The *Many* Languages of INDIA!
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@iditrirajan 2 роки тому
Finally a foreigner who knows that people from India don't speak Indian 😆😆😆
@THE_BROWN_SIBLINGS 2 роки тому
Yes I saw a interview where a girl said Indian
@uk3693 2 роки тому
Very common mistake made by outsides, not just with India but also with so many other places and languages spoken there. One other example is Chinese, which is not a single language.
@ytuser78 2 роки тому
So is there a language which is called bihari
@iditrirajan 2 роки тому
@@ytuser78 no. Its a hindi dialect.
@iditrirajan 2 роки тому
@@uk3693 I didn't knew about china one. I think they have Mandarin and Cantonese. But you can call mandarin one Chinese
@arupz5918 2 роки тому
I'm a South indian.. my native language is Malayalam.. I speak Malayalam , Tamil , Kannada ,Telugu, Hindi and English .. Im comfortable in all the Dravidian languages plus English and hindi
@axdhiii 2 роки тому
Oho angane analleh
@prithiv16 2 роки тому
Wow
@saumya_42 2 роки тому
Teach me few!
@arupz5918 2 роки тому
@@saumya_42 sure☺️
@babayaga8865 2 роки тому
Telugu elupamano bro
@nashtlulo8120 Рік тому
I'm from Mizoram.My native languages is Mara ,our tribe has 5 different languages, but I spoke only three Tlosaih,Chapi and Hawthai.If I talked to other mizo tribe I used Mizo(Duhlian).When I went outside my state I used English,Hindi,Assamese and a little bit of Bengali.
@AudioMixedVideoAMV Рік тому
damn so manh languages. Also Today I learned mizo is also called duhlian
@bagdendi_gulery 9 місяців тому
Glad
@Amit-gj1cu 9 місяців тому
You are an absolute genius.
@fishyfish6510 9 місяців тому
Finally a Mizo who can speak Hindi😂
@subhajitdutta286 8 місяців тому
Amazing 👏
@balasoshingade8301 Рік тому
I'm maharashtrian and now I'm feeling like marathi is the languages that connect north and south India...
@ScarletGhost53 11 місяців тому
Well, Odiya does too.
@OEEMANshorts 9 місяців тому
Odia also Bravo
@batman2330 4 роки тому
meanwhile some Americans i want to learn indian
@doaa7941 4 роки тому
That's going to be a lot of work
@harikishoreanimireddy8153 4 роки тому
Haha😂😂😂😂
@akoden2667 4 роки тому
It’s actually really easy to figure out various scripts because some of them letters looks almost the same way as in the Devanagari script. I figured out Arabic since many letters look like a cursive version of Hebrew (I was raised w English and Hebrew).Out of Indian languages I am really interested in Hindi Bengali and Gujarati, and I would like to choose on one South Indian/Dravidian language to learn, but it’s really hard to choose because they’re all so beautiful, both the words and the scripts!
@sponge1234ify 4 роки тому
[Native American has entered the chat]
@RKP14 4 роки тому
😂😂
@ayanokoji5594 3 роки тому
Fun fact :- those 22 recognised official languages have different accents too LoL
@Tenzinforeal 3 роки тому
Thats true
@YN-wo8rd 3 роки тому
Dialects* it’s basically the same thing, but dialect is a better word choice than accent
@YN-wo8rd 3 роки тому
@@baruahrehan19 ok then that’s another language not just an accent. This person is talking about accents, but dialect is a better word
@gurvinderpaul6142 3 роки тому
Xd
@baruahrehan19 3 роки тому
@Ruthvik tur dangor murtu, ki aal-baal boki ase re...
@Mantoshsarkar-ks9gn 9 місяців тому
I am Bengali, but My Family and I are/ am fluent in English, Hindi, Gujarati and Telugu , thanks to the fact that we lived in those States in India..
@understanding.everything 9 місяців тому
Neku Telugu Ella vachu
@user-tx6sm5uo7f 9 місяців тому
మీకు తెలుగు తెలుసునా
@Mantoshsarkar-ks9gn 7 місяців тому
@@understanding.everything Naaku kodiga vachu
@imranshaikh3350 2 роки тому
I’m a South Indian Muslim living in Mumbai. I fluently speak Hindi, Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu, Kannada, Marathi, Gujarati, Punjabi, Urdu, Arabic and Spanish. I mostly used them in the different circle of friends and family, but mostly during my travels.
@vortex4705 2 роки тому
Arey bhai😳
@terminator-from-another-planet Рік тому
x to doubt
@atheist_ghost Рік тому
Adbhut adbhut adbhut
@carlosmauriciohuancavidal6954 Рік тому
👏
@user-ds2ve3kc8k Рік тому
الهندية لا تخلو من الكلمات العربي
@dumbproductions2958 5 років тому
Dr. Who: I speak every language India: no, you don't
@quinoline3865 5 років тому
He has a TARDIS converter.
