. . "The languages of India primarily belong to two major linguistic families, Indo-European (whose branch Indo-Aryan is spoken by about 70% of the population) and Dravidian (spoken by about 22%). Two contact languages have played an important role in the history of India: Persian and English. Other languages spoken in India come mainly from the Dardic language family, the Austro-Asiatic and Tibeto-Burman linguistic families, as well as a few language isolates. The Indo-European and Dravidian languages of India (which formed the basis of European language), include:"@en . "Languages of India"@en . "The languages of India primarily belong to two major linguistic families, Indo-European (whose branch Indo-Aryan is spoken by about 70% of the population) and Dravidian (spoken by about 22%). Two contact languages have played an important role in the history of India: Persian and English. Other languages spoken in India come mainly from the Dardic language family, the Austro-Asiatic and Tibeto-Burman linguistic families, as well as a few language isolates. The Indo-European and Dravidian languages of India (which formed the basis of European language), include: \n* Assamese language \n* Bengali language \n* Gujarati language \n* Hindi language \n* Kannada language \n* Kashmiri language \n* Malayalam language \n* Marathi language \n* Marwadi language \n* Oriya language \n* Punjabi language \n* Sanskrit - the most ancient and classical of languages \n* Sindhi language \n* Tamil language \n* Telugu language \n* Urdu language"@en . . .