The *Many* Languages of INDIA!

This video is all about India and its stunning linguistic diversity.
Special thanks to Ajay Sharma for his Hindi and Sanskrit samples, Gopal Krishna for his Tamil samples and feedback, and Soroosh Motevalli for his Persian samples.
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[@iditrirajan]

Finally a foreigner who knows that people from India don't speak Indian 😆😆😆

[@THE_BROWN_SIBLINGS]

Yes I saw a interview where a girl said Indian

[@uk3693]

Very common mistake made by outsides, not just with India but also with so many other places and languages spoken there. One other example is Chinese, which is not a single language.

[@ytuser78]

So is there a language which is called bihari

[@iditrirajan]

@@ytuser78 no. Its a hindi dialect.

[@iditrirajan]

@@uk3693 I didn't knew about china one. I think they have Mandarin and Cantonese. But you can call mandarin one Chinese

[@batman2330]

meanwhile some Americans i want to learn indian

[@doaa7941]

That's going to be a lot of work

[@harikishoreanimireddy8153]

Haha😂😂😂😂

[@akoden2667]

It’s actually really easy to figure out various scripts because some of them letters looks almost the same way as in the Devanagari script. I figured out Arabic since many letters look like a cursive version of Hebrew (I was raised w English and Hebrew).Out of Indian languages I am really interested in Hindi Bengali and Gujarati, and I would like to choose on one South Indian/Dravidian language to learn, but it’s really hard to choose because they’re all so beautiful, both the words and the scripts!

[@sponge1234ify]

[Native American has entered the chat]

[@RKP14]

😂😂

[@nashtlulo8120]

I'm from Mizoram.My native languages is Mara ,our tribe has 5 different languages, but I spoke only three Tlosaih,Chapi and Hawthai.If I talked to other mizo tribe I used Mizo(Duhlian).When I went outside my state I used English,Hindi,Assamese and a little bit of Bengali.

[@AudioMixedVideoAMV]

damn so manh languages. Also Today I learned mizo is also called duhlian

[@bagdendi_gulery]

Glad

[@Amit-gj1cu]

You are an absolute genius.

[@fishyfish6510]

Finally a Mizo who can speak Hindi😂

[@subhajitdutta286]

Amazing 👏

[@balasoshingade8301]

I'm maharashtrian and now I'm feeling like marathi is the languages that connect north and south India...

[@ScarletGhost53]

Well, Odiya does too.

[@OEEMANshorts]

Odia also Bravo

[@Mr.Nobody_007]

Only language that connecting india is English😂

[@arupz5918]

I'm a South indian.. my native language is Malayalam.. I speak Malayalam , Tamil , Kannada ,Telugu, Hindi and English .. Im comfortable in all the Dravidian languages plus English and hindi

[@axdhiii]

Oho angane analleh

[@prithiv16]

Wow

[@saumya_42]

Teach me few!

[@arupz5918]

@@saumya_42 sure☺️

[@babayaga8865]

Telugu elupamano bro

[@ayanokoji5594]

Fun fact :- those 22 recognised official languages have different accents too LoL

[@Tenzinforeal]

Thats true

[@YN-wo8rd]

Dialects* it’s basically the same thing, but dialect is a better word choice than accent

[@YN-wo8rd]

@@baruahrehan19 ok then that’s another language not just an accent. This person is talking about accents, but dialect is a better word

[@gurvinderpaul6142]

Xd

[@baruahrehan19]

@Ruthvik tur dangor murtu, ki aal-baal boki ase re...

[@Mantoshsarkar-ks9gn]

I am Bengali, but My Family and I are/ am fluent in English, Hindi, Gujarati and Telugu , thanks to the fact that we lived in those States in India..

[@understanding.everything]

Neku Telugu Ella vachu

[@user-tx6sm5uo7f]

మీకు తెలుగు తెలుసునా

[@Mantoshsarkar-ks9gn]

@@understanding.everything Naaku kodiga vachu

[@imranshaikh3350]

I’m a South Indian Muslim living in Mumbai. I fluently speak Hindi, Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu, Kannada, Marathi, Gujarati, Punjabi, Urdu, Arabic and Spanish. I mostly used them in the different circle of friends and family, but mostly during my travels.

[@vortex4705]

Arey bhai😳

[@terminator-from-another-planet]

x to doubt

[@atheist_ghost]

Adbhut adbhut adbhut

[@carlosmauriciohuancavidal6954]

👏

[@user-ds2ve3kc8k]

الهندية لا تخلو من الكلمات العربي

[@bilalsadain]

The most important thing to know: "Indian" is not a language. It's so annoying when people ask me "you speak Indian?"

[@MsSonali1980]

"Do you speak hiNdU?" :-D I love it... always answer with "India is a subcontinent and has many languages"...

[@bilalsadain]

@@MsSonali1980 that's another thing that gets under my skin

[@darkgreninja8349]

@@MsSonali1980 yEaH i SpEaK mUsLiM tOo

[@MsSonali1980]

@@darkgreninja8349 ahhahaha, don't you speak aFriKaN (not Afrikaans)?

[@lctransit7233]

@@MsSonali1980 Reminds me of a Russell Peters' joke: "how do you say hello Indian?"

[@enigmaticharmer]

All Indians are either bilingual or trilingual.

[@MonirulIslam-fc5lv]

Or 4 or 4.5 or 7 too..i have many friends who speak 5+ languages..we tend to mix the words or talk in 3/4 of them at the same time..all understand all languages usually used here thats why..

[@vanhelsing2079]

Mate, there is still crores of Indians who are monolingual. In rural parts of India. And remember rural India has more than 50% of the population. Not all are monolingual, but a big number definitely is.n

[@enigmaticharmer]

@@vanhelsing2079 even the rural parts speak or at least understand two languages.

[@MonirulIslam-fc5lv]

Its true to some extent..but actually im from a rural part of india and not from a rich family..even people below poverty line understand and speak the lingua franca here..but many children and women dont in case of extremely rural areas.

[@debodatta7398]

This is actually false the vast majority of Indians (85%+) are monolingual they just happen to also be poor village dwellers and are often unseen by metropolitan Indians...

[@19sunheart96]

I am from Germany (speak German, English and French) and I'm learning Marathi (and Farsi, so I have also noticed the many loan words from Farsi). Marathi is such a beautiful language! At one point I want to learn a Dravidian language too, probably Tamil. But for now I'm concentrating on Marathi.

[@hinduhistory7466]

dhanywaad bhau

[@prathameshshelar]

Yo! I am a native Marathi speaker and I'm learning German (I speak English and Hindi as well). We can be language exchange partners.

[@lovewithinyou993]

Nice brother... give respect, take respect... 🙏🏻

[@artculture1711]

I'm a Marathi & have learned German language for 2 years.

[@scidro1115]

namaskar bhau tumhala

[@vivekm7760]

So many tongues and yet we the people of India are Indians first and then the people of our states🇮🇳🇮🇳 "मेरा भारत महान"

[@mrsubramanian-hy9xb]

ஆமாம் 🇮🇳

[@voscra]

This is an incredible summary of Indian languages. As someone with a background in linguistics who specifically study South Asian languages, I can really vouch for the accuracy of this video, and I love the fact that you never make generalizations and recognize the incredibly diversity of India. This is a level of summarization of research that is very unexpected for a KZbin video.

[@Langfocus]

Thank you!

