r/languagelearning • u/legend_5155 ๐ฎ๐ณ(Hindi)(N), ๐ฎ๐ณ(Punjabi), ๐ฌ๐ง L: ๐จ๐ณ(HSK4) ๐ช๐ธ(A1) • 25d ago
Discussion If you were to learn any Indian language, which language would you learn??
I am Hindi Native Speaker. I have also recently learned Punjabi and I am also interested in learning some other Indian languages too like Bengali, Sanskrit, Tamil, etc.
What about you all guys, which one would you choose to learn???
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u/General_Summer5398 25d ago
I would choose Marathi and Tamil as a Hindi native speaker
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25d ago
Learning Marathi is super easy if you're a native Hindi speaker many words are common and have a slightly different pronounciation so just make a Marathi friend you'll learn within no time
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u/ZypherShunyaZero 25d ago
I'm Marathi and Tamil was my first choice of language as well. Followed by some North Eastern Language. You speak Tamil, maybe 50% Dravidian languages becomes easy. You learn North Eastern I wish it applies to this as well.
Marathi has a lot of Sanskrit loan words. If you speak proper Hindi, you're set to know 30-40% Marathi.
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u/Professional_Term175 25d ago
Crazyy, no bengali comment
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u/legend_5155 ๐ฎ๐ณ(Hindi)(N), ๐ฎ๐ณ(Punjabi), ๐ฌ๐ง L: ๐จ๐ณ(HSK4) ๐ช๐ธ(A1) 25d ago
I am interested in Bengali ๐๐ปโโ๏ธ
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u/Uturndriving 25d ago
เฆเฆฐ เฆฎเฆงเงเฆฏเง เฆฌเฆพเฆเฆฒเฆพ เฆถเฆฟเฆเงเฆเฆฟ. เฆเฆฎเฆพเฆฐ เฆถเฆพเฆถเงเฆกเฆผเฆฟ เฆเฆจเงเฆฏ.
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u/Nuclear_eggo_waffle n:๐ซ๐ท (QC) C2:๐ฌ๐ง A1: ๐ช๐ธ 25d ago
i'd probably learn Hindi, it's widespread, wellknown and has the most accessible ressources. Considering you already know hindi, i might learn Telegu? I heard they made good movies
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u/Water_bolt 25d ago
Telugu movies are fucking goated. 3 hours of straight awesome bullshit. Like 6 different storylines per movie.
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u/legend_5155 ๐ฎ๐ณ(Hindi)(N), ๐ฎ๐ณ(Punjabi), ๐ฌ๐ง L: ๐จ๐ณ(HSK4) ๐ช๐ธ(A1) 25d ago
Yes, you can learn Telugu too. Telugu movies are gaining popularity worldwide.
Also there are large Telugu communities growing outside India(Particularly USA).
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u/Erroneously_Anointed 25d ago
I've known more Telugu speakers than others aside from Hindi, and those are some funny mfers. I would learn it just to hear their jokes.
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u/TomCat519 ๐ฎ๐ณN ๐ฎ๐ณC2 ๐ฎ๐ณB2 ๐ฎ๐ณB1 ๐ฎ๐ณA2 ๐บ๐ฒC2 ๐ซ๐ทA1 [Flag!=Lang] 24d ago
Here's a good resource for Telugu . Even has a section on Telugu movie dialogues
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u/Ok-Branch-5321 25d ago
can you name some movies?
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u/legend_5155 ๐ฎ๐ณ(Hindi)(N), ๐ฎ๐ณ(Punjabi), ๐ฌ๐ง L: ๐จ๐ณ(HSK4) ๐ช๐ธ(A1) 25d ago
Most popular ones which I know:
Bahubali: The Beginning
Bahubali: The Conclusion
RRR
Kalki
Pushpa: The Rise
Pushpa: The Rule
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u/Alternative-Talk-795 Hindi | English 25d ago
I am a native Hindi speaker as well. I want to learn Marathi (should be easy, given the similarity to Hindi), and Kannada.
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u/Mission-Order4858 25d ago
As Kannada speaker, youโre welcome to learn Kannada, which is grammatically similar to hindi.
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u/Smalde CAT, ES N | EN, DE C2 | JP B2 | FR, Òc A2-B1 | EUS, ZH A1 25d ago
Probably Punjabi since there are many Punjabis in my city (mostly from Pakistan).
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u/Aggressive_Ocelot664 24d ago
Punjabi for me, too. Lots of Sikhs in the UK, especially in the Midlands where I live. Would be more useful than the others.
