What are Indic languages?
Languages spoken in the Republic of India belong to several language families, the major ones being the Indo-Aryan languages spoken by 78.05% of Indians and the Dravidian languages spoken by 19.64% of Indians, both families together are sometimes known as Indic languages.Languages spoken by the remaining 2.31% of the population belong to the Austroasiatic, Sino���Tibetan, Tai���Kadai, and a few other minor language families and isolates.��� As per the People's Linguistic Survey of India, India has the second highest number of languages (780), after Papua New Guinea (840). Ethnologue lists a lower number of 456.
Indic languages are the languages spoken in the Republic of India composed of Indo-Aryan languages and Dravidian languages.