[@DheerajKattula]

Absolutely

[@mexicounexplained]

Paul has outdone himself with this one.

[@NealKlein]

I find Paul's love of linguistics contagious. He respects every language he's covered. His exploration of each LangFocus topic humbles me with their thoroughness and quality.

[@PiperStart]

Lang focus is an expert channel - I often refer students to the channel when they ask questions in class about languages. He espouses clearly many of the important aspects of language and linguistics that are in the specialist books, and are a part of our daily experiences as language learners.

[@kavyakrishnakumar1599]

In Kerala all 14 districts have their own dielects. And sometimes even we can't understand eachother 😂.

[@prank9210]

Same with Telugu too. A person from Telangana cannot understand the Telugu which is spoken in Coastal Andhra Pradesh and Northern Tamilnadu and vice-versa.

[@tomarry4477]

Same with Rajasthani languages. I'm a Mewari and when I go to the Marwari or say, Malwi, wagadi, or any of the several other districts, I get a hard time trying to understand what they're saying.

[@debjithazra799]

Same with bengali language 😂😂

[@adheenaps8411]

Eth jillelthe aa thanik manasilaavathe? Kasargod nik manasilaavoola😌😂

[@kavyakrishnakumar1599]

@@adheenaps8411 Enkum kasargod,Malappuram 😂. Avrde onnum local basha namk manasilavillya

[@Life_Quotes...]

I love all Indian languages and my mother tongue is தமிழ் (Tamil). Tamil one of the longest surviving classical language in World . Tamil has the unique distinction of remaining a spoken language for more than 4000 years. Among the oldest languages of the world - Hebrew, Greet, Sanskrit, Chinese and Tamil, only Tamil and Chinese are the two living languages. Tamil is spoken by around 60 million people in India and by about 40 Tamil million people living in Sri Lanks, Burma, Singapore, Malaysia, Mauritius, United Kingdom, US and many European countries. Tamil has voluminous literature that are thousands of years old and that have been preserved and printed even now. The oldest literature of Tamil ‘Tholkappiyam’ that is ancient to Vedas . Everybody should try reading திருக்குறள் ( Tirukkural).Considered one of the greatest works ever written on ethics and morality, it is known for its universality and secular nature. Love from Tamil Nadu to all our Indian languages 🇮🇳.வாழ்க தமிழ் வளர்க இந்திய 💥.

[@facts-pt1zr]

Yes I accept it ... But you just mention that Sanskrit is dead language...but not *Sanskrit is didnot dead* *it is split into all north east and west Indian languages +gelic+Hebrew+Arabic+Greek and Persian language* *This is why Sanskrit is called mother of all languages accept dravidain* *Also hindi is spoken in honduros,inda,Fiji,USA,Qatar and Japan*this is why hidni is world's 4rth most spoken language*

[@imrannajir5184]

quite a nice thought to write

[@o0...957]

​@@facts-pt1zrDead language is a term for languages that likely have second or third language speakers but no first language speakers. Then there's extinct languages which have ceased to exist

[@o0...957]

​@@facts-pt1zrAlso I would like to correct a little of what you said "Sanskrit is the mother of all languages except Dravidian". It would be more correct if you say "Sanskrit is the mother of all languages except Dravidian, Sino-Tibetan, Austro-Asiatic, Tai-Kadai and Language isolates"

[@facts-pt1zr]

@@o0...957 excuse me child ...I think you are really forgotten something ..*pls don't say I own information rubbish all knows it* *you can search in google also if you not belive me* *Sanskrit is mother of all languages except Tamil family even I live in Greece and I know Greek where as Greekis the mother of all western languages and Greece come from Sanskrit because of similarity and accent*

[@royakshapoudel2047]

I’m Nepali & Indian. My mom speaks Nepali, Hindi, Limbu (a little), Punjabi, & English My dad speaks Nepali, Hindi, Punjabi, Bhojpuri, Urdu, English, & other. My grandma speaks more languages though; so far I know that she speaks Nepali, Hindi, Bengali, & Assamese

[@HariAyiravalli]

I am from India in Kerala.. my native language is Malayalam 🙆🙆🙆🙆🙆

[@srinidhi7140]

🙏 ನಮಸ್ಕಾರಗಳು 🙏 നമസ്കാരം 🙏

[@vipinvnath4011]

Machane

[@HariAyiravalli]

@@srinidhi7140 നമസ്തേ

[@HariAyiravalli]

@@vipinvnath4011 😂😁 ഹായ്

[@anandbnair245]

Hallooo

[@dumbproductions2958]

Dr. Who: I speak every language India: no, you don't

[@quinoline3865]

He has a TARDIS converter.

[@-SUM1-]

Papua New Guinea: No you don't

[@srinidhi7140]

ಓಓಓಓಓಓಓಓ......................

[@harishkiran3663]

@@srinidhi7140 ബ ബ ബ ബ...

[@Yamamanama]

C-3PO: I speak 6 million languages.

[@shantanuprakash3]

I'm from Bihar, Mother tongue is Magadhi (what parents and grandparents used to use). My family speaks Hindi (and can communicate with majority of North Indians in Hindi), English (language of communication in profession, and with many South Indian friends) and a bit of Sanskrit (taught in school for few years).

[@re_di_roma_is_back2388]

Quindi voi indiani comunicate in inglese fra popoli del nord e popoli del sud, non in Hindi?

[@shantanuprakash3]

​@@re_di_roma_is_back2388 Yes, specially true in urban areas. Rural areas speak native languages and difficult to communicate using north and south languages.

[@Icebear602]

Same here.My mother tongue is magadhi and as you said,what parents and grandparents use.While me and my parents communicate in hindi because I am not fluent in magahi.And that's the case with my siblings also.And that's the same for many people in our generation like as a child,I used to think, it's a 'dehati' language and we were encouraged to speak in hindi! And now when I ever try to speak magadhi,everybody starts laughing.It sounds weird😂(it's sad)

[@jaytemkar8077]

​@@Icebear602You guys are killing your mother tongue. You should speak in your mother tongue because if it dies whole culture dies...

[@MaheshJagannathHebbalalu]

Be proud of your Mother Tongue. Being I South Indian I was not aware of the different dialects of Hindi. One of my North Indian friend had called his parents up and was speaking in a different tongue. When I asked him which language it was he told it was Magadhi. That is when I got exposed to the surviving dialects of Hindi. I wish these dialects don’t die due to the popularity of Hindi. 😢

[@-RunninNGunnin-]

Lol, I'm from Finland and consider myself quite educated with good general knowledge and I always thought most Indians can speak English and Hindi. I mean, I thought Hindi is the language the whole India uses for communication but oh boy I was so wrong 😂I found out that in India people may speak different language in the next city or province and peple can't many times really understand each other 😁 and somewhere in Southern India people don't even know Hindi but their own languages. The population of Finland is about 5,5 million people (smaller than in Indias biggest cities) and here we all speak the same language so the idea of a country where people speak tens of languages and can't understand each other is so weird for me.

[@vasanthakumar526]

Greetings from India, we mostly communicate with other language speakers by English but only for educated members only so that we face some issues over languages. At the same time we have to take care of our own mother language. So it's not a surprise at all.

[@tamaarduany9606]

@@vasanthakumar526 educated members. I thought most 95% of Indians speak English. Or at least some English even by not educated.