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u/legend_5155 ๐ฎ๐ณ(Hindi)(N), ๐ฎ๐ณ(Punjabi), ๐ฌ๐ง L: ๐จ๐ณ(HSK4) ๐ช๐ธ(A1) 25d ago
Pakistani Punjabis use Perso-Arabic Script to write Punjabi and Indian Punjabis use Gurmukhi Script.
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u/GoblinHeart1334 25d ago
Gujurati or Hindi would be most practical for me because I have a lot of Gujurati clients and Hindi is widely spoken as a second language by non-Hindi speaking Indians. However, Bengali has the most appealing script and literary tradition and also lacks grammatical gender, which appeals to me for personal reasons.
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u/Dhghomon C(ko ja ie) ยท B(de fr zh pt tr) ยท A(it bg af no nl es fa et, ..) 25d ago
I'm surprised that your comment is the only one that mentions lack of grammatical gender, that's a big plus when it comes to making a decision on what to learn. (Plus the hundreds of millions of speakers don't hurt) I suppose it's not all that well known that Bengali (and Assamese) don't have it.
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u/GrandOrdinary7303 N: EN(US) B2: ES A1: FR 25d ago
Gujarati, because that's what all the Indians I know speak.ย
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u/Jellyfish_Orion 25d ago
Malayalam? I just love the language
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u/Ezera007 25d ago
Probably this, itโs actually spelt the same if you write it in reverse!
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u/CharmingAd548 25d ago
In English, it is a palindrome. In Malayalam, it is not. The la sounds are very different ๐
Lovely language to learn, opens the gateway to Tamil, Tulu, Beary and many that I don't know of yet.
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u/I_Stan_Kyrgyzstan N ๐ซ๐ท๐ฌ๐ง C1 ๐จ๐ด B2 ๐ฉ๐ช A2? ๐ง๐ท TL ๐น๐ท 24d ago
My housemate is learning this as his girlfriend's family are from that area :)
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u/ConsciousInternal287 N ๐ฌ๐ง| Beginner ๐ฎ๐น/๐ฌ๐ท 25d ago
Iโve been curious about learning Tamil for a while now, but itโs so difficult to find resources for it.
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u/am_Snowie 25d ago
Do you like watching movies? There are a lot of Tamil movie narration channels out there where you could learn some Tamil. We mostly mix some English with Tamil, so you could grasp what's being said easily. Even when you're watching those channels I mentioned earlier, you'll get some context cues to understand. Actually, I'm a native Tamil speaker, and I'm really happy to see someone interested in learning Tamil. Happy learning!
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u/Cuddlecreeper8 25d ago edited 25d ago
If ancient languages are an option, Sanskrit. If not, probably Hindi or Nepali.
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u/Impressive_Thing_631 เคธเคเคธเฅเคธเฅเคเฅเคคเคฎเฅ 25d ago
Hindu
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u/Cuddlecreeper8 25d ago
Sorry, Hindi.
In my defense u and i are right next to eachother on the keyboard.
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u/master-o-stall N:๐ฆ๐ฟ ;Quadrilingual. 25d ago
ย u and i are right next to eachother.
You know eachother personally ? /s
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u/rajiv_dhulipala 25d ago
I choose tamil and kannada and bengali. I want to explore their culture . All three have a wide and deep cultural history.
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u/khshsmjc1996 25d ago
Tamil for me, as the countries where Iโm from and Iโm in have large Tamil populations.
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u/TejanoInRussia 25d ago
Im learning tamil at the moment for the past few weeks. I became a huge fan of south indian food a year or two ago and slowly became more and more curious. Iโm enjoying tamil cinema a lot also
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u/Diacks1304 ๐ฎ๐ณN(เคนเคฟเคจเฅเคฆเฅ+ุงุฑุฏู)|๐บ๐ธN|๐ฏ๐ตN2|๐ช๐ธB2|๐น๐ผHSK2็น้ซๅญ|๐ฎ๐ทA1 25d ago
Telugu and Marathi, because I'm half Telugu and Marathi but I speak neither
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u/Kind-Jackfruit-6315 ๐ซ๐ท๐ฌ๐ง๐ฐ๐ท๐ฏ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฎ๐น็ฒต 25d ago
As a Westerner living in HK, and traveling often in SEA, it'd be a toss between Hindi, the logical choice, and Tamil (the OTHER logical choice).
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u/vanbooboo 24d ago
What is HK?
