there are many different languages and cultures in india. the only geographical place with more different languages and cultures is the african continent. there are two main language families in india, the indo-aryan and the dravidian languages. about 69% of indians speak an indo-arayan language, and about 26% speak a dravidian language. other languages spoken in india come from the austro-asiatic group. around 5% of the people speak a tibeto-burman language.