[@oknopepali6121]

@@tamaarduany9606 our literacy rate is near 75 % man how can 95% can speak eng

[@nnes759]

RunninNGunnin I just learned from this vlogger Paul that Tamil may (or may not) have similarity to Huagarian& Finnish OR he says it might be to Korean &Japanese, so I'm going to dig a bit more, so should you( as you're already somewhat in tune w Indian languages) so we can compare notes( in 1-2-3 weeks or so bit by bit as my plate is over loaded to spare time for heavy research, yet I'll work on it but slowly) let us know, whenever, here. By the way I thought Finland has one of the better tight Gun controls( unlike Norway, etc) so how do you do the Cow Boys running & gunning stuffs there, lol.

[@mskoki5712]

India is basically a UNION OF STATES, so just imagine like European union where every country speak different languages

[@mravalik]

Let me start out by saying, I love all the languages because of how rich they are, but with myself, I am currently learning Hindi, Punjabi, and Tamil - which without a doubt Tamil is I believe by far the most complicated 😂 Love to India from America 🙏🏻💙

[@vk-mp9hx]

Don't worry, you are learning the oldest language in the world

[@miya8788]

I am a native speaker of tamil and lol i find it complicated myself.

[@harishkiran3663]

Hope you end up with Sanskrit!

[@shadowronin2943]

Because Tamil is completely a different script from sanskrit and hasn't had much sanskrit influence like other languages

[@udhayabala8621]

Tamil is complicated because it is one of the oldest languages and casual speaking pronunciation has become very different from 'perfect tamil'. So if you want to learn tamil either start from the perfect way (letters, words, phrases) or the casual way( talk talk talk)

[@bhanuuuuuu]

Why would people dislike such a nicely researched work put up with such a precision. This video tells much more about the linguistic evolution of Indian Languages than any average Indian knows.

[@Langfocus]

Thanks, Bhanu!

[@minefreak1966]

People don't like hearing things that differ from the baseless beliefs they've held since childhood. It's honestly not entirely their fault; if you're surrounded by people, growing up, who tell you that Sanskrit or Tamil is the oldest or somehow "best" language, you're going to naturally dislike any source that tells you differently.

[@gobimurugesan2411]

Because they don't want to believe Dravidian languages are originated from proto Dravidian. They want everything from Sanskrit.

[@eugenionegro5929]

@@minefreak1966 yeah it's disappointing. it's uncontroversial that indo-european's oldest living family is probably the iranian, whose mom went east to very much dravidian India, and made all this stuff with contact with dravidian. "sanskrit" is awesome because it got written down, but it's not special. PAUL has an excellent video on celtic and afro-asiatic's old romance, which totally carries to the kind of mixing that you see with indo-aryan and dravidian

[@niccolopaganini1782]

@@Langfocus I totally agree with Bhanu, People nowadays don't understand how much time is consumed in research, Probably a month or more, You cant search this on Google and get all of this, And people don't understand it, I appreciate your hard work and efforts Paul!

[@jumanpatowary4486]

I'm from the State of Assam and i speak assamese. I have to admit you have more knowledge about Indian languages than most of us indians. Liked your research and thorough analysis and precise explanation.

[@shivanisingh1720]

I am Indian my language is Hindi but I love all the language spoken all over India 😍😍 how beautiful my country is 🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳 Love your video bro keep growing

[@magn8]

Foreigners: You are from India, Do you speak Indian? Me : 😶

[@susantadeb7666]

You have not mentioned Kashmiri & Sindhi.

[@mirrorflame1988]

@@susantadeb7666 It's there in the list of languages. Also considering all the trolls lurking in youtube who want to start a flame war, even mentioning certain keywords like Kashmir, Israel-Palestine, etc will cause them to come and mess up the entire comments thread.

[@user-xw6is8yf3c]

Indian football fan right

[@suhridguha2560]

Answer should be yes xD

[@suhridguha2560]

@@greaterbharat4175 most Chinese people speak Mandarin and people speak nihongo in Japan. If you have an interest it's not really that difficult to learn seriously

[@joemark5284]

Mother Tongue: Malayalam Languages spoken: Gujarati, Hindi, Marathi, Tamil, English

[@vasantkawarkhepatil4565]

Marathi Kass Kay yete aplyala?

[@amiugly2255]

Uyyyo

[@yash_nair]

Joe mark la marathi yene shakya aahe???

[@kesumonu]

वाह 🙏😊👍 आप जैसे लोगों से ही हमारे देश मे समरसता आती है You are a gem... Although it may not be possible for me to learn Dravidian languages at this stage... I'm planning to learning Marathi( मराठी)😊✌

[@joemark5284]

Aree mi maharasthat majha college abhyas kele. Tithe mi marathi sikhlo🙏

[@vishalnannaware6643]

I am from maharastra and my language is Marathi ..and I feel proud... diversity of Indian languages 😍😍

[@silverwolfmillennium8428]

Apan doghahi veer marathe ahot!

[@herambpatkar]

This is one of the most well researched summarized video on Indian languages I have ever seen. The kind of patience and research done by you is truly commendable!!! Kudos for taking up one of the most complex and diverse contry in terms of Languages and Culture!

[@taruntripathi]

India is so complicated even Indians don’t really understand it.

[@miliaurora1038]

We are like Europe....but instead of being a continent, all these states united and formed one single country India.

[@siddharthjha3424]

@@miliaurora1038 I fully agree with you 👍

[@MegaAdity1]

What kind of a stupid statement was this ? xD

[@taruntripathi]

Aditya Bharadwaj Intelligent enough for a moron like yourself not to understand. Get some education.🙏🏻

[@atinhazra2552]

@@MegaAdity1 only a moron, imbecile and jackass like you can put a comment like this one. get some education. padhai likhai karo jao

[@AjaySharma-in8ji]

Man it was weird to hear my own voice in this video! Awesome video Paul! Glad I could help!

[@cpinter10]

Were you the one speaking persian?

[@kanupriyajain592]

Ajay Sharma great

[@kyocobran1463]

You rock Ajay.

[@haharmageddontv6581]

@@cpinter10 'Special thanks to Ajay Sharma for his Hindi and Sanskrit samples, Gopal Krishna for his Tamil samples and feedback, and Soroosh Motevalli for his Persian samples.'

[@theguy5898]

I was in his Hindi vs. Urdu video and I felt exactly the same!

[@meghdiip8503]

I am a Bengali. Can speak bengali and English, and can manage to communicate in Hindi (sometimes creating amusement for actual hindi-speakers). I am highly interested to learn a Dravidian language like Tamil and an Austro-Asiatic language like Santali.

[@armstrong2450]

Bengali here. Telugu is my favorite so I am learning it.

[@sone6]

I'm from westbengal my native language is Bengali! I can also easily sound Assames, Hindi, Marwari(rajasthani), Spanish, English obviously 😇

[@felipemoreira8308]

Meanwhile in America. My native language is English and my mother tongue is English. I also can understand to a certain extent English, English, English and English.

[@darkmemes7531]

@ШEАSЕL yes

[@vishnuputhanalakkal4309]

@@user-xk2ot7eg7f I think we need to say colonialisation rather than English

[@Doing_Time]

@Weasel 鼬は悪くない Zealandian? You mean kiwi? No way...the written language is very similar, but spoken kiwi is one of the most difficult languages in the world. I'm American and I speak Western US, Mexican, Cuban, Argentinian, Western Canadian, German, and a little bit of Russian, Swahili, Tagalog, Italian, Portuguese, and Romanian. I spent a couple years studying suburban Tennessean but I don't understand any other southeastern languages well except Floridian. I understand a few dialects from the central and northeastern US. I can understand people from london if they speak slowly and translate toilet room jargon to common names. Australian, if spoken slowly is slightly intelligible. South African and Filipino English are also intelligible when spoken very slowly. Indian English is third only to Kiwi and North Carolinian in its ability to be called an English dialect yet be completely unintelligible.