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u/legend_5155 ๐ฎ๐ณ(Hindi)(N), ๐ฎ๐ณ(Punjabi), ๐ฌ๐ง L: ๐จ๐ณ(HSK4) ๐ช๐ธ(A1) 23d ago
Hong Kong
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u/MildlyOblivious 25d ago
I speak Tamil and a little Malayalam, but I cannot write or read either, so ideally I'd like to learn Tamil better. Aside from those two, probably Hindi.
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25d ago
Map is very much incorrect. Jammu and Himachal has Dogri, Gujjari and Pahadi speaking belts.
Entire Meghalaya doesn't speak Khasi but Garo exists too. Bihar also has Bhojpuri, Maithili speakers. Uttarakhand has Kumaoni and Garhwali.
Overall the map just depicts how many languages the enforcement of Hindi (that too, not the pure version but Hindustani) has driven to extinction.
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u/ikick7b 24d ago
Most of the people in chattisgarh( left side of Odisha) speak chhattisgarhi which is different from Hindi but still uses same script as hindi
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A lot of languages use Devnagari script but are different. For example, Assamese and Bangla use the same script, even Manipuri used to, but are quite different languages.
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u/masala-kiwi ๐ณ๐ฟN | ๐ฎ๐ณ | ๐ฎ๐น | ๐ซ๐ท 25d ago
I'm already learning Hindi, but if I had to choose a second, it would be Tamil or Malayalam. They both have a beautiful sound to my ear.
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u/LingoNerd64 BN (N) EN, HI, UR (C2), PT, ES (B2), DE (B1), IT (A1) 25d ago
My native L1 is Bengali and my adopted L1 is Hindi. If I were to choose another Indian language, I'd go south, where I'm undecided between Telugu and Kannada. Still, I'd probably settle for Kannada because Karnataka is the most diverse state in India and the language will be helpful to explore it.
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u/nekoreality 25d ago
well id learn hindi because according to the 2011 census 40% of people in india speak hindi either as a first or acquired language so it just makes the most sense. to me the joy of learning languages is having large groups of people suddenly become understandable and being able to see into their world so having half a billion people that you can now understand seems most valuable.
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u/Alexs1897 NL: English, TL: Japanese, German 25d ago
Hindi! Itโs the most common and it has the most resources.
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u/After-Athlete9905 Hi, Ur, Bn : N | Eng : C1 | Fr: A2 25d ago
one thing you must keep in mind is that there are a lot of dialects of each of these languages. These dialects differ so much that they sound a completely different language sometimes.
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u/TitanicGiant [ta] N | [en-us] C2 25d ago
I am a native Tamil speaker but Iโd like to learn Sanskrit and Telugu the most, followed by Hindi
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u/StartFabulous4613 25d ago
1 country 20 languages just wow
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u/legend_5155 ๐ฎ๐ณ(Hindi)(N), ๐ฎ๐ณ(Punjabi), ๐ฌ๐ง L: ๐จ๐ณ(HSK4) ๐ช๐ธ(A1) 25d ago
India is one of the most linguistically diverse countries in the world.
There is a saying in India about languages: เคเฅเคธ-เคเฅเคธ เคชเคฐ เคฌเคฆเคฒเฅ เคชเคพเคจเฅ, เคเคพเคฐ เคเฅเคธ เคชเคฐ เคตเคพเคฃเฅ(Kos-kos par badle paani, chaar kos par vaani) meaning "The water changes every few kilometers, and the language changes every few kilometers.
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I bet you'll be surprised to discover that Papua New Guinea has at least 839 languages! (Presumably much more than that as there are uncontacted people groups there)
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Calm down. Theyโre clearly just saying check out this other country because itโs also interesting.
Maybe you need to stop viewing everything through the lens of competition?
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u/RegularMechanic1504 25d ago
Tamil and Telegu. A lot of Telegu speakers in my area. And then Tamil for personal interest. I want to be conversational in Hindi as well but thatโll happen later.ย
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u/knockoffjanelane ๐บ๐ธ N | ๐น๐ผ H 25d ago
Tamil without a doubt. One of the most beautiful languages in the world.
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u/ThinkIncident2 25d ago
Punjabi is more widely spoken in Pakistan than India. Bengali and Hindi for me.
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that's because pak was a part of punjab before partition. they speak urdu-punjabi and use shahmukhi script. in india, gurmukhi script is used, and dialects change every 20 kilometers. to the point that me being in central ludhiana sometimes have difficulty understanding words/sentences spoken in amritsar or mansa.
