Ganesh Devy undertook 300 journeys in 18 months to explore India's languages When Ganesh ... He discovered that some 16 languages spoken in the Himalayan state of Himachal Pradesh have 200 words ...

India's linguistic landscape is as diverse ... Contrary to popular perception, the map depicting the most spoken languages in each country reveals that German holds sway as the most spoken ...

So, we excluded those two languages in the above map. The map shows a wide variety of languages. German is the most commonly spoken non-English, non-Spanish language in nine states, with French ...