Hindi is the national language of the country. But that is not to say that there is a lack of other languages here. A different language is spoken in every state, in every region and more or less in every village. There are 18 official languages and over 1600(!) minor languages and dialects spoken in the country.Hindi is spoken more than any other language in India followed by English, Hindustani and Urdu.
Gurmukhi or Punjabi, Haryanvi and Sindhi are the languages commonly used in the
northern areas of Punjab, Delhi and Haryana.
Kashmiri, a dialect of Urdu, is spoken, predictably, in Kashmir and also in parts of Punjab.
In Uttar Pradesh, people converse in a language very similar to Hindi, referred to as UP Hindi.
Although all the Dravidian languages are spoken in most of the Southern states, Tamil, the state language of Tamil Nadu, reigns supreme.
Besides Tamil you will find Kannada, Malayalam and Telugu in Karnataka, Kerala and Andhra Pradesh respectively.
As you go west, you will hear more of Marathi the state language of Maharashtra.Marathi is a very old language dating back to the 13th century.
Konkani is a Dravidian language used by people in the Goa region.
Gujarati is spoken in Gujarat and in Rajasthan.
Spoken by nearly 200 million people, Bengali is the state language of West Bengal.It is also spoken in Orrisa, Assam and Bihar.
Orrisa's official language is Oriya.
Most of the north-eastern region speaks Assamese.
Bihari is the local language of Bihar but is also heard in West Bengal and Uttar Pradesh.