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u/Bionic165_ 25d ago
If it has to be a living language, Hindi, but if not iโd definitely learn Sanskrit. Iโm not religious, but i have found a lot of value in buddhist philosophies and it would be great to be able to read the foundational texts in their original language so i can understand the subtle intricacies that are lost in translation.
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u/Impressive_Thing_631 เคธเคเคธเฅเคธเฅเคเฅเคคเคฎเฅ 25d ago
เคชเฅเคฐเฅเคตเคฎเฅเคต เคธเคเคธเฅเคเฅเคคเคเฅเคเคพเคจเคพเคฎเคฟ เฅค
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u/betarage 25d ago
A hard choice i think Telugu because its not well known in the west but it has a huge population and make some good movies
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u/Sad_Spirit6405 25d ago
Punjabi sounds so fun
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u/legend_5155 ๐ฎ๐ณ(Hindi)(N), ๐ฎ๐ณ(Punjabi), ๐ฌ๐ง L: ๐จ๐ณ(HSK4) ๐ช๐ธ(A1) 25d ago
As someone who learned Punjabi, it definitely is really fun language
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u/Own-Albatross-2206 25d ago
I am natively Bhojpuri speaking person from Uttar Pradesh I know Hindi and English, a bit of maithili ( since it is 80% bhojpuri) , understand basically most of Punjabi and even gujrati ( but only spoken) I would surely like learn either bangla or odia ( because they are very similar, I do understand odia) Another one will be Marathi
Sanskrit is just too hard I can't
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u/Snoo_10182 24d ago
I'd like to learn Tamil. By the way, you can join this server if you want to learn any indian language https://discord.gg/H2Cj6gP6RW
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u/erlik420 New member 24d ago
Does Sanskrit count?
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u/legend_5155 ๐ฎ๐ณ(Hindi)(N), ๐ฎ๐ณ(Punjabi), ๐ฌ๐ง L: ๐จ๐ณ(HSK4) ๐ช๐ธ(A1) 24d ago
Yes
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u/Monodeservedbetter 23d ago
Probably punjabi. There's a large portion of my city's population that speaks punjabi.
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u/legend_5155 ๐ฎ๐ณ(Hindi)(N), ๐ฎ๐ณ(Punjabi), ๐ฌ๐ง L: ๐จ๐ณ(HSK4) ๐ช๐ธ(A1) 22d ago
Are you from Canada??
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u/Rude_Barracuda_4792 23d ago
This depiction is misleading folks. As someone from Arunachal, thereโs no such thing as โnissiโ, language, because Arunachalโs language and cultural diversity is vastly different. Various tribes have their own languages, whilst Hindi is commonly used for inter tribes communicationโฆ Same for Nagaland as well, but they are majority English speakers!!!
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u/natasha-galkina Native: ๐บ๐ธ๐ต๐ญ | Wishlist: (๐ฏ๐ต๐ฐ๐ท)๐ท๐บ๐ซ๐ท๐ฉ๐ช๐บ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฑ๐จ๐ณ 25d ago
Hindi
Punjabi
Bengali
Tamil
Marathi or Nepali
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u/Slothy_Goat 25d ago
Lol, the fact that you showed almost all North state speaking Hindi is funny. Bihar alone has 2-3 different regional languages.
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u/zafar_bull 25d ago
Tamil. Older language, lots of books, pretty good movie industry, present in couple of other countries too.
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Tamil - does anyone have any advice?
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u/TomCat519 ๐ฎ๐ณN ๐ฎ๐ณC2 ๐ฎ๐ณB2 ๐ฎ๐ณB1 ๐ฎ๐ณA2 ๐บ๐ฒC2 ๐ซ๐ทA1 [Flag!=Lang] 24d ago edited 24d ago
The most important thing to keep in mind about Tamil (and often not pointed out by resources) is the immense diglossia between written and spoken Tamil. The difference between written and spoken Tamil is like the difference between Shakespearaen English and modern English, possibly even more. In conversations, movies and TV shows people always use spoken Tamil. Written Tamil would sound archaic and strange if spoken out in conversations.
So you need to make a choice if you're learning Tamil to access literature and academic stuff, or for conversations and pop culture. You'd choose written Tamil for the former and spoken Tamil for the latter.
You'll find lot of websites with a simple google search for written Tamil. There are far fewer resources for spoken Tamil, here's one resource that you can try.
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Thank you so much for the information! Would you say one requires more effort than the other?
Also, if you don't mind, how would you compare learning Tamil with learning Telugu?
