A very bright noon to all! I just thought that its necessary for all of us to know about the Indian languages right from the time they had evolved. Here goes my analysis: LANGUAGES IN INDIA- A SCEMATIC ANALYSIS TWO MAJOR LINGUISTIC FAMILIES: INDO EUROPEAN AND DRAVIDIAN CONTACT LANGUAGES : PERSIAN AND ENGLISH MODERN NORTH INDIAN LANGUAGES: HINDI MARATHI PUNJABI BENGALI DRAVIDIAN LANGUAGES: TELLUGU TAMIL KANNADA MALAYALAM LANGUAGE FAMILIES: INDO-EUROPEAN FAMILY INDO-ARYAN BRANCH PERSIAN POTUGESE / FRENCH ENGLISH DRAVIDIAN FAMILY MINOR FAMILIES MUNDA TIBETO-BURMAN NIHALI LANGUAGE CLASSICAL LANGUAGES: PANINIAN SANSKRIT DRAVIDIAN FAMILY TAMIL POETRY OF SANGAM ANTHOLOGIES MAHARASHTRI POEMS OF THE SATTISAI OFFICIAL LANGUAGES: HINDI IN DEVANAGARI SCRIPT ENGLISH SANTHALI ASSAMESE SINDHI BENGALI TAMIL BODO TELUGU DOGRI URUDU GUJARATHI KANNADA KASHMIRI KONKANI MAITHILI MEITEI MARATHI NEPALI ORIYA PUNJABI SANSKRIT Hope its of use. Regards