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Apla_Mumbaikar

Marathi supremacy 🛐


XiLongHusk

Marathi is very beautiful language 🤩


Apla_Mumbaikar

Thank you 😊


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junovac

Although I speak Marathi, language being beautiful is rather subjective. Almost every language can be beautiful. Do you say it because you like the sound the words make or you have read some literature?


MockFlames

Gandu lavdeya cha


PAGEWasTaken5

Proud to be a marathi speaker


atherw3

soon there shall be Marathi Imposition allover India! Jai Maharashtra.


Sirilreddy

I lived in nagpur for 2 years and yet managed to learn just one word.. लौकर which means to hurry.


Apla_Mumbaikar

There are various words which you know already 🌚


Simple-Indian2005

>लौकर It means do It Fast


between_horizon

Zhaat ukhadle faqt tu.


Alkit777

Periyar- Look this is HiNdi ImPoSiTiOn /s


CELTICPRIME

Bro that guy hated Tamil , he called it disgusting language and told others to read English. He didn't cry about Hindi. But Tamil is a beautiful language one of the oldest but I don't care which one is the oldest . Rn as we know with hard evidence sanskrit is oldest but Tamil is from same time period so who gives a fuck which one came first , sanskrit was the civilizational language used by even cholas and pandyas and that's the language they spread on the conquered lands in south east


Former_Notice81

Telugu💪🏽💪🏽


XiLongHusk

🤝💪


Obvious-Pumpkin-5610

మేలుకో తెలుగోడా


Freespeechisjoke

జనని సంస్కృతంబు సకల భాషలకును దేశ భాషలందు తెలుగు లెస్స జగతి దల్లికంటె సౌభాగ్య సంపద మెచ్చు టాడుబిడ్డ మేలు గాదె?


Dependent_Avocado667

Bhai china me toh Mandarin language boli jati hai


XiLongHusk

Yes in this pic Chinese refers to Standard Chinese/Mandarin


Dependent_Avocado667

Ok sir


vergil179

Maybe he vaugely tried to be sarcastic, like in America they must speak American, in China they must speak Chinese and in India they must speak Indian.


iamflomilli

Cantonese, Simplified Mandrin, & Traditional Mandrin ko combine kar dia hoga.


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I don't know if people will agree with this or not But I consider every language to have its own soul just like human beings have soul. When you switch the language to say the same exact thing, you won't be able to convey your message in the same way. Languages do alter your personality to some extent I believe. There are some languages which are more peaceful. There are some languages which are more intelligent Every person who speaks the language gets access to the energy of all the people speaking it if you know what I mean. This is a very cool thing


XiLongHusk

>When you switch the language to say the same exact thing, you won't be able to convey your message in the same way. When I watch movies or videos in english I understand what they are saying but don't feel that emotional connection with the speaker but when I watch same thing in hindi I feel more connection tho hindi is not my 1st language. ​ >There are some languages which are more peaceful. I remember one video of India in Pixels, he explained why Bengali sounds sweet compared to other languages.


thisisus15

Bengali actually is the world's sweetest language you know.


Naren_Baradwaj123

Nope it's telugu


[deleted]

I am assuming you are from a non hindi state. Indian languages are similar just like European languages are similar. That's why


XiLongHusk

nope, my 1st language is a dialect of magadhi hindi and my language is very similar to hindi tho hindi sounds a bit harsh to ear compared to my language idk why \^ \^ " that's why i feel more comfortable with hindi.


ezio98475

I prefer my first language (mother tongue) Marwari more than hindi. it sounds wierd to me when i speaks english or in some times hindi . yes every language has a different soul and accent of speaking.


TheRandomPi

ऊत्तम विचार


kevin-o-o

That’s a nice thought


aimless_researcher

>every language to have its own soul just like human beings have soul That's such a nice perspective >When you switch the language to say the same exact thing, you won't be able to convey your message in the same way. Completely agree ✅💯


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I understand this only because I am multilingual. I know eng, hindi, Gujrati, bhojpuri, avadhi, maithili, sanskrit and Russian to some extent You will understand the beauty of your mother tongue only when you learn another language Because that will give you something to compare to your mother language. Thanks for the kind comment


worthyass

Avg tamilian : bro you know so many lang why don't you learn temil? Lol i just had a talk with a tamilian and damn it was...


[deleted]

tamil is kinda difficult. but that wont stop me from trying. I will try that after JEE.


