Country scorecard
India
Asia · 1.4B people
ALPS
1.43
languages per person
#146 of 235 most multilingual
GLCI
21%
globally connected
Moderately multilingual — the average person here speaks 1.4 languages.
Most connected partners
Where a random person from India is most likely to share a language — the pair GLCI.
What people speak
Share of the population with at least conversational (A2+) command.
- Hindi99%
- English11%
- Bengali8%
- Telugu7%
- Marathi7%
- Tamil6%
- Urdu5%
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