[@Doing_Time]

@Weasel 鼬は悪くない I guess it depends on whether you consider language something that is spoken or something that is written. (my kids are fluent in ASL, so that's another wrinkle to language) I believe Australians say something more like rstraliur.

[@Doing_Time]

@Weasel 鼬は悪くない Well, when my comprehension drops below 75% I don't consider myself to know the language. I once lived in an area where you cross into the Appalachians and bah golly gee wiz ahh ehp lick a fruhg ahh crib manna ahh 'nt gut muh cu woot day biz sen hun...and then you get by the ocean in north carolina and it gets much much worse...

[@imtysjamir6963]

I'm from Nagaland, a small state in North East India bordering Myanmar. I speak a language called Ao. I can also speak Nagamese, English and Hindi. Nagaland has 16 tribes and each tribe has its own language but Nagas as a whole communicate with English and a made up language called Nagamese.

[@thetrickster9885]

Thats so awesome

[@damntisisannoyinirl2419]

Wow

[@assassin9763]

Jharkhand has 32 tribes and people communicate with each other through hindi that is why we had to include hindi in our state...

[@sagarchaudhary5260]

I wasn't aware of this. Thankyou bro

[@bitopan.]

Nagamese me Assamese hai kya

[@dpparihar123]

I am from Rajasthan. The school here teaches in languages like Hindi, English, Urdu, Gujarati, Rajasthani, Punjabi, Arabic, Parsi, Sindhi etc.❤❤

[@astesiaa]

Fascinating video. Salute from India

[@KateKongummibears]

I'm from India. I can fluently speak: Malayalam(native language), English, Hindi and French Other languages I know to a lesser degree: German, Korean

[@spinebreakeryt875]

Hehe malayali poliyalle

[@jinhitentertainment9989]

Korean ariyo

[@appuappuzz6090]

Haai malayali 🤭😍😍👏

[@appuappuzz6090]

Lokath yevida poyalum oru malayali englum kanum.athoru prekruthy niyamam aanu..😍❤❤❤💪athanu nammuda power.

[@spinebreakeryt875]

@@appuappuzz6090 sathyam

[@pingme786]

I speak telugu,tamil ,kannada, Malayalam ,odia ,Marathi ,gujarathi, English, German ,Hindi, now learning French

[@jinhitentertainment9989]

Wow ur awesome 😲

[@ttthomas1905]

Enna uvve sugam anno

[@takashi.mizuiro]

pog

[@vchaitanya5524]

సూపర్

[@aham_sam]

Enthonnade... Uthini oru avasanam onnumille😂😂

[@amitwahaiqbal]

I am a Bangla speker from Bangladesh. I started learning Hindi by watching Hindi cartoons and TV programs from an early age. Now I can perfectly understand standard Hindi- and when speaking Hindi, I often have a thick Sylheti Bangali accent and mix up certain Bangla words in Hindi, due to lack of speaking practices. 😅

[@Gurnoor333]

I am from Germany but my mother tongue is PUNJABI. I can speak urdu and hindi a little bit

[@yourkawaiiwaifu]

I am a Naga. I speak Chokri, khezha, angami, Nagamese, Hindi and English

[@utkarshyadav8133]

Just a question brother ... Does the nagamese language have any connection to the Assamese linguistic family or did it develop in each tribe separately

[@aryyancarman705]

@@utkarshyadav8133 i think some borrowing of words,using of assamese script sometimes {i dunno whats its name }

[@aniketroy3034]

@@utkarshyadav8133 nagamese is a creole-language based on assamese, so yes. but the native tongues of all the different tribes are unique, and mutually unintelligible.

[@ErenYeager-jp4gc]

@@utkarshyadav8133 Nagamese is nothing but Assameae spoken by Nagas. Naga people have their own languages that belong to the same language family as Tibetan or Mandarin.

[@rakshithkakunje621]

That's cool, I can speak Kannada, Malayalam, Hindi and English.

[@Langfocus]

OH HAI GUYZ

[@3rdlairskate]

Hullo

[@_braileanul]

OMG YOU WRPTE IT BAD I'N SO OFFENDED

[@viictor1309]

Hai mizter Paul

[@ishaanbandyopadhyay6603]

I have my Hindi exam tomorrow haha

[@Layanuska]

OH HAI OH

[@rithinlk8287]

As I’m from Hyderabad, Telangana of southern India, my native language is Telugu. I can speak Hindi ( of north India ), Kannada ( of Karnataka state ), Tamil ( of Tamil Nadu state ) and English. At current scenario, all most in every language of India, it’s linked with English. English is now very much flexible for many people in India.

[@Sanatani_kattar]

अंग्रेजी को भारत मे 5% लोग भी नही बोलते लेकिन हिन्दी ‌भारत मे 90% से अधिक लोग समझते है बिगर हिंदी शिक्षा के और जहा उपनिवेशक गुलामी की निशानी अंग्रेजी को शिक्षा मे प्राथमिकता दी जा रही है तब भी भारत मे 5% लोग भी नही बोलते हमे भारतीय भाषाओं को प्राथमिकता देनी चाहिए का की उपनिवेशक गुलामी की निशानी अंग्रेजी को

[@flashnet-gr7jh]

@@Sanatani_kattar ILLA ONNUM PURILA

[@RamasamyArumugam1927]

Thank you for the information. I am from Tamil Nadu. My mother tongue is Tamil. I speak English, German C1-2 level (I studied in Germany), and Sinhala A2-B1(I can read and write I lived in Colombo for sometimes a little Hindi A2 ( can read and write)/Urdu ( cannot read and write) Spanish A1 (learning)

[@maitreyakadkol7793]

I have a language cocktail for you. I am a Kannadiga who lived in Maharashtra. So I know Kannada, Marathi, Hindi and English. My wife is a Tamilian who lived in UP. She knows Tamil and Hindi. At my house we speak a mix of all these languages - Kannada, Tamil, Hindi, Marathi and English.

[@undercovercia]

Lol

[@darealg6823]

What language are ur kids gonna speak lol... A "sambhar" language ??? 😂😂 (I mean a mix soup of different languages)

[@kasiprasath16]

unity in diversity..

[@username5537]

Incredible india

[@linhat9276]

Wow👍

[@mahagaida160]

I lived in india for sometimes, I learnt hindi while staying in north India and Malayalam while staying in Kerala and kannada while staying in Karnataka. I don't like to speak English with Indians, I enjoy speaking their native languages.

[@xenzorygames4116]

only if half the North Indians did that xD, even when they move to other regions they still stick with their languages even to speak with the locals xD.

[@dkviews2003]

Plz visit Tamil Nadu you can experience with the world oldest language ❤️

[@mahagaida160]

@@dkviews2003 Yes I love tamizh language

[@dkviews2003]

@@mahagaida160 ❤️❤️

[@sharmarupak4275]

Helo maam

[@sugandanbalajirajendrakuma3234]

I am from TamilNadu and Tamil is my native language, I do know to speak Telugu and Malayalam and a bit of Kannada and Hindi and also I can read and write Sanskrit. Apart from them I do know a bit of French to read and write as I took it as my secondary language in high school.