@-SUM1- 5 років тому
Papua New Guinea: No you don't
@srinidhi7140 5 років тому
ಓಓಓಓಓಓಓಓ......................
@harishkiran3663 5 років тому
@@srinidhi7140 ബ ബ ബ ബ...
@Yamamanama 5 років тому
C-3PO: I speak 6 million languages.
@bilalsadain 5 років тому
The most important thing to know: "Indian" is not a language. It's so annoying when people ask me "you speak Indian?"
@MsSonali1980 5 років тому
"Do you speak hiNdU?" :-D I love it... always answer with "India is a subcontinent and has many languages"...
@bilalsadain 5 років тому
@@MsSonali1980 that's another thing that gets under my skin
@darkgreninja8349 5 років тому
@@MsSonali1980 yEaH i SpEaK mUsLiM tOo
@MsSonali1980 5 років тому
@@darkgreninja8349 ahhahaha, don't you speak aFriKaN (not Afrikaans)?
@lctransit7233 5 років тому
@@MsSonali1980 Reminds me of a Russell Peters' joke: "how do you say hello Indian?"
@19sunheart96 Рік тому
I am from Germany (speak German, English and French) and I'm learning Marathi (and Farsi, so I have also noticed the many loan words from Farsi). Marathi is such a beautiful language! At one point I want to learn a Dravidian language too, probably Tamil. But for now I'm concentrating on Marathi.
@hinduhistory7466 Рік тому
dhanywaad bhau
@prathameshshelar Рік тому
Yo! I am a native Marathi speaker and I'm learning German (I speak English and Hindi as well). We can be language exchange partners.
@lovewithinyou993 10 місяців тому
Nice brother... give respect, take respect... 🙏🏻
@artculture1711 10 місяців тому
I'm a Marathi & have learned German language for 2 years.
@scidro1115 10 місяців тому
namaskar bhau tumhala
@vivekm7760 2 роки тому
So many tongues and yet we the people of India are Indians first and then the people of our states🇮🇳🇮🇳 "मेरा भारत महान"
@enigmaticharmer 5 років тому
All Indians are either bilingual or trilingual.
@MonirulIslam-fc5lv 5 років тому
Or 4 or 4.5 or 7 too..i have many friends who speak 5+ languages..we tend to mix the words or talk in 3/4 of them at the same time..all understand all languages usually used here thats why..
@vanhelsing2079 5 років тому
Mate, there is still crores of Indians who are monolingual. In rural parts of India. And remember rural India has more than 50% of the population. Not all are monolingual, but a big number definitely is.n
@enigmaticharmer 5 років тому
@@vanhelsing2079 even the rural parts speak or at least understand two languages.
@MonirulIslam-fc5lv 5 років тому
Its true to some extent..but actually im from a rural part of india and not from a rich family..even people below poverty line understand and speak the lingua franca here..but many children and women dont in case of extremely rural areas.
@debodatta7398 5 років тому
This is actually false the vast majority of Indians (85%+) are monolingual they just happen to also be poor village dwellers and are often unseen by metropolitan Indians...
@magn8 4 роки тому
Foreigners: You are from India, Do you speak Indian? Me : 😶
@susantadeb7666 4 роки тому
You have not mentioned Kashmiri & Sindhi.
@mirrorflame1988 4 роки тому
@@susantadeb7666 It's there in the list of languages. Also considering all the trolls lurking in youtube who want to start a flame war, even mentioning certain keywords like Kashmir, Israel-Palestine, etc will cause them to come and mess up the entire comments thread.
@user-xw6is8yf3c 4 роки тому
Indian football fan right
@suhridguha2560 4 роки тому
Answer should be yes xD
@suhridguha2560 4 роки тому
@@greaterbharat4175 most Chinese people speak Mandarin and people speak nihongo in Japan. If you have an interest it's not really that difficult to learn seriously
@Life_Quotes... 2 роки тому
I love all Indian languages and my mother tongue is தமிழ் (Tamil). Tamil one of the longest surviving classical language in World . Tamil has the unique distinction of remaining a spoken language for more than 4000 years. Among the oldest languages of the world - Hebrew, Greet, Sanskrit, Chinese and Tamil, only Tamil and Chinese are the two living languages. Tamil is spoken by around 60 million people in India and by about 40 Tamil million people living in Sri Lanks, Burma, Singapore, Malaysia, Mauritius, United Kingdom, US and many European countries. Tamil has voluminous literature that are thousands of years old and that have been preserved and printed even now. The oldest literature of Tamil ‘Tholkappiyam’ that is ancient to Vedas . Everybody should try reading திருக்குறள் ( Tirukkural).Considered one of the greatest works ever written on ethics and morality, it is known for its universality and secular nature. Love from Tamil Nadu to all our Indian languages 🇮🇳.வாழ்க தமிழ் வளர்க இந்திய 💥.