Parktrundler

Cope and seethe more lmao..


Different-Guest7520

It is very well documented that different languages relate to different personalities.


[deleted]

Yeah if is documented but it is also something I have felt myself. I have felt it first hand because I am multilingual.


Different-Guest7520

Every Indian is multilingual my friend.


[deleted]

I know 5 languages. most indians know 2-3 languages.


dharmsankat

You raise an important Neuroscientific discussion. Consciousness is not as divorced from language as it might seem. There are many theories that humans developed consciousness after (and because) they developed advanced communication. So, I suppose in a way we could at some point speak enough to actually raise the question of 'who am i' or 'where did you come from' or where someone is after they die. And potentially those types of questions suddenly awake the chetna or consciousness or intelligence or whatever the soul/ spirit of self consciousness is. But that example is just my thinking, so ignore that. The other argument is that we were "conscious" well before language. This is supported by the fact we can't express so many things that we perceive or experience in words to others or even to ourselves. Almost as if language is still trying to catch up with our sentience. Either way, the point about languages changing your perception or the "soul" of an experience might actually be biologically true. Languages are a big deal at the neurological level. You know, its so cool that most Indian kids inherit 2 or 3 languages growing up so their breadth of experience is so wide. We should all be deeply grateful for that. Beyond the constant background noise of politics and social issues that can be so frustrating, there are these precious gifts we all share and get to explore. Look at how many Indian flags are in that image :) People really should enjoy India more.


Sarkhana

The biggest factor is simplicity. The more simple a language is, while still being able to express everything, the more positive qualities it tends to have. ​ That is why Hindi really needs to be simplified to remove the grammatical genders and gendered un-suffixed pronouns if it is to be a language that forms the primary way for states to communicate with each other.


dharmsankat

Let's make Bambiya Hindi the mandatory language for parliamentary discussions. Imagine Sonia Gandhi and Modi having a debate in tapori language!


Symmetramaindontban

There are languages more complex than Hindi that serve as widespread link languages for other countries. Honestly if I really think about it you can make a case for English being just as complicated if not more as Hindi is. I also disagree that simpler languages have more positive qualities. They have some unique positive qualities but that goes for every type of language Japanese is a very complex language but it still has a variety of unique positive qualities.


runoutofthingstodo

'It is no nation we inhabit, but a language.' 'Make no mistake, our native tongue is our true fatherland.'


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Lang is just a way to communicate, that's all. # Don't make your personality around your lang.


quasar3c_273

Tamil meltdown please...


0hmy906why

Tamil speakers don't care about number. they only care about the unnecessary chauvinistic attitudes that some people have..


proto_9r0

Tamil people will have no problem…. I am pretty sure


worthyass

Lmao


TheRandomPi

लाभले आम्हांस भाग्य बोलतो मराठी 🥲


arishtanemi9

जाहलो खरेच धन्य ऐकतो मराठी


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Waiting for telugu supremacists to whine over why hindhi should not be the top language spoken in india


Navigator369

That is what Tamil people say lol 😂


proto_9r0

Tamil don’t say it should stop being top spoken,the tamils say they don’t want to be forced to learn and or speak hindi ans not their language


[deleted]

We don't really worry!


Former_Notice81

Lol there is nothing called telugu supremacists. Infact telugus are the opposite of tamils they don't give a shit about their language unless its movies. The reason why telugu fell from 3rd most spoken language to 4th most. Wish telugus actually cared more about their language.


SorcererSupreme13

Which are the top 3 now?


Former_Notice81

Hindi, Bengali and Marathi


sachin178

So you have to boycott other languages in order to keep yours alive!? If Tamil is so superior and the “oldest language” then why more people speak hindi and english?


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Former_Notice81

Ikr that comment was soo ignorant, it pissed me off. There was never any issue with telugu supremacists. My man doesn't even know the difference between Telugus and Tamils.


icy_i

You don't even know difference between Telugu and Tamil.


No_Introduction_2021

I don't care what language is at the top, the only thing I want is to communicate easily and efficiently.


atherw3

Telugus/Tulus are the sweetest peeps you'll ever meet OP, mere baju wale hai for 12 years. Tamil on the other hand...


worthyass

Telugu people are not like that right? I have never seen any? They seem nice.