[@saitalks0202]

Sri krishna Deva Raya was a king of Hampi kingdom(Karnataka). Even Rayalaseema region in AP comes under this kingdom. Sri Krishna Deva Raya a Kannada King and he was told that -- "Desabhaashalandu Telugu Lessa" it means "among all Indian languages Telugu is Great". And Another Tamil poet who "Tamils treat as National Poet" called "Bharatiyar" told that " Sundaranga Telungu " it means " Telugu is a Beautiful language ". All these lessons we learn from School onwards. So we can conclude that other poets and rulers of other states declare the Telugu language as Beauty and Sweety language in the world

[@redfrank773]

Then why was sanskrit the official language of vijyanagra? And wasn't krishnadevaraya a tulu?

[@josejoseph8725]

Bharatiyar used to praise all languages he even praised kannada, malayalam etc. Krishnadeva raya mentioning that statement is highly debatable among kannada historians.So stop your telugu hegemony.

[@checkraiser100]

@@redfrank773yes krishna devaraya was half tulu from father side and half telugu from mother’s side. Telugu nayakas and tulu kings ruled vijayanagara empire. Last king of kandy in sri lanka was a native telugu speaker. Even today, many rich land owning telugus live in banglore, manglore, and chennai who’s ancestors came down from nayaka times and even much before.

[@Brandon-a-writer]

For me, as an historian, India has been the most complex and difficult to study. This is due to the large amount of linguistic diversity and dialects, and the amount of learning necessary to obtain and understand primary sources. This wonderful video could be thirty minutes longer and still barely scratch the surface of the stunning diversity of the Indian subcontinent. :)

[@robertbruce5213]

This was my experience as well.

[@ssam00]

The Indian subcontinent is comparable to Europe in terms of linguistic and cultural diversity

[@asamvav]

@Evi1M4chine actually the uniting thread is Sanskrit. That is the only language that was intelligible to everyone from every part of India. You can at least express basic ideas if you have a cache of Sanskrit vocabulary. Before the British rule that was the case. During the sultanate and Mughal era, Farsi or Persian was the court language and therefore all legal documents were written in them. But you also received a copy in Sanskrit at the same time. This is extremely important for land deeds. So there were courtiers who were proficient in both.

[@aravindnatarajan220]

@@asamvav you can survive without sanskrit in Tamil Nadu,but you can't survive without Tamil or English

[@nitishsaxena1372]

@@aravindnatarajan220 you can't survive with Sanskrit anywhere in India. Rarely anyone is proficient in Sanskrit in the whole of India.

[@jonasdavies1806]

When I went to India, in Kerala almost everyone could've understood English very well but in northern India communication was comparatively more difficult but not that much.

[@jonasdavies1806]

@@yogeshb8677 I have never been there. And also in North, in big cities like Delhi many can communicate very easily so we can assume same for Mumbai.

[@yogeshb8677]

@jiminie's booty west is gujrat not Maharashtra... N I considered only three sections north south n center so understand what I mean

[@pranav3632]

Where in Kerala? Just asking

[@sonags9024]

@@pranav3632 south india

[@pranav3632]

@@sonags9024 Ehh😂 I asked where in Kerala , not where is Kerala . I know where kerala is ,to be more specific I'm from Kerala 😂

[@jonahembrom4043]

I am Santhali speaker and I am proud of my language, I am from Assam.

[@vaibhavtech5110]

I belong to a maithili(maithil brahmin to be exact)communitiy from both side but right now my mother side speak-khortha(a dialect of magahi or maybe even maithili) Father side speak-angika(dialect of maithili) I speak (also my lingua franca)-Hindi Also English I can understand-bengali,punjabi etc

[@Just4Kixs]

Filipino here. I've visited India and people thought that I was local, especially in Jammu and Kashmir, so people spoke to me in Hindi. I spoke English in India and got along well with everyone. Good job India!

[@adamhendrickson512]

Nice to hear.... Did you have a good time there? I was in India for 3 years. I speak Hindi fairly well now...

[@ashimohta6279]

@nnn shut up OK Many Hindus live in north In Jammu Kashmir ,jammu has a very high Hindu population n Kashmir has a high Muslim population

[@williamjames212]

@@adamhendrickson512 which country are you from?

[@williamjames212]

English is the official language of India so of course everyone speaks English.

[@saalooaa]

Filipinos look noting like Indians most likely they thought you from Nepal

[@Dreamcatcher55582]

I am Indian and I speak 1.English 2.Hindi 3.Sanskirt 4.Assamese(Mother Tongue) 5.Bengali 6.Telegu(2 yrs in Vizag) 7.Tamil(4 yrs in Tamil Nadu)

[@gbarman23]

You was in Tamil or vaijag whatever but it's not mean you Know that language clearly.

[@shravastisarmah5363]

@@gbarman23 maybe he tried to learn the language and was successful

[@gbarman23]

@@shravastisarmah5363 then fine but you know how difficult to learn south Indian language? I'm in Tamil Nadu from 2014 but till now I can't understand that language properly, As a North India I can understand most of the north Indian languages, it's easy for us, no dubt

[@shravastisarmah5363]

@@gbarman23 different people have different grasping power, I have been surrounded by Bengali people my whole life still can't speak it, though i understand all. I have been to South Indian states and met people from my state (i am from north-east) learn languages in 1 or 2 years.

[@gbarman23]

@@shravastisarmah5363 yeah, you are right but and I'm trying to tell you it's depends on there interest. And one more thing I'm also Bengali, if you want to learn I will teach you.

[@frodosadventures8757]

I have a friend from the state of Kerala in the South of India. I travelled around India with him and we met up with one of his friends from the north of India. My friend's friend did not speak Hind, so their only way to communicate with each other was English. It was good for me!

[@sharpassblade1301]

I am from Assam, my mother language is Assamese and I speak Assamese Hindi English Bengali and nepali. every language is unique and beautiful in its own way. জয় আই অসম।

[@chrs2436]

I was just overwhelmed with new information. I am pretty familiar with the Americas and Europe with respect to their linguistic diversity, but Asia is a completely different story, especially India. I learned a lot from this video and it has definitely opened my eyes. Thanks a lot for the information !

[@deadpoolwhoslaysassholes1586]

Thanx for kind words. You are a good person.

[@markvanvlack1419]

Langfocus is awesome! About 45 years ago I was in India for almost 4 months and thought I was learning Hindi, and in my last week I walked into an ice cream parlor and ordered ice cream in Hindi. I proudly asked the person behind the counter in Hindi for ice cream (or so I thought). He looked at me and his eyes opened wide. I made my statement again and he was trying not to laugh. I said it a third time and he bust out laughing so hard he was crying! He then told everyone in the ice cream parlor what I said and everyone started laughing. He then told me that what I said in Hindi "I am a Cow,. Give me milk!". I blushed beet red, which made it even more funny.

[@undercovercia]

😂😂😂😂funny unreal story

[@darealg6823]

"I am a cow. Give me milk" ? 😂😂😂👌 Something like "mein Gaye Hoon. Mujhe dood doe" ??