@facts-pt1zr 8 місяців тому
Yes I accept it ... But you just mention that Sanskrit is dead language...but not *Sanskrit is didnot dead* *it is split into all north east and west Indian languages +gelic+Hebrew+Arabic+Greek and Persian language* *This is why Sanskrit is called mother of all languages accept dravidain* *Also hindi is spoken in honduros,inda,Fiji,USA,Qatar and Japan*this is why hidni is world's 4rth most spoken language*
@imrannajir5184 8 місяців тому
quite a nice thought to write
@o0...957 6 місяців тому
@@facts-pt1zrDead language is a term for languages that likely have second or third language speakers but no first language speakers. Then there's extinct languages which have ceased to exist
@o0...957 6 місяців тому
@@facts-pt1zrAlso I would like to correct a little of what you said "Sanskrit is the mother of all languages except Dravidian". It would be more correct if you say "Sanskrit is the mother of all languages except Dravidian, Sino-Tibetan, Austro-Asiatic, Tai-Kadai and Language isolates"
@facts-pt1zr 6 місяців тому
@@o0...957 excuse me child ...I think you are really forgotten something ..*pls don't say I own information rubbish all knows it* *you can search in google also if you not belive me* *Sanskrit is mother of all languages except Tamil family even I live in Greece and I know Greek where as Greekis the mother of all western languages and Greece come from Sanskrit because of similarity and accent*
@royakshapoudel2047 Рік тому
I’m Nepali & Indian. My mom speaks Nepali, Hindi, Limbu (a little), Punjabi, & English My dad speaks Nepali, Hindi, Punjabi, Bhojpuri, Urdu, English, & other. My grandma speaks more languages though; so far I know that she speaks Nepali, Hindi, Bengali, & Assamese
@kavyakrishnakumar1599 2 роки тому
In Kerala all 14 districts have their own dielects. And sometimes even we can't understand eachother 😂.
@prank9210 2 роки тому
Same with Telugu too. A person from Telangana cannot understand the Telugu which is spoken in Coastal Andhra Pradesh and Northern Tamilnadu and vice-versa.
@tomarry4477 2 роки тому
Same with Rajasthani languages. I'm a Mewari and when I go to the Marwari or say, Malwi, wagadi, or any of the several other districts, I get a hard time trying to understand what they're saying.
@debjithazra799 2 роки тому
Same with bengali language 😂😂
@adheenaps8411 2 роки тому
Eth jillelthe aa thanik manasilaavathe? Kasargod nik manasilaavoola😌😂
@kavyakrishnakumar1599 2 роки тому
@@adheenaps8411 Enkum kasargod,Malappuram 😂. Avrde onnum local basha namk manasilavillya
@HariAyiravalli 5 років тому
I am from India in Kerala.. my native language is Malayalam 🙆🙆🙆🙆🙆
@srinidhi7140 5 років тому
🙏 ನಮಸ್ಕಾರಗಳು 🙏 നമസ്കാരം 🙏
@vipinvnath4011 5 років тому
Machane
@HariAyiravalli 5 років тому
@@srinidhi7140 നമസ്തേ
@HariAyiravalli 5 років тому
@@vipinvnath4011 😂😁 ഹായ്
@anandbnair245 4 роки тому
Hallooo
@-RunninNGunnin- 2 роки тому
Lol, I'm from Finland and consider myself quite educated with good general knowledge and I always thought most Indians can speak English and Hindi. I mean, I thought Hindi is the language the whole India uses for communication but oh boy I was so wrong 😂I found out that in India people may speak different language in the next city or province and peple can't many times really understand each other 😁 and somewhere in Southern India people don't even know Hindi but their own languages. The population of Finland is about 5,5 million people (smaller than in Indias biggest cities) and here we all speak the same language so the idea of a country where people speak tens of languages and can't understand each other is so weird for me.
@vasanthakumar526 Рік тому
Greetings from India, we mostly communicate with other language speakers by English but only for educated members only so that we face some issues over languages. At the same time we have to take care of our own mother language. So it's not a surprise at all.
@tamaarduany9606 Рік тому
@@vasanthakumar526 educated members. I thought most 95% of Indians speak English. Or at least some English even by not educated.
@oknopepali6121 Рік тому
@@tamaarduany9606 our literacy rate is near 75 % man how can 95% can speak eng
@nnes759 Рік тому
RunninNGunnin I just learned from this vlogger Paul that Tamil may (or may not) have similarity to Huagarian& Finnish OR he says it might be to Korean &Japanese, so I'm going to dig a bit more, so should you( as you're already somewhat in tune w Indian languages) so we can compare notes( in 1-2-3 weeks or so bit by bit as my plate is over loaded to spare time for heavy research, yet I'll work on it but slowly) let us know, whenever, here. By the way I thought Finland has one of the better tight Gun controls( unlike Norway, etc) so how do you do the Cow Boys running & gunning stuffs there, lol.
