri 5 0.00
110 Dhurwa 5 0.00
111 Sugali 4 0.00
112 Chodhari 4 0.00
113 Rongmei 4 0.00
114 Sangtam 4 0.00
115 Zeliang 4 0.00
116 Mandeali 4 0.00
117 Gadaba 4 0.00
118 Mahili 4 0.00
119 Gangte 3 0.00
120 Koch 3 0.00
121 Mogh 3 0.00
122 Kishtwari 3 0.00
123 Kisan 3 0.00
124 Gujari 3 0.00
125 Gojri/Gujjari/Gujar 3 0.00
126 Kuvi 2 0.00
127 Maring 2 0.00
128 Bhadrawahi 2 0.00
129 Bhili/Bhilodi 2 0.00
130 Halam 2 0.00
131 Talgalo 2 0.00
132 Karbi/Mikir 2 0.00
133 Khari Boli 2 0.00
134 Rengma 2 0.00
135 Adi Miniyong/Miniyong 2 0.00
136 Kodava 2 0.00
137 Kudubi/Kudumbi 1 0.00
138 Mawchi 1 0.00
139 Konda 1 0.00
140 Rabha 1 0.00
141 Yimchungre 1 0.00
142 Anal 1 0.00
143 Lahauli 1 0.00
144 Dimasa 1 0.00
145 Mishmi 1 0.00
146 Kodu 1 0.00
147 War 1 0.00
148 Maram 1 0.00
149 Dhundhari 1 0.00
150 Paradhi 1 0.00
Total 72147030