[@liri8243]

😂😂😂😂 lmao

[@sandiguha]

you probably said, "mai gaaye hoo mujhe dudh do"

[@vijaysingh8792]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@cholansivakumar3801]

I was Born in Malaysia and raised there. My native language is Tamil.malaysian Tamil is a bit different from India , Sri Lanka and singapore.we use malay words sometimes.lastly ,i can speak malay ,Tamil , English,and Spanish 👽👽

[@subhratanudaripa]

Your explanation is so vivid and well researched I can’t help subscribe. Well done Paul. I watched most of your videos as I myself can speak read and write 4 languages and understand two more.

[@manomadhan568]

I'm Proud to be an Tamilan. My Mother Tongue is Tamil. I Can Speak English,Hindi, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam.

[@venkateshprasath7328]

Mano Madhan ஹிந்தி தெலுங்கு மலையாளம் கன்னடம் ஆகிய மொழிகளை எவ்வாறு நீங்கள் கற்றுக் கொள்கிறார்கள் என்பதை விளக்கிக் கூறுங்கள்

[@manomadhan568]

@@venkateshprasath7328 I learn English And Hindi in my School days. Telugu, kannada, malayalam are Learn by my Friends.

[@AjayKumar-cu2lo]

india first bro

[@venkateshprasath7328]

Mano Madhan Vera leval bro niga 😍🤗🤗

[@suhridguha2560]

@@manomadhan568 very few people I have met from the south speak Hindi. Even in my state most people can't speak Hindi well but they do understand it. I am from Bengal. I did meet a weed dealer in Munnar and he spoke Hindi, I guess business demands it :3

[@riteshrawat9238]

As a indian I never expected Roger federer to teach about indian languages internet is wild.

[@srambition]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@tameimpala670]

🤣🤣

[@cuitaro]

How am i noticing this for the first time! XD 🤣🤣🤣

[@mrpetit2]

From time to time I watch some of these video's from the Langfocus channel. And each time I'm so pleasantly surprised how well Paul explains everything about the language. These video's are really high quality 👍

[@Langfocus]

Thank you, Guido K. 👍🏻

[@Harshiahaha]

My mother tongue is Telugu. I could speak Telugu, Hindi, English, Tamil. I learnt Tamil through the movies, and also Tamil is similar to telugu in terms of vocabulary. I used to understand the language, but speaking comes with practice. We tend to use hindi and english most, when we want to communicate with people from the other state. I can understand and read kannada too.

[@rohitupadhya6449]

My native language : Nepali Languages that I am fluent in : Hindi and English Languages I can hold a pretty decent conversation in : Khasi and Assamese Language I can understand : Bengali High 5 to all my multilingual Indians!

[@Undivided_X]

Kene asso?

[@lol-oq1nn]

Nice

[@MohammadPedophileProphet]

Rohit upadhya... Kasto cha! Bro.. 😊

[@sailenkatel3436]

Thik kuro bhaneu bhai

[@rationalnepali9782]

High five bro.. bro ra mero criteria almost mildo raixa. Tara malai assamese aaunna tara bhojpuri ra maithali ra abadhi aauxa.

[@AbHiAbHi-jb2pk]

My mother tongue is Marathi I can speak English and Tamil.

[@user-vy5pt7ff2o]

Enga superstar pola

[@maitri74]

Most likely your Marati is very differnt from current version.

[@vasantkawarkhepatil4565]

@@maitri74 but we can understand tanjavur direct not fully but fairly

[@bazaarwalakhana5401]

Hindi nahi ati bhai bilkul bhi?

[@rohitrg2036]

Mi Marathi ahe

[@akshat2145]

Amazing! Incredible research, very accurate coverage.

[@abhaysknowledgeworld7506]

Yeah I know that language is a big deal here.. I am a kannadiga and I can speak kannada, english, hindi, telugu and very little tamil.. love from karnataka to all other indian languages..all of them are beautiful 😍 ❤ and we kannadigas are famously talented to speak many languages

[@vishal2849]

Superb Anna ಜೈ ಕನ್ನಡ ಜೈ ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ ❤💛

[@prateeksha4040]

I can't believe how accurate this video is.. Seriously I am an indian, and I am blown away by the accuracy and depth of this video I understand how much effort goes into it..

[@Hum_Bharat_Ke]

Totally agreed

[@chaichunkhiong]

I am from Malaysia where English and Tamil are widely spoken (alongside Malay and Mandarin Chinese). I went to India twice this year, Rajasthan in the north on January and Kerala in the south on November. Based on my limited observation, I found South Indians are much conversant in English as compared to their northern counterparts. I even bumped into many Southern Indians during my trip in Rajasthan where we had longer and deeper conversations. The funny thing when I was in Kerala, I have this habit to observe how closely related Malayalam and Tamil are given both are Dravidian languages. I tried to compare words by words and see whether Malayalam sounds similar to Tamil, especially I have been picking up basic Tamil from my Malaysian friends of ethnic Indian-Tamil. Regardless, I miss and I love India!

[@SantomPh]

Hindi is very cemented in the North where it is more prominent in business and media. The South has a strong pro-local native language attitude and crucially was favored by the British during colonial times, with many Christian communities and plantation workers exported to other countries like Malaysia and Fiji from the south. Kerala in particular has one of the highest fluency levels of English. the Indian nationalist movement was rooted in the north as well, so the prevalance of Hindi is stronger there.

[@akhl9842]

Thanks for the kind words brother. 🙏🏽 😊 I’m from Kerala. Yes not all South Indian languages are Similar and not all of us can understand each other. Only Tamil and Malayalam sounds very similar and we can understand each other. It’s because Malayalam came from Tamil language and got mixed with Sanskrit(north Indian language).

[@madhusoodanprasad2248]

Yes, you are right bro. Malay people also Dravidian

[@akhl9842]

@Everest TechTips No they are not 😂

[@govindkumarraj9426]

@@akhl9842 Sanskrit is indus language bro don't insult sanatan .vadic culture

[@oponetal8203]

I am a indian I know 1.telugu native language 2.hindi 3.english 4.urdu I skope with my Islam funds 5.sanskrit taught in school 6.spanish using duolingo So total no.of language are 6

[@moirangpamel]

I am from North East India Manipur and I speak Meitei language 😂. Finally a foreigner knows that People from india don't speak Indian

[@ameyamithe]

Brilliant work. Being Indian, I often struggle to explain to my non-Indian friends the linguistic complexity of India. Most people from outside India cannot fathom how people of the same country may speak so many different languages which are mutually un-intelligible, and why a lot of us Indians prefer to speak to each other in English sometimes. Respect to you for this extremely well researched and informative video.

[@rubenbuitrago6033]

Maybe, because people can't just realize the actual size of India.

[@Sanatani_kattar]

ना अधिकतर लोग हिन्दी मे बात करना पसंद करते है ना की उपनिवेशक गुलामी की निशानी अंग्रेजी मे

[@vikingsailorboy]

I’m watching this from a business trip in India right now. I’m on assignment here and have been here for a month already. India is the most amazing, incredible, fascinating, diverse countries. An ancient civilization with so many languages! I have been met with only welcoming, inclusivity, curiosity, smiles, and hospitality. I will be so sad to leave India and go back to my country! Thank you, people of India, for being so kind!

[@suhaslamkhade5265]

Exactly opposite to what western media paint it.

[@protonx80]

welcome... may your stay in india allow you to enjoy the beauty in the chaos we have accumulated thru the millenia may your memories of india be pleasant ... thank you for the beautiful words

[@EspeonMistress00]

No, thank you for your kind words. :D

[@vikingsailorboy]

@@protonx80 Thank you so much for your kind words. Dhanyavad!