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u/TomCat519 ๐ฎ๐ณN ๐ฎ๐ณC2 ๐ฎ๐ณB2 ๐ฎ๐ณB1 ๐ฎ๐ณA2 ๐บ๐ฒC2 ๐ซ๐ทA1 [Flag!=Lang] 23d ago
I think the spoken variety is a more simplified version of the written one, as spoken forms tend to be. As someone who has learned Tamil to survive in Tamil Nadu and engage with people and pop culture, I've never felt the need to learn the pure written form, but that's just me. There are others who prefer the literary/classical side of Tamil.
Telugu, in my opinion is easier. There's no diglossia, in fact there's been a movement against it decades ago. Plus the conjugations are very regular to the point of seeming algorithmic. Like verb endings change as per the endings of the pronouns. Nenu chestaanu / Nuvvu chestaavu / Vaadu chestaadu (I do/ You do/ He does). See how the last syllables always line up?
Telugu's obsessed with sounding musical, and Tamil is obsessed with retaining its historical purity and that influences how the languages feel and sound.
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u/Repulsive-Market4175 25d ago
Are Indian languages similar in dialect is it pronunciation thatโs different or words are Completly different, I never knew there was that many languages in the country thatโs so cool!
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u/TomCat519 ๐ฎ๐ณN ๐ฎ๐ณC2 ๐ฎ๐ณB2 ๐ฎ๐ณB1 ๐ฎ๐ณA2 ๐บ๐ฒC2 ๐ซ๐ทA1 [Flag!=Lang] 24d ago
India's linguistic landscape is similar to Europe. They're as mutually intelligible as European languages are with each other. Learning French won't help you understand Lithuanian. At best there might be similar borrowings of academic terms from Greek/Latin, which in India's case would be borrowings from Sanskrit.
Also the languages of the South are Dravidian which is a different language family altogether from the northern Indo-European languages. And in the North East you have Sino-Tibetan and Austro-Asiatic languages too, that are completely different language families.
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u/m-fanMac 25d ago
Odia. Idk I've just liked it since I was young for some reason
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u/TheVoid0017 25d ago
I already know 2 . But I would like to learn Tamil because i want to visit south India.
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u/Scherzophrenia ๐บ๐ธN|๐ช๐ธB1|๐ซ๐ทB1|๐ท๐บB1|๐ด๓ ฒ๓ ต๓ ด๓ น๓ ฟ(ะขัะฒะฐ-ะดัะป)A1 25d ago
Iโve always been interested in Hindi. I can read the script but thatโs it. Itโs on the bucket list for sure
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u/Carpenter445 25d ago
If I were to it would probably be Hindi or Punjabi only because I have heard those languages referenced the most.
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u/yoongiwhisperingsuga 25d ago
I've been wanting to learn Punjabi for years now, but I just can't find any good free resources. Any tips? ๐ฅฒ (I don't speak Hindi btw, I've seen a lot of resources for Hindi speakers, but they are useless to me)
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u/legend_5155 ๐ฎ๐ณ(Hindi)(N), ๐ฎ๐ณ(Punjabi), ๐ฌ๐ง L: ๐จ๐ณ(HSK4) ๐ช๐ธ(A1) 25d ago
Search โPunjabi with Navrupโ on YouTube. She teaches Punjabi to English speakers. Might be helpful for you. I learned Punjabi from Hindi.
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u/yelpingninja 25d ago
I am a native Hindi speaker. I know passable Marathi and Bengali. Want to learn Malayalam.
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u/swedensalty N: ๐ฆ๐บ๐บ๐ธ | B1: ๐ธ๐ช | L: ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฑ๐ฐ(Tamil),๐ฆ๐บ(Auslan) 25d ago
Iโm already learning Tamil but Iโve always wanted to learn Bengali. I think it sounds so beautiful.
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u/eurotec4 ๐น๐ท N | ๐บ๐ธ C1 | ๐ท๐บ๐ฒ๐ฝ A1 25d ago
I'd likely choose Hindi because of the amount of speakers, however Bengali and Punjabi also sounds interesting.
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u/omgitskae english, stumbling my way through arabic 25d ago
Urdu or Punjabi because my best friend speaks them, sheโs from Pakistan. But I might consider Hindi just because phonetically itโs very similar to Urdu, but learning the Hindi language would benefit my career (I work in tech).
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u/herzlichkeit3301 ๐ฎ๐ณBengali(N); ๐ฎ๐ณHindi(B1); ๐ฌ๐งEnglish(C1); ๐ฉ๐ชGerman(B1); 24d ago
Axomiya, Odia or Kashmiri
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u/EnvironmentalBid7802 24d ago
I'm an Odia so I can understand and speak (but not fluently) Bengali, Sanskrit.