@mskoki5712 7 місяців тому
India is basically a UNION OF STATES, so just imagine like European union where every country speak different languages
@shantanuprakash3 Рік тому
I'm from Bihar, Mother tongue is Magadhi (what parents and grandparents used to use). My family speaks Hindi (and can communicate with majority of North Indians in Hindi), English (language of communication in profession, and with many South Indian friends) and a bit of Sanskrit (taught in school for few years).
@re_di_roma_is_back2388 Рік тому
Quindi voi indiani comunicate in inglese fra popoli del nord e popoli del sud, non in Hindi?
@shantanuprakash3 Рік тому
@@re_di_roma_is_back2388 Yes, specially true in urban areas. Rural areas speak native languages and difficult to communicate using north and south languages.
@Icebear602 Рік тому
Same here.My mother tongue is magadhi and as you said,what parents and grandparents use.While me and my parents communicate in hindi because I am not fluent in magahi.And that's the case with my siblings also.And that's the same for many people in our generation like as a child,I used to think, it's a 'dehati' language and we were encouraged to speak in hindi! And now when I ever try to speak magadhi,everybody starts laughing.It sounds weird😂(it's sad)
@jaytemkar8077 10 місяців тому
@@Icebear602You guys are killing your mother tongue. You should speak in your mother tongue because if it dies whole culture dies...
@MaheshJagannathHebbalalu 8 місяців тому
Be proud of your Mother Tongue. Being I South Indian I was not aware of the different dialects of Hindi. One of my North Indian friend had called his parents up and was speaking in a different tongue. When I asked him which language it was he told it was Magadhi. That is when I got exposed to the surviving dialects of Hindi. I wish these dialects don’t die due to the popularity of Hindi. 😢
@voscra 5 років тому
This is an incredible summary of Indian languages. As someone with a background in linguistics who specifically study South Asian languages, I can really vouch for the accuracy of this video, and I love the fact that you never make generalizations and recognize the incredibly diversity of India. This is a level of summarization of research that is very unexpected for a UKposts video.
@Langfocus 5 років тому
Thank you!
@DheerajKattula 5 років тому
Absolutely
@mexicounexplained 5 років тому
Paul has outdone himself with this one.
@NealKlein 5 років тому
I find Paul's love of linguistics contagious. He respects every language he's covered. His exploration of each LangFocus topic humbles me with their thoroughness and quality.
@PiperStart 5 років тому
Lang focus is an expert channel - I often refer students to the channel when they ask questions in class about languages. He espouses clearly many of the important aspects of language and linguistics that are in the specialist books, and are a part of our daily experiences as language learners.
@felipemoreira8308 3 роки тому
Meanwhile in America. My native language is English and my mother tongue is English. I also can understand to a certain extent English, English, English and English.
@darkmemes7531 2 роки тому
@ШEАSЕL yes
@vishnuputhanalakkal4309 2 роки тому
@@user-xk2ot7eg7f I think we need to say colonialisation rather than English
@Doing_Time 2 роки тому
@Weasel 鼬は悪くない Zealandian? You mean kiwi? No way...the written language is very similar, but spoken kiwi is one of the most difficult languages in the world. I'm American and I speak Western US, Mexican, Cuban, Argentinian, Western Canadian, German, and a little bit of Russian, Swahili, Tagalog, Italian, Portuguese, and Romanian. I spent a couple years studying suburban Tennessean but I don't understand any other southeastern languages well except Floridian. I understand a few dialects from the central and northeastern US. I can understand people from london if they speak slowly and translate toilet room jargon to common names. Australian, if spoken slowly is slightly intelligible. South African and Filipino English are also intelligible when spoken very slowly. Indian English is third only to Kiwi and North Carolinian in its ability to be called an English dialect yet be completely unintelligible.
@Doing_Time 2 роки тому
@Weasel 鼬は悪くない I guess it depends on whether you consider language something that is spoken or something that is written. (my kids are fluent in ASL, so that's another wrinkle to language) I believe Australians say something more like rstraliur.
@Doing_Time 2 роки тому
@Weasel 鼬は悪くない Well, when my comprehension drops below 75% I don't consider myself to know the language. I once lived in an area where you cross into the Appalachians and bah golly gee wiz ahh ehp lick a fruhg ahh crib manna ahh 'nt gut muh cu woot day biz sen hun...and then you get by the ocean in north carolina and it gets much much worse...
@meghdiip8503 2 роки тому
I am a Bengali. Can speak bengali and English, and can manage to communicate in Hindi (sometimes creating amusement for actual hindi-speakers). I am highly interested to learn a Dravidian language like Tamil and an Austro-Asiatic language like Santali.
@armstrong2450 Рік тому
Bengali here. Telugu is my favorite so I am learning it.
@shivanisingh1720 2 роки тому
I am Indian my language is Hindi but I love all the language spoken all over India 😍😍 how beautiful my country is 🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳 Love your video bro keep growing
@joemark5284 3 роки тому
Mother Tongue: Malayalam Languages spoken: Gujarati, Hindi, Marathi, Tamil, English
@vasantkawarkhepatil4565 3 роки тому
Marathi Kass Kay yete aplyala?