[@preetikushwa7032]

enjoy your stay as much as possible and thanks for your kind words😄😄😄

[@ultranationalisticindianat3617]

I am a Bengali. But that doesn't matter. Communication is the only purpose of a language. 'INDIAN' is my only identity. I see people fighting over languages. But we must keep one thing in our mind that language, caste, colour or religion none of these are greater than our beloved motherland, INDIA. Being divided we can't make our motherland great again but together we can make India great again. Jai Hind 🇮🇳✊✊

[@helloooop]

I will send your pfp to Germans, Jews, Polish and Argentines

[@RobinRajan89]

As a South Indian raised in North India, speaking one Dravidian and two Indo-European languages, I must say - I'm genuinely impressed and applaud the effort that went into making this video, the accuracy of the details and your understanding of the "pride" between South (Dravidian) and North (Indo European) Indians

[@Sandy-to7oo]

I am tamilian Can speak *Tamil, Telugu, Hindi, English* But one of my long day wish is to learn *Bengali* ❤️! Such a sweet language

[@Ayesha-be4fv]

Joy tomilnodu(tamilnadu) Joy hind Lol,😂😂 We replace A with O😂😂✌️ Now you know bengali Congratulations Add bengali in your list Bye

[@erille712]

@@Ayesha-be4fv waht

[@sivvu_siv]

@@Ayesha-be4fv hahaaha..cutee

[@Ayesha-be4fv]

@@sivvu_siv 😂

[@Shady-he1ei]

Best of luck bondhu(it means friend in bengali)

[@nomadsuyash244]

Meanwhile some of my friends in USA: Hey! Can you teach me how to speak Indian 😂😂😂😁😁

[@abhanu6843]

I N D I A N Okk

[@mehakverma7043]

You gotta be like: Aight w h i c h o n e

[@dawnhay907]

Firstly ig you need to clear it out to them that Indian is NOT a language. xD

[@risyanthbalaji805]

Make them learn all 1000 language

[@mra.tripti]

Lol... INDIAN is not any language its use for native people of India..... its Hindi

[@pdm600]

Brilliant overview that even I, born and raised in India, found informative. There will be niggling questions raised by speakers of many languages and dialects, but, by and large, this is an excellent, concise summary.

[@Skillssue]

A very well researched presentation! Kudos to you ser!

[@karishmapejathaya1433]

My mother tongue is Tulu and I speak Hindi, Kannada and English fluently. I understand Malayalam.

[@adithishetty755]

Same tuluva here 💜

[@miraculouslights793]

Must be from mangalore or udupi

[@ohh__drag5712]

Bokka

[@sureshs9087]

Are you a Christian?

[@khushalsinghshekhawat5722]

Wow bro. Please teach me. I'm an hindi speaker. But I know punjabi, haryanvi, english

[@Codetutor-DemystifyCoding]

As Indian, I started by saying - "Oh!! I got this. Let me see what he has got to say about what we speak". But pretty soon I was humbled. This is very well researched video. Thanks for making this. Now answering the questions you have asked at the end. I am from Karnataka, one of the southern state in India. My mother tongue is Kannada and I have equal proficiency in English and Hindi. I can read Marathi (because it is same script as Hindi - Devnagri) but might not understand everything I have read. I can also read Telugu (script is similar to Kannada), well almost, but can't speak however I can understand it pretty well. I can understand Tamil, Urdu and Punjabi due to good exposure.

[@4104ankush]

U said what i wanted to say as an Indian.. He did a really awesom job.. I had the same thought before starting the video.. 😅

[@pahulpreet-singh]

@Good Boy nobody asked you to reply to their comment

[@musaibnihal2588]

You spoke on my behalf too❤️

[@cataclysmal5315]

हमे अपने भाषा में बात करनी चाहिए ।

[@pahulpreet-singh]

@@cataclysmal5315 I never thought about that. You, sir, just blew my mind

[@_j_8151]

I'm from the state of Meghalaya, in North East India. I know three languages English, Hindi and my native language Garo. There are more than 12 dialects in our region itself but we use one common dialect to read write and speak

[@vijaynair2403]

I’m Indian. Moved to America when I was 8. I’m 38 now. I speak Malayalam and Tamil fluently. I can speak Hindi so-so. And of course, English is my forte. I love the Dravidian languages. They intrigue me so much. I love speaking Malayalam with my parents! It keeps me grounded!

[@kimjong-un464]

*You all Immigrants will he kicked out by trump next election*

[@mhd_56751]

Chettan malyali ano

[@snailpop1028]

I also speak Malayalam

[@vijaynair2403]

Kim Jong Un Trust me. Trump doesn’t wanna kick out hardworking legal immigrants. But I’m sure North Korea will never accept immigrants! 🤣 Dev 007 and snailpop Athe. Malayali annu. Ammayum acchanum enne cheriye vayasu muthile Malayalam paddupicchu.

[@snailpop1028]

Dev 007 nan malyali ana

[@abhivardhansajjan]

I am from Karnataka ( India) , my mother tongue is kannada, 😍😍😍

[@chinthan_4]

ಜಯ ಕನ್ನಡ ಜಯ ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ💛❤️

[@andrejonsen2831]

Namm Kannada dalli south kannada Matthe north Kannada swalpa bere ithe

[@yashcp8806]

ಜೈ ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ ಮಾತೆ

[@shivarajdoranahalli4760]

Yess..💛❤️

[@chethankumar8570]

💞💞

[@vijayakrishnanaik]

My mother tongue is Tulu.I speak English, Kannada and Hindi.Can understand most Indian languages

[@HSJ1076]

Finally I don't have to try and explain to people that 'Indian' is not a language and it is complicated, but you made it so precise and interesting, thank you Mostly, English at home then, Hindi, understand Dogri, Punjabi, Gujarati and Marwari enough to converse with friends, extended family but comprehension of those languages is much higher than the fluency to converse

[@paulz_san]

I speak English, Hindi, Manipuri, Kuki, Assamese and Nagamese. I understand a bit of Nepali, Bengali and other Kuki-Chin languages upto a certain extent, all thanks to mutual intelligibility.

[@ravivishwakarma2917]

OMG

[@VijayThakurMD]

I like Nepali its fun

[@nickdavidelijah]

im from sydney and i went to india for 2 months, from kochi down through some towns in kerala to the southern tip of india with that huge statue! and then puducherry, bengalaru, hampi, mumbai, delhi, rajasthan. i loved it! i tried to learn the local words in each state for hello and please and thankyou etc. and otherwise i could say some things in hindi, and of course english. there were many times i couldnt communicate with people but that's part of the fun of travelling! :) cant wait to visit india again!! :)

[@SathishKumar-nv8ch]

Come Chennai

[@KarunaRini]

Wn u come next time, do visit my home town, no need to bother abt boarding and lodging

[@gurjindersingh3843]

I recommend you show mercy on your lungs and don't go to Delhi.

[@MostPowerfulPMofIndia]

You are welcome friend.

[@richardfeynman9341]

well, U missed the most fun and most forested and beutiful part....i.e North Eastern States

[@tanukaur5210]

I'm from Punjab. But I grew up in Greece. I can speak Punjabi, English, Hindi and Greek fluently. I'm not fluent in Urdu but definitely at intermidiate level. I've also learned Korean and am at intermediate level and I'm continuously learning. And I'm a beginner in Japanese which I started learning a few weeks ago. I love languages, learning is fun

[@mistermoustik4498]

What an exceptional video... Big up, once again!