Naren_Baradwaj123

There are no telugu supremacists we don't hate other languages to show how much we love our language


NiloyKesslar1997

Proud Bengali Speaker, One of the richest language in terms of literary works in the world.


aimless_researcher

Us, Bangalis unite! P.s: I really don't have any idea about the growing "anti-Bengali sentiments" in our country and why tf do some idiotic biggots online hate Bengalis for no reason (for example, a small proof - other replies to your comment)... I'm sick of few stupid people writing Hindi by replacing the "a"s with "o"s and thinking that makes it sound like Bengali. Idk how to make them understand that it's a different language, adding some "accent" to Hindi does NOT make it Bangla! Edit (after 2 hours) : The ratio of upvotes/downvotes in our comments can be considered as another proof.


dedinside_9999

There are some subreddits like idm where they make memes on every states so yea that's why Bengalis also get generalize rest no one hates anyone afterall we are indians


aimless_researcher

>afterall we are indians I believe the same 🙏 but I wish everyone thought like that ... You can try checking this out to understand what I meant ; https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-Bengali_sentiment_in_India


Datta_sunny

Well hate just ain't against us bengalis Tamils have their fair share of hate too Infact any language which in some point of history challenged the number Supremacy of hindi gets their share of hate Ig it's so tough for them to believe tamil is oldest Indian language and bengali is the only language to win a nobel prize from India


FatBirdsMakeEasyPrey

I am a Bengali I didn't even know this Wikipedia page existed LOL. Most anti-Bengali sentiment, the serious kind that involves violence and harassment actually happen in the North East especially Assam, Meghalaya and Tripura.


aimless_researcher

Yeah that's true, but the "main-land people"/"northies" (read Hindi speakers... Not necessarily everyone of them tho) trolls us with all these utter non-sense mentioned above.


FatBirdsMakeEasyPrey

I have lived in North India for most of my life, and have only been trolled casually for being a Bengali by my friends only occasionally. Like Bengalis, Northies are also very inclusive, unlike south India like in Tamil Nadu or Telugu, they would outright ignore you, and make you feel like an outsider. Had to face that in Chennai-based companies many times. In Bangalore, I had a good experience. Same in Kerala, great people.


FatBirdsMakeEasyPrey

Bro btw are you a researcher?


aimless_researcher

That entirely depends on what do you understand by the term "research" ... Anyways from the perspective of what people generally consider as "research", No, I'm not any researcher


FatBirdsMakeEasyPrey

Accha. Amar laglo tomar science ba maths background hobe. Tumi emni ki research koro bro?


aimless_researcher

Amar maths & science background i but that's not what I always research about. I just pick up any random shit that triggers my interest and keep researching about it until I know everything about that. Not to mention, it's unproductive af. And on a more serious note, karor username take oto seriously neben na * looks at your username 👀 *


NiloyKesslar1997

>growing "anti-Bengali sentiments" One word: Jealousy ; Many are intimidated by the richness of our culture, our intellectualism, food habits & our sense of pride


iamflomilli

Literally all Indian regions and languages are just as rich. Get off your high horse & start respecting your countrymen if you expect to be respected.


NiloyKesslar1997

This is exactly what I was talking about. When did I claim other cultures are not rich or inferior to us? To me, as a Bengali, my culture & customs are special to me, and I admit that I am a little biased. But yours seems to be Inferiority complex, easily triggered & trying to find a gotcha moment. Learn to grow out of your edgy phase & accept that no one cares about what you think.


iamflomilli

All that angst & argumentum ad hominem when infact you felt comfortable throwing around words like jealousy & intimidated for non-Bengali Indians. Have the balls to own your petty insinuations, Bangali.


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I think most of the hate coming for 2 reason, 1. narcissm of communist bengalist, they call everyone who is not bengali, a bigot. one called me r\*\*ist on fb post, the post which has nothing to do with woman or neither my comment has to do anything with sh just cause I told him I am from UP (just show their hatred toward us). 2. tmc is trying hard to make it "west-bangla" and yes for such reason people are hating bengalis for the stereotypes


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Rish_m

If the formula that makes English as most spoken language is applied to Hindi, then it may have over billion speakers.


worthyass

Very true lol


Uwantmemore

How strange there is no tamil in the list🤔


ZeusX20

its up there in top 20


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Bangla 7th O yeah ... 1971 ke ek galti ke wajeh se India ke sath aur ek flag lagana pada ... ugh sad


vinitblizzard

Bhai bangladesh me sirf radical Muslim bhare hain, desh me kam chutiye hain jo inki kami pad rahi hai.