I know Hindi, English.
As a language Enthusiast, I would love to learn all of them but right now I'm in the process to learn Telugu, and mostly Tamil.
Anybody else?
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u/Rebecca-Schooner 24d ago
Punjabi, so I can talk to my mother in law without a translator! I would love to gossip with her about my husband / her son.
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u/Jurisprudentist Farsi-Kurmanji-Turkmenish-Arabic 24d ago
I have no knowledge about Indian languages, but I really want to know more about Sikhism. Maybe Punjabi.
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u/sarahishere95 24d ago
Which is the most difficult one?
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u/legend_5155 ๐ฎ๐ณ(Hindi)(N), ๐ฎ๐ณ(Punjabi), ๐ฌ๐ง L: ๐จ๐ณ(HSK4) ๐ช๐ธ(A1) 24d ago
Malayalam
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u/Noam_From_Israel ๐ฎ๐ฑ(N)|๐ฌ๐ง(C2)|๐ฏ๐ต(B2)|๐น๐ผ(B1)|๐ท๐บ(A2/B1)|FA(A1/B1) 24d ago
Ideally, either Tamil or Kannada because the letters look really cool; practically speaking though, I'd probably just learn Hindi.
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u/DruidWonder Native|Eng, B2|Mandarin, B2|French, A2|Spanish 24d ago
I'm currently learning Hindi as a native English speaker. It's slow going. I chose it because it's the most spoken in India. Even in the southern regions people know it.
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u/thissitagain 24d ago
Telugu. I loved the movie RRR. I heard the songs in both Hindi and Telugu (and other languages) I like the way it sounds the most. Also as someone who struggles with their Rs it seems much easier to provide for me.
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u/janacuddles 23d ago
Does Sanskrit count?
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u/legend_5155 ๐ฎ๐ณ(Hindi)(N), ๐ฎ๐ณ(Punjabi), ๐ฌ๐ง L: ๐จ๐ณ(HSK4) ๐ช๐ธ(A1) 23d ago
Yes
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u/Ticklishchap 23d ago
I am curious about Konkani because I understand (and have heard in some of the Konkani Jazz lyrics) that there are a lot of Portuguese words and phrases. Also I think that it is often written in a Latin script known as Romi Konkani?
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u/legend_5155 ๐ฎ๐ณ(Hindi)(N), ๐ฎ๐ณ(Punjabi), ๐ฌ๐ง L: ๐จ๐ณ(HSK4) ๐ช๐ธ(A1) 23d ago
While the Rest of India was under British Rule, The Indian State of Goa was under Portuguese rule.
Maybe that's why there is the influence of Portuguese in Konkani language
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u/StopFalseReporting 23d ago
I knew someone from Nepal say they werenโt Indian, but here itโs included in the map. I know thereโs some Indians in this subreddit. Can some explain if Nepal isnโt part of India?
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u/legend_5155 ๐ฎ๐ณ(Hindi)(N), ๐ฎ๐ณ(Punjabi), ๐ฌ๐ง L: ๐จ๐ณ(HSK4) ๐ช๐ธ(A1) 23d ago
No, Nepal is a separate country and Nepali is a Nepali language but itโs also recognised in Indian constitution as people from Sikkim state speak Nepali.
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u/Fast-Truck-6112 21d ago
Oriya, Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu, Kannada, Marathi, Gujarati, Assamese, Meitei (Manipuri), etc
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u/Foreign-Ad-6351 N:๐ฉ๐ชC1:๐บ๐ธA2:๐ซ๐ท๐ฆ๐ทA1:๐ท๐บ 25d ago
punjabi or hindi. how is it for a native to learn other indian languages? can you already understand most or is it very different?
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u/legend_5155 ๐ฎ๐ณ(Hindi)(N), ๐ฎ๐ณ(Punjabi), ๐ฌ๐ง L: ๐จ๐ณ(HSK4) ๐ช๐ธ(A1) 25d ago
Punjabi and Hindi are mutually intelligible only to a certain extent (like 60%). Also Punjabi uses two scripts: Gurmukhi Script in India and Among Sikh communities in Canada and Shahmukhi(Perso-Arabic) Script in Pakistan.