@amiugly2255 3 роки тому
Uyyyo
@yash_nair 3 роки тому
Joe mark la marathi yene shakya aahe???
@kesumonu 3 роки тому
वाह 🙏😊👍 आप जैसे लोगों से ही हमारे देश मे समरसता आती है You are a gem... Although it may not be possible for me to learn Dravidian languages at this stage... I'm planning to learning Marathi( मराठी)😊✌
@joemark5284 3 роки тому
Aree mi maharasthat majha college abhyas kele. Tithe mi marathi sikhlo🙏
@bhanuuuuuu 3 роки тому
Why would people dislike such a nicely researched work put up with such a precision. This video tells much more about the linguistic evolution of Indian Languages than any average Indian knows.
@Langfocus 3 роки тому
Thanks, Bhanu!
@minefreak1966 3 роки тому
People don't like hearing things that differ from the baseless beliefs they've held since childhood. It's honestly not entirely their fault; if you're surrounded by people, growing up, who tell you that Sanskrit or Tamil is the oldest or somehow "best" language, you're going to naturally dislike any source that tells you differently.
@gobimurugesan2411 3 роки тому
Because they don't want to believe Dravidian languages are originated from proto Dravidian. They want everything from Sanskrit.
@eugenionegro5929 3 роки тому
@@minefreak1966 yeah it's disappointing. it's uncontroversial that indo-european's oldest living family is probably the iranian, whose mom went east to very much dravidian India, and made all this stuff with contact with dravidian. "sanskrit" is awesome because it got written down, but it's not special. PAUL has an excellent video on celtic and afro-asiatic's old romance, which totally carries to the kind of mixing that you see with indo-aryan and dravidian
@niccolopaganini1782 3 роки тому
@@Langfocus I totally agree with Bhanu, People nowadays don't understand how much time is consumed in research, Probably a month or more, You cant search this on Google and get all of this, And people don't understand it, I appreciate your hard work and efforts Paul!
@sone6 Рік тому
I'm from westbengal my native language is Bengali! I can also easily sound Assames, Hindi, Marwari(rajasthani), Spanish, English obviously 😇
@jumanpatowary4486 2 роки тому
I'm from the State of Assam and i speak assamese. I have to admit you have more knowledge about Indian languages than most of us indians. Liked your research and thorough analysis and precise explanation.
@taruntripathi 4 роки тому
India is so complicated even Indians don’t really understand it.
@miliaurora1038 4 роки тому
We are like Europe....but instead of being a continent, all these states united and formed one single country India.
@siddharthjha3424 4 роки тому
@@miliaurora1038 I fully agree with you 👍
@MegaAdity1 4 роки тому
What kind of a stupid statement was this ? xD
@taruntripathi 4 роки тому
Aditya Bharadwaj Intelligent enough for a moron like yourself not to understand. Get some education.🙏🏻
@atinhazra2552 4 роки тому
@@MegaAdity1 only a moron, imbecile and jackass like you can put a comment like this one. get some education. padhai likhai karo jao
@KateKongummibears 3 роки тому
I'm from India. I can fluently speak: Malayalam(native language), English, Hindi and French Other languages I know to a lesser degree: German, Korean
@spinebreakeryt875 3 роки тому
Hehe malayali poliyalle
@jinhitentertainment9989 3 роки тому
Korean ariyo
@appuappuzz6090 3 роки тому
Haai malayali 🤭😍😍👏
@appuappuzz6090 3 роки тому
Lokath yevida poyalum oru malayali englum kanum.athoru prekruthy niyamam aanu..😍❤❤❤💪athanu nammuda power.
@spinebreakeryt875 3 роки тому
@@appuappuzz6090 sathyam
@herambpatkar Рік тому
This is one of the most well researched summarized video on Indian languages I have ever seen. The kind of patience and research done by you is truly commendable!!! Kudos for taking up one of the most complex and diverse contry in terms of Languages and Culture!
@vishalnannaware6643 2 роки тому
I am from maharastra and my language is Marathi ..and I feel proud... diversity of Indian languages 😍😍
@silverwolfmillennium8428 Рік тому
Apan doghahi veer marathe ahot!
@mravalik 5 років тому
Let me start out by saying, I love all the languages because of how rich they are, but with myself, I am currently learning Hindi, Punjabi, and Tamil - which without a doubt Tamil is I believe by far the most complicated 😂 Love to India from America 🙏🏻💙
@vk-mp9hx 5 років тому
Don't worry, you are learning the oldest language in the world
@miya8788 5 років тому
I am a native speaker of tamil and lol i find it complicated myself.
@harishkiran3663 5 років тому
Hope you end up with Sanskrit!