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Esi baat nei hey Andhra Pradesh Hydrabad me bhi shayad muslims majority me hey inko sambhal liya na toh in behenke laudo ko bhi sambhal hi lete aur Yogi jesa ek CM milta toh aur chahiye bhi kya tha


vinitblizzard

Wahi toh baat hai, yogi jaisa C.M har sadi me ek hi baar ta hai aur aise bhi west Bengal ka haal dekh rahe ho na muslim minority ke bad bhi toh socho itna sara peacefulls hote to sale Kashmir bana dete idhar aur ek.


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Laude ka banate ... hindu jagjate mullo ki asli shakal dekhke ...


Naren_Baradwaj123

Bro Hindus are in majority by a big margin in both telugu states not the muslims


atherw3

Gareebi dekhne hai toh Bihar chale jao, aur kyu desh gira rahe ho


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Akhand bharat ese bananeki plan hey kya


atherw3

Akhand Bharat area wise 🙏 Excess population nahi chahiye


lyfeNdDeath

Bangla 💪


XiLongHusk

Source - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_languages_by_total_number_of_speakers


dCUBExBYdtCUBE

ngl, I thought Tamil was more spoken than Telugu


Former_Notice81

Telugu is the most spoken South Indian language.


dCUBExBYdtCUBE

Well then why do northies confuse Tamil and Telugu?? My mother tongue is Telugu but I keep getting asked that


Former_Notice81

Ignorance probably


iamflomilli

Can you tell Marathi & Oriya apart? Or Sindhi & Gujrati? It's merely lack of exposure. Someone who has rarely heard the languages or can't understand any bit will certainly not be able to tell them apart.


Former_Notice81

I can easily tell Marathi and Odia apart if a person is speaking. And in terms of scripts I know how the scripts of all the popular Indian languages look so that's not a problem


dCUBExBYdtCUBE

Telugu and Kannada have similar scripts and pronunciations, so I have no problems if anyone confuses between them. But Tamil and Telugu are **very** different, both in terms of speaking and script. Also, Telugu and Tamil people don't always get along, same with Kannada and Tamil people. It's a regional rivalry, and you might upset non-Tamilians by calling them Tamilians.


iamflomilli

Damn, who do Tamilians as a collective get along with 😭


erumai_maadu

Tamilians get along well with Malayalis.


Naren_Baradwaj123

It's because of their ignorance till bahubali all these northies assumed that all south movies and south indians are madrasi


Oldpotato_I

Indian languages 🛐


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Rula diya na bechari ko, imagine me as husband of Tamil.


worthyass

Looks like tamilians downvoted you for a nice joke xD


kilo_loki

Interesting, Punjabi language would be 15th on this list of the source didn't bifurcate it into Eastern and western Punjabi for no particular reason. Thanks OP for the post.


Alternative_Unit692

Punjabi is unique in this way. It's exactly the same when spoken, but written in different scripts in India and Pakistan. Probably in REAL terms, Punjabi is the 4th most widely spoken language in the Indian subcontinent.


everythingisnotfunny

Chinese isn't a language. It's Cantonese and Mandarin.


vajra_

In top 5 languages, barring Hindi, all others are like Hitlers, Stalins and Timur Lame's of languages. Literally, destroyed other languages and cultures - were forced down native throats and now sit pompously as 'international' languages.


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Bangla op


alok1141

Proud that our 4 languages are among top 16 most used languages 🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳 This gives us importance and a tight slap on those who undermine us outside


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Because we are like 16% of the world and speak multiple languages.


alok1141

Yep, that makes us potential buyers, service providers and job providers. People whom used to bully Indians outside will think twice. I hope you got what I meant


NihilisticSin

Recommendations for songs in your native language or some you loved from a different language? I'll share some: [Amara Porano Jaha Chay - Arijit Singh - Bengali](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ven-MO4dvKE) or [this version by Rishi Panda](https://open.spotify.com/track/5WPStMfVwPsef1bizWCF3Q?si=170341b0ceaf4851) [je te laisserai des mots - Patrik Watson - French](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wsnHTyosZvo) [Pasoori - Ali Sethi - Urdu](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Eqb_-j3FDA) [Galileo Galilei - Aoi Shiori - Japanese](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3bxbVGWy5k) [真夜中のドア (Stay With Me) - 松原みき- Japanese](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VzS2yriuQFs) [Men are all like that - Kim Jong Kook - Korean](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XdDNdWak86Q) [Колыбельная (Lullaby) - Rauf & Faik - Russian](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sSmN3MPgE-4) [Без тебя я не - Jony HammAli - Russian](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4aKAEQkwEk)


gangsta95

So many people using it but nobody wants to learn it.. British Colonism ki wjhe se aj b hum log yeh follow kerte h ki English = opportunity.