[@300oakwayparkway9]

I am a Sri Lankan living in US. I work with three Indian women here in the US company. Now here is the interesting part: I can speak Tamil & English fluently and a little bit Sinhala since I grew up in Colombo. The First Indian friend is from Bengaluru. Her father is a Gujarathi, her mother is a Bengali, & her husband speaks Telugu. So She can speak Hindi, English, Kannada, Telugu, Gujarathi and Bengali fluently. The second woman is from Bombay. She said she is Marathi. She is fluent in Hindi, English and Marathi languages. The third woman was born in the US for Panjabi parents. She can speak Panjabi, Hindi and English fluently. Now I am the only one who cannot speak Hindi. But all these women are my co-workers and wonderful to work with. They always speak in English among them even when I don't participate in their conversation. That makes me so comfortable to work with them. They do go to see Hindi movies together .

[@mohik3953]

Interesting

[@yuyang3247]

Interesting

[@sumitbose5650]

Unity in diversity. You have shared a short story about this land.. Love from India

[@user-nq2js8ng4t]

இந்தி WORTH இல்லை

[@vasantkawarkhepatil4565]

@@user-nq2js8ng4tI am Marathi I can read Tamil a little bit Is It Irti worth iwnawa

[@Alessandro747400]

I lived in India for five years (2013-2018). Two years in Cochin (Kerala) and three years in Bangalore (Karnataka) with often traveling all over the country. My native language is Russian (with good understanding of a few other Slavic languages) and I speak English, Italian, French and basics of Hindi. So I didn't have many problems with communicating in English in the South of the country generally, even with cab drivers or in shops. The literacy level and English fluency particularly is very high in the South of India in comparison with the rest of the country. There were only two issues, they are as follows: 1) the accent as an influence of their native language phonetics (I've heard from Western speakers the name "Indian accent" but it's truly hilarious as they are very different); 2) and some very poor less-educated people spoke only their own language. The main conclusion is that Hindi is almost useless in the very South of India and it could help only in 20% of cases in comparison with English. And in Tamil Nadu it can be even dangerous to speak Hindi. By the way in the video you told that all the states were granted with opportunity to choose their language to be the main state language. However I know that initial intention was to spread Hindi all over the country but it provoked almost a civil war in Tamil Nadu as they are very proud to have Tamil. After that the central government was ought to "grant" that freedom. As to the North of the country people speak Hindi there and English is very difficult to find among general public. However young educated people speak English very well. Even though North Indians use a lot of English words in their Hindi, up to 20% from my observation and it's apparently very handy to understand them.

[@narayanan26]

See Speaking hindi in Tamilnadu is not dangerous as you mentioned in your comment, There lots of people migrated from the north especially from Uttar Pradesh, Madya Pradesh and Bihar for work and they live peacefully, In Tamilnadu you can speak in any language you choose but what we oppose is forcing one particular language just because they are in Majority.

[@deadpoolwhoslaysassholes1586]

@@narayanan26 I've heard that you people kill Hindi speaking people, Is it true??? I'm really afraid of you guys...that's why I never apply for a job in TamilNadu. Here in Rajasthan you can speak any language we don't mind. My teacher of Graduate school was from South. I never got a chance to know where she was exactly from cos she was really strict and always talked in English with me. Please guys don't do that, don't fight on language and hate us for speaking Hindi otherwise your folks gonna start having same experience in here too really soon.

[@cataclysmal5315]

I don't think Japanese or Chinese people care or speak english, so i don't understand why you're calling people illiterate.

[@Vavagutt]

@@cataclysmal5315He doesn't seem to be mentioning the word "illiterate" anywhere in his comment.

[@Alessandro747400]

@@narayanan26 of course it was exaggeration. And it's visible that I respect Tamil people as any other people in India to have their own language. However many of my Hindi speaking friends told me that when they addressed local people in Chennai in Hindi the latter knew Hindi but made view they didn't understand them. I will never accept the lack of hospitality or even discrimination from such people just because I don't speak local language. I saw such things in many countries. I personally spoke English with few phrases in Tamil and never had any problems in that beautiful state, Tamil Nadu.

[@Hitaro69]

I'm from Assam and my native language is Assamese, I can speak Assamese along with English and Hindi. I am currently learning Karbi, Sanskrit, Mandarin Chinese. I use English online, Hindi in school, Assamese at home and sometimes Karbi with my Karbi friends. I speak in Sanskrit with someone special.

[@siddh3921]

Proud Marathi Native which is connected to North as well as Dravidians! ❤️🔥

[@Naveenraj956]

ಕನ್ನಡವೇ ಸತ್ಯ ಕನ್ನಡವೇ ನಿತ್ಯ.. 😍 Love From Karnataka..

[@thephoenixgaming6112]

Kannadiga here ❤️🙏🏻

[@Naveenraj956]

@@thephoenixgaming6112 😍🙏🙏

[@amoghvastrad3352]

Jai Karnataka

[@tatakae4407]

ಜೈ ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ

[@PRADEEPYT]

ಜೈ ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ

[@plabonsalah]

Every 10 k.m. distance accent of language changes among people of Bangladesh otherwise Language change is not a factor of distance alone. Dialects change depends on density of population per sq km varies greatly, eg in Switzerland or the Caucasus there are multiple language families inside a very small region whereas Russian or American accents are often indistinguishable from the Atlantic to the Pacific.

[@aktheakil1003]

Pretty much yeah

[@singhparminderfan9807]

True

[@kamilkhan4250]

Mere dadi bolte the 3 kadam pe zubaan badalti he or 4 kaadam pe pani

[@satyajitathokpam7247]

Absolutely

[@plabonsalah]

@@nehadhurwey503 accents are suppose to be a natural phenomenon but standard versions of any language are meant to be accepted by every user’s of that particular language. There is no problem with accent if the user of language belongs from same dialect.

[@ITs_Simple777]

My native language is marathi and I am Maharashtra. There are many dialects in our language marathi. People from different regions and parts of maharashtra speak marathi differently. I can understand and communicate in Marathi, Hindi, English and Gujarati. I speak in Marathi within my family, relative, maharashtrian friends and native speakers. I speak Hindi with North - Indians or people who speak different language. I speak in English in school, on social media, foreigners, teachers and people from South India because they don't understand Hindi

[@Mr.J503]

I am from India, I speak my mother tongue Telugu, the official languages Hindi and English. I use Telugu at home and speak Hindi outside home because I am currently living in Chhattisgarh.

[@devarajdevu994]

I'M PROUD TO BE KANNADIGA..I LOVE ALL INDIAN LANGUAGE'S..

[@srinidhi7140]

ನಮ್ಮ ನಾಡು ಕರುನಾಡು 💖

[@cactusmakesperfect]

I put up a top-level post, but I should ask you specifically, since I might want to learn Kannada in the future, and since if you're watching this channel you might be something of a language-learning enthusiast: might you be interested in helping to make it easier to learn Kannada over the internet by helping to translate/record some short stories?

[@dhanushd27]

@@cactusmakesperfect I'd be happy to help you out.

[@cactusmakesperfect]

@@dhanushd27 Great. What's the best way to get in touch with you to explain in more details?

[@k.h5971]

@@cactusmakesperfect I suggest you to watch some Kannada movies with subtitles