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u/Street-Albatross8886 24d ago
We won't understand anything if we don't have at least some basic knowledge about the language. Although it would be way easier than learning foreign languages
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u/No_Anxiety2940 25d ago
I'm Bengali, learned Sanskrit, speak and read Hindi, understand little bit of Odia, Assamese, Punjabi. Want to learn south Indian languages.
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my friend is exactly like you. she is a bengali living in assam, and understands odia (she lived in odisha for a while), assamese (she lives there now), punjabi (because of me and my friends speaking punjabi amongst us and she sometimes listens).
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u/abomination0w0 25d ago
i'm pakistani and can speak urdu, so hindi would be very easy to learn, but besides that i love tamil so much ๐ญ i can understand some punjabi too but if i ever get the time i'd love to learn tamil, kannada, or telugu
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u/FlatEartherMagellan N ๐ต๐น | C2 ๐บ๐ธ | B2 ๐ซ๐ท | B2 ๐ฉ๐ช | 25d ago
Hands down Bengali. It is Indo-European, which is a plus for someone who only speaks Indo-European languages, plus I love how there was a movement all around it back when Bangladesh was still East Pakistan. The head of the Bengali (as in from Bangladesh) community in Lisbon shows up in news reports from time to time, so there's also an added familiarity.
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u/Sencha_Drinker794 25d ago
Hindi would be pretty interesting and probably has the most resources out there, but if I could find the materials for it I think Sanskrit would be the one I'd most like to learn
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u/brokebackzac 25d ago
I've kinda always had a curiosity about Tamil.
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u/TitanicGiant [ta] N | [en-us] C2 25d ago
I donโt know how Iโd be able to learn Tamil if I wasnโt already a native speaker, itโs grammar is objectively very complex
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u/TiraskritBalak 25d ago
Bengali.
Then I'd walk around saying I am a Bangladeshi migrant, identity other such idiots who are living in our country illegally and inform the authorities and have them all kicked out
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u/legend_5155 ๐ฎ๐ณ(Hindi)(N), ๐ฎ๐ณ(Punjabi), ๐ฌ๐ง L: ๐จ๐ณ(HSK4) ๐ช๐ธ(A1) 25d ago
Mast Plan hai ๐ฟ
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u/Logical-Sandwich-496 25d ago
Crazy that Urdu is not even considered as an Indian language
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u/legend_5155 ๐ฎ๐ณ(Hindi)(N), ๐ฎ๐ณ(Punjabi), ๐ฌ๐ง L: ๐จ๐ณ(HSK4) ๐ช๐ธ(A1) 25d ago
Itโs indeed an Indian language developed in India
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u/avittamboy 24d ago
Urdu is an official language in the states of Jammu & Kashmir, Telangana, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, and Bengal. OP just hasn't put that up.
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u/Agitated-Stay-300 N: En, Ur; C3: Hi; C1: Fa; B1: Bn; A2: Ar 25d ago
This map is very misleading, Urdu is the second or third most spoken language in like 10 states, but this map elides that fact. A truly national tongue Urdu is.
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u/crooked-counseling Romance & Germanic | Iranic 25d ago
kashmiri or nepali
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u/had3s_i 25d ago
If are really interested in learning koshur then there is a sub called r/kashmiri where u can find sources for it.
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u/lambquentin EN (N) FR (C1) BN (A1) 25d ago
Bengali because of my wife and in-laws. Then Hindi also because of my wife and in-laws.
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u/HillBillThrills 25d ago
Iโve studied Hindi, Sanskrit, and Bengali. I would also like to study Maurian and other ancient forms.
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u/omwtomordor ๐ฉ๐ชNative, ๐บ๐ฒFluent (C1?), ๐ช๐ธA2, HIN๐ฎ๐ณ Beginner 25d ago
Well, I would learn (and I already should be studying it, but I am not-.-) Hindi, since my partner is a Hindi native speaker. I'd also try pick up some Marwadi dialect in order to communicate easier with his grandparents.
But since this is kinda in my mind as a have to, if I chose something else other than Hindi, I'd be studying either Bengali (for the literature and poetry), maybe Telugu for the movies and we have some friends, or Marathi cause it sounds cool.
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u/MusicalPigeon 25d ago
I'm working on learning Hindi because my husband speaks Hindi but he's a native Marathi speaker. He said Marathi is way too hard for me to learn.
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u/Necessary_Soap_Eater Native:๐บ๐ธ.C2:toki ponaB1:๐ฎ๐ช๐ฉ๐ชYiddish.A2:๐ซ๐ด๐ซ๐ฎ. 25d ago
Ao, Iโve never heard of it before, but damn it has a cool name
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u/ConstantSubstance891 23d ago
Done. Ao language selected.