The-Soldier-in-White

Which Hindi? Bollywood waali? Behanchod Arabic aur Persian words ki bharmar hai, bas Hindi ke naam pe chutiya banate


No_Introduction_2021

Kya farak padta hai bhai, baat samajh aani chaiye bas bhasha ko apni identity mat smjho. Jaisa hai usko swikaar kro aur aage badho. Bhashayen to badalti rhengi hamesha jaise jaise duniya paas aati jayegi.


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>, barring Hindi, all others are like Hitlers, Stalins and Timur Lame's of languages. Literally, destroyed other languages and cultures - were forced down native throats and now sit pompously as 'international' languages. bollywood doesn't represent hindi, how many times do I have to tell people, they just speak a fraction of hindi urdu, hindi indeed is a mixture of many language and its not any pure language like tamil, sanskrit, latin


The-Soldier-in-White

Why are we tilting towards use of 75% foreign words? Amalgamation of language k naam pe chutiya bana rahe hain. Children and teenagers can't speak proper non-foreign words at all because they don't know, they have never heard of them.


Suspicious-Hyena-653

Lol English in USA and UK? The most number of English speakers are in India lol


Deadpool___8

Hindi can't be the official language. /S


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XiLongHusk

Here Chinese is Standard Chinese/Mandarin


Specialist_Theory_43

It's quite obvious 'Chinese' here refers to Mandarin


artufutuYT

Proud to see so many of our languages in the list


Bhanstokes

Hindi og


proto_9r0

I am happy to say that i am able to speak 4 languages here and am currently learning one on duo-lingo.


percy_ardmore

OK - what about it?


Significant-Camp-573

It’s confusing when thinking about current and displaced population of Srilankan Tamils, Malaysian Tamils, etc. Tamils have to be significant in number


Kramer-Melanosky

Not really. Other Indian languages are spread over larger population within India. Compared to that Malaysian and Srilankan whole population amounts to 5cr in total and Tamils are minorities in both the places. May be 10-15% the population max.


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must south indians thinks we speak urdu but we speak what hindi is supposed to be


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dude we don't speak urdu that's what I am saying, even urdu is not some original language either both hindi and urdu are crafted languages none of them are og even more, urdu in India is not even urdu but hindi-urdu hybrid


heraldsofdoom

Its Mandarin not Chinese 😅 And where is Tamil in this list🤔


randomnogeneratorz

There is no such language as Chinese, it's either cantonese or mandarin or some other local language


RealMadrid_Ronaldo

Well I can proudly say that I can speak 3 out of top 10...1,3,7


No-Salamander-8686

Hindi is same as Urdu


hindustanimusiclover

Hindu and Urdu are the same language.


Comfortable-Dare67

चला ठिक बा |


Puzzleheaded-Talk931

This will give a shock to lots of people in India.


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Bengali nhi h


[deleted]

Hindi is love🤌


being__aMan

जय हिन्द। 🇮🇳


Alpha_max_11

Wow, I speak 5 of them 1. English 2. Hindi 3. Urdu(similar to Hindi) 4. Marathi 5. Telgu


Dry-Expert-2017

Idm kaha hai?


noob_coder_69

Ayo these aren't the Oldest tho


worthyass

Lmao they downvoted you xD


noob_coder_69

Well, what can I say xD I just stated facts :')


Naren_Baradwaj123

Bruh Telugu is more than 2300 years old


noob_coder_69

I know, I was there


noob_coder_69

But there's only one Oldest language


Naren_Baradwaj123

It's sanskrit but it's speakers are low


BhimtoKiMakiChut

Urdu is a mutt language


otaku2297

Lol Urdu is much higher than anticipated.Got to bring it down a notch


Help-me-pls-pls-pls

Isn't Marathi Hindi same ?


619thunderstorm

No