@shadowronin2943 5 років тому
Because Tamil is completely a different script from sanskrit and hasn't had much sanskrit influence like other languages
@udhayabala8621 5 років тому
Tamil is complicated because it is one of the oldest languages and casual speaking pronunciation has become very different from 'perfect tamil'. So if you want to learn tamil either start from the perfect way (letters, words, phrases) or the casual way( talk talk talk)
@shyamalparashar8802 5 років тому
I am Indian and I speak 1.English 2.Hindi 3.Sanskirt 4.Assamese(Mother Tongue) 5.Bengali 6.Telegu(2 yrs in Vizag) 7.Tamil(4 yrs in Tamil Nadu)
@gbarman23 5 років тому
You was in Tamil or vaijag whatever but it's not mean you Know that language clearly.
@shravastisarmah5363 5 років тому
@@gbarman23 maybe he tried to learn the language and was successful
@gbarman23 5 років тому
@@shravastisarmah5363 then fine but you know how difficult to learn south Indian language? I'm in Tamil Nadu from 2014 but till now I can't understand that language properly, As a North India I can understand most of the north Indian languages, it's easy for us, no dubt
@shravastisarmah5363 5 років тому
@@gbarman23 different people have different grasping power, I have been surrounded by Bengali people my whole life still can't speak it, though i understand all. I have been to South Indian states and met people from my state (i am from north-east) learn languages in 1 or 2 years.
@gbarman23 5 років тому
@@shravastisarmah5363 yeah, you are right but and I'm trying to tell you it's depends on there interest. And one more thing I'm also Bengali, if you want to learn I will teach you.
@saitalks0202 2 роки тому
Sri krishna Deva Raya was a king of Hampi kingdom(Karnataka). Even Rayalaseema region in AP comes under this kingdom. Sri Krishna Deva Raya a Kannada King and he was told that -- "Desabhaashalandu Telugu Lessa" it means "among all Indian languages Telugu is Great". And Another Tamil poet who "Tamils treat as National Poet" called "Bharatiyar" told that " Sundaranga Telungu " it means " Telugu is a Beautiful language ". All these lessons we learn from School onwards. So we can conclude that other poets and rulers of other states declare the Telugu language as Beauty and Sweety language in the world
@redfrank773 2 роки тому
Then why was sanskrit the official language of vijyanagra? And wasn't krishnadevaraya a tulu?
@josejoseph8725 5 місяців тому
Bharatiyar used to praise all languages he even praised kannada, malayalam etc. Krishnadeva raya mentioning that statement is highly debatable among kannada historians.So stop your telugu hegemony.
@checkraiser100 24 дні тому
@@redfrank773yes krishna devaraya was half tulu from father side and half telugu from mother’s side. Telugu nayakas and tulu kings ruled vijayanagara empire. Last king of kandy in sri lanka was a native telugu speaker. Even today, many rich land owning telugus live in banglore, manglore, and chennai who’s ancestors came down from nayaka times and even much before.
@Gurnoor333 2 роки тому
I am from Germany but my mother tongue is PUNJABI. I can speak urdu and hindi a little bit
@pingme786 3 роки тому
I speak telugu,tamil ,kannada, Malayalam ,odia ,Marathi ,gujarathi, English, German ,Hindi, now learning French
@jinhitentertainment9989 3 роки тому
Wow ur awesome 😲
@ttthomas1905 3 роки тому
Enna uvve sugam anno
@takashi.mizuiro 3 роки тому
pog
@vchaitanya5524 3 роки тому
సూపర్
@aham_sam 3 роки тому
Enthonnade... Uthini oru avasanam onnumille😂😂
@mahagaida160 2 роки тому
I lived in india for sometimes, I learnt hindi while staying in north India and Malayalam while staying in Kerala and kannada while staying in Karnataka. I don't like to speak English with Indians, I enjoy speaking their native languages.
@xenzorygames4116 2 роки тому
only if half the North Indians did that xD, even when they move to other regions they still stick with their languages even to speak with the locals xD.
@dkviews2003 2 роки тому
Plz visit Tamil Nadu you can experience with the world oldest language ❤️
@mahagaida160 2 роки тому
@@dkviews2003 Yes I love tamizh language
@dkviews2003 2 роки тому
@@mahagaida160 ❤️❤️
@sharmarupak4275 2 роки тому
Helo maam
@rithinlk8287 2 роки тому
As I’m from Hyderabad, Telangana of southern India, my native language is Telugu. I can speak Hindi ( of north India ), Kannada ( of Karnataka state ), Tamil ( of Tamil Nadu state ) and English. At current scenario, all most in every language of India, it’s linked with English. English is now very much flexible for many people in India.