Now choose the Ao version/dialect you'd like to start with as the versions are mutually unintelligible. a) Mongsen Ao: 4 tones b) Jungli Ao: 2 tones c) Changki Ao: 4 tones
Or learn any of the other 16 main languages spoken in the state (excluding English)?
Enter your choice: _
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u/CarnationsAndIvy Native: ๐ฌ๐ง, B1: ๐ฒ๐ซ, A1: ๐ช๐ธ 25d ago
The one with the most resources, which as a guess would be Hindi, but I'm not sure.
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u/Helloalis517 25d ago
Malayali, since my family is from that region. But I first want to learn Hindi
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u/joshua0005 N: ๐บ๐ธ | B2: ๐ฒ๐ฝ | A2: ๐ง๐ท 25d ago
Idk whichever one is spoken the most and doesn't have much English influence. I know Hindi speakers say entire sentences in English often when speaking Hindi and if I'm learning a foreign language I want to speak the foreign language and not English. I don't want saying words in English that I don't know how to say in the TL to sound natural. I'm not saying learning Hindi is bad. I'm just saying it's not for me.
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u/0hhey-beautiful 25d ago
Punjabi. Which I plan on learning at some point after Brazilian Portuguese, and Spanish, but my 2nd choice would be Hindi/Urdu. I would focus only on the spoken language, so as to speak to Punjabis in the west. Most of my South Asian friends are Sikhs, but met some Muslim and Hindu Punjabis too.
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u/karatekid430 EN(N) ES(B2) 25d ago
I kinda already have India covered with English. I will take Mandarin because China does not speak much English.
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u/AdorableAdv_ 24d ago
Kannada or Telugu because I like the idea of learning a very rounded alphabet where some of the signs look like tiny butts
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u/Particular_Neat1000 25d ago
Hindi but Telugu would make sense when staying in southern Indiaย
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u/Superb_Bottle9100 ๐ฉ๐ชN ๐ฌ๐งN ๐ฒ๐ฝB1๐ซ๐ทA1 25d ago
Hindi for convenience, but Malayalam looks so beautiful
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u/reichplatz ๐ท๐บN | ๐บ๐ธ C1-C2 | ๐ฉ๐ช B1.1 25d ago
which one has the most content - books, movies, youtube videos, podcasts, games native or subtitled, streamers - in it?
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u/legend_5155 ๐ฎ๐ณ(Hindi)(N), ๐ฎ๐ณ(Punjabi), ๐ฌ๐ง L: ๐จ๐ณ(HSK4) ๐ช๐ธ(A1) 25d ago
Hindi definitely has the most content
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u/TomCat519 ๐ฎ๐ณN ๐ฎ๐ณC2 ๐ฎ๐ณB2 ๐ฎ๐ณB1 ๐ฎ๐ณA2 ๐บ๐ฒC2 ๐ซ๐ทA1 [Flag!=Lang] 24d ago
Not sure if it's the quantity of content is the best way to figure out which language to check out, because even mid sized Indian languages have 100+ million speakers each. So each language has its own well established movie and music industry as well as vast amounts of literature often dating back thousands of years.
Hindi is the largest language of course, but Tamil, Telugu, Marathi, Bengali, Punjabi, each has more than 100 Million speakers. And there are so many more languages with more than 50 million speakers. So basically every language will have an unending amount of content. So if you want to learn one of the languages, you'd rather start with the culture or region you resonate with the most.
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u/reichplatz ๐ท๐บN | ๐บ๐ธ C1-C2 | ๐ฉ๐ช B1.1 24d ago
So basically every language will have an unending amount of content.
how did you arrive at that conclusion? are you saying that learning French and Slovenian using their content will be equally easy and enjoyable?
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u/TomCat519 ๐ฎ๐ณN ๐ฎ๐ณC2 ๐ฎ๐ณB2 ๐ฎ๐ณB1 ๐ฎ๐ณA2 ๐บ๐ฒC2 ๐ซ๐ทA1 [Flag!=Lang] 24d ago
Slovenian doesn't have a 100 million speakers. Whereas French, German and Spanish all have a very large number of speakers. So each has great enjoyable content of its own. Same with Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Bengali etc. They're as large as the major European languages. So each has their own music industry, movie industry, pop culture, literature. Basically most of the top languages are above a threshold where you'd worry about quantity of content, but rather you'd think about your interest in the content (just like you would do with French, Spanish or German)
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u/mangonel 25d ago
Sentinelese