@Sanatani_kattar Рік тому
अंग्रेजी को भारत मे 5% लोग भी नही बोलते लेकिन हिन्दी भारत मे 90% से अधिक लोग समझते है बिगर हिंदी शिक्षा के और जहा उपनिवेशक गुलामी की निशानी अंग्रेजी को शिक्षा मे प्राथमिकता दी जा रही है तब भी भारत मे 5% लोग भी नही बोलते हमे भारतीय भाषाओं को प्राथमिकता देनी चाहिए का की उपनिवेशक गुलामी की निशानी अंग्रेजी को
@flashnet-gr7jh 3 місяці тому
@@Sanatani_kattar ILLA ONNUM PURILA
@dpparihar123 8 місяців тому
I am from Rajasthan. The school here teaches in languages like Hindi, English, Urdu, Gujarati, Rajasthani, Punjabi, Arabic, Parsi, Sindhi etc.❤❤
@imtysjamir6963 3 роки тому
I'm from Nagaland, a small state in North East India bordering Myanmar. I speak a language called Ao. I can also speak Nagamese, English and Hindi. Nagaland has 16 tribes and each tribe has its own language but Nagas as a whole communicate with English and a made up language called Nagamese.
@thetrickster9885 3 роки тому
Thats so awesome
@damntisisannoyinirl2419 3 роки тому
Wow
@assassin9763 2 роки тому
Jharkhand has 32 tribes and people communicate with each other through hindi that is why we had to include hindi in our state...
@sagarchaudhary5260 2 роки тому
I wasn't aware of this. Thankyou bro
@bitopan. 2 роки тому
Nagamese me Assamese hai kya
@nomadsuyash244 3 роки тому
Meanwhile some of my friends in USA: Hey! Can you teach me how to speak Indian 😂😂😂😁😁
@abhanu6843 3 роки тому
I N D I A N Okk
@mehakverma7043 3 роки тому
You gotta be like: Aight w h i c h o n e
@dawnhay907 3 роки тому
Firstly ig you need to clear it out to them that Indian is NOT a language. xD
@risyanthbalaji805 3 роки тому
Make them learn all 1000 language
@mra.tripti 3 роки тому
Lol... INDIAN is not any language its use for native people of India..... its Hindi
@amitwahaiqbal 10 місяців тому
I am a Bangla speker from Bangladesh. I started learning Hindi by watching Hindi cartoons and TV programs from an early age. Now I can perfectly understand standard Hindi- and when speaking Hindi, I often have a thick Sylheti Bangali accent and mix up certain Bangla words in Hindi, due to lack of speaking practices. 😅
@cholansivakumar3801 2 роки тому
I was Born in Malaysia and raised there. My native language is Tamil.malaysian Tamil is a bit different from India , Sri Lanka and singapore.we use malay words sometimes.lastly ,i can speak malay ,Tamil , English,and Spanish 👽👽
@maitreyakadkol7793 5 років тому
I have a language cocktail for you. I am a Kannadiga who lived in Maharashtra. So I know Kannada, Marathi, Hindi and English. My wife is a Tamilian who lived in UP. She knows Tamil and Hindi. At my house we speak a mix of all these languages - Kannada, Tamil, Hindi, Marathi and English.
@undercovercia 5 років тому
Lol
@darealg6823 5 років тому
What language are ur kids gonna speak lol... A "sambhar" language ??? 😂😂 (I mean a mix soup of different languages)
@kasiprasath16 5 років тому
unity in diversity..
@username5537 5 років тому
Incredible india
@linhat9276 5 років тому
Wow👍
@jonasdavies1806 3 роки тому
When I went to India, in Kerala almost everyone could've understood English very well but in northern India communication was comparatively more difficult but not that much.
@jonasdavies1806 2 роки тому
@@yogeshb8677 I have never been there. And also in North, in big cities like Delhi many can communicate very easily so we can assume same for Mumbai.
@yogeshb8677 2 роки тому
@jiminie's booty west is gujrat not Maharashtra... N I considered only three sections north south n center so understand what I mean
@pranav3632 2 роки тому
Where in Kerala? Just asking
@sonags9024 2 роки тому
@@pranav3632 south india
@pranav3632 2 роки тому
@@sonags9024 Ehh😂 I asked where in Kerala , not where is Kerala . I know where kerala is ,to be more specific I'm from Kerala 😂
@akshat2145 Рік тому
Amazing! Incredible research, very accurate coverage.
@RamasamyArumugam1927 Рік тому
Thank you for the information. I am from Tamil Nadu. My mother tongue is Tamil. I speak English, German C1-2 level (I studied in Germany), and Sinhala A2-B1(I can read and write I lived in Colombo for sometimes a little Hindi A2 ( can read and write)/Urdu ( cannot read and write) Spanish A1 (learning)
@rohitupadhya6449 4 роки тому
My native language : Nepali Languages that I am fluent in : Hindi and English Languages I can hold a pretty decent conversation in : Khasi and Assamese Language I can understand : Bengali High 5 to all my multilingual Indians!
@Undivided_X 4 роки тому
Kene asso?
@lol-oq1nn 4 роки тому
Nice
@MohammadPedophileProphet 4 роки тому
Rohit upadhya... Kasto cha! Bro.. 😊
@sailenkatel3436 4 роки тому
Thik kuro bhaneu bhai
@rationalnepali9782 4 роки тому
High five bro.. bro ra mero criteria almost mildo raixa. Tara malai assamese aaunna tara bhojpuri ra maithali ra abadhi aauxa.
@AjaySharma-in8ji 5 років тому
Man it was weird to hear my own voice in this video! Awesome video Paul! Glad I could help!
@cpinter10 5 років тому
Were you the one speaking persian?
@kanupriyajain592 5 років тому
Ajay Sharma great
@kyocobran1463 5 років тому
You rock Ajay.
@haharmageddontv6581 5 років тому
@@cpinter10 'Special thanks to Ajay Sharma for his Hindi and Sanskrit samples, Gopal Krishna for his Tamil samples and feedback, and Soroosh Motevalli for his Persian samples.'
@theguy5898 5 років тому
I was in his Hindi vs. Urdu video and I felt exactly the same!
@ultranationalisticindianat3617 2 роки тому
I am a Bengali. But that doesn't matter. Communication is the only purpose of a language. 'INDIAN' is my only identity. I see people fighting over languages. But we must keep one thing in our mind that language, caste, colour or religion none of these are greater than our beloved motherland, INDIA. Being divided we can't make our motherland great again but together we can make India great again. Jai Hind 🇮🇳✊✊
@helloooop Рік тому
I will send your pfp to Germans, Jews, Polish and Argentines
@astesiaa 2 роки тому
Fascinating video. Salute from India
@manomadhan568 4 роки тому
I'm Proud to be an Tamilan. My Mother Tongue is Tamil. I Can Speak English,Hindi, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam.
@venkateshprasath7328 4 роки тому
Mano Madhan ஹிந்தி தெலுங்கு மலையாளம் கன்னடம் ஆகிய மொழிகளை எவ்வாறு நீங்கள் கற்றுக் கொள்கிறார்கள் என்பதை விளக்கிக் கூறுங்கள்
@manomadhan568 4 роки тому
@@venkateshprasath7328 I learn English And Hindi in my School days. Telugu, kannada, malayalam are Learn by my Friends.
@AjayKumar-cu2lo 4 роки тому
india first bro
@venkateshprasath7328 4 роки тому
Mano Madhan Vera leval bro niga 😍🤗🤗
@suhridguha2560 4 роки тому
@@manomadhan568 very few people I have met from the south speak Hindi. Even in my state most people can't speak Hindi well but they do understand it. I am from Bengal. I did meet a weed dealer in Munnar and he spoke Hindi, I guess business demands it :3
@Brandon-a-writer 5 років тому
For me, as an historian, India has been the most complex and difficult to study. This is due to the large amount of linguistic diversity and dialects, and the amount of learning necessary to obtain and understand primary sources. This wonderful video could be thirty minutes longer and still barely scratch the surface of the stunning diversity of the Indian subcontinent. :)
@robertbruce5213 5 років тому
This was my experience as well.
@ssam00 5 років тому
The Indian subcontinent is comparable to Europe in terms of linguistic and cultural diversity
@asamvav 5 років тому
@Evi1M4chine actually the uniting thread is Sanskrit. That is the only language that was intelligible to everyone from every part of India. You can at least express basic ideas if you have a cache of Sanskrit vocabulary. Before the British rule that was the case. During the sultanate and Mughal era, Farsi or Persian was the court language and therefore all legal documents were written in them. But you also received a copy in Sanskrit at the same time. This is extremely important for land deeds. So there were courtiers who were proficient in both.
@aravindnatarajan220 5 років тому
@@asamvav you can survive without sanskrit in Tamil Nadu,but you can't survive without Tamil or English
@nitishsaxena1372 5 років тому
@@aravindnatarajan220 you can't survive with Sanskrit anywhere in India. Rarely anyone is proficient in Sanskrit in the whole of India.
@sugandanbalajirajendrakuma3234 2 роки тому
I am from TamilNadu and Tamil is my native language, I do know to speak Telugu and Malayalam and a bit of Kannada and Hindi and also I can read and write Sanskrit. Apart from them I do know a bit of French to read and write as I took it as my secondary language in high school.
@frodosadventures8757 Рік тому
I have a friend from the state of Kerala in the South of India. I travelled around India with him and we met up with one of his friends from the north of India. My friend's friend did not speak Hind, so their only way to communicate with each other was English. It was good for me!
@markvanvlack1419 5 років тому
Langfocus is awesome! About 45 years ago I was in India for almost 4 months and thought I was learning Hindi, and in my last week I walked into an ice cream parlor and ordered ice cream in Hindi. I proudly asked the person behind the counter in Hindi for ice cream (or so I thought). He looked at me and his eyes opened wide. I made my statement again and he was trying not to laugh. I said it a third time and he bust out laughing so hard he was crying! He then told everyone in the ice cream parlor what I said and everyone started laughing. He then told me that what I said in Hindi "I am a Cow,. Give me milk!". I blushed beet red, which made it even more funny.
@undercovercia 5 років тому
😂😂😂😂funny unreal story
@darealg6823 5 років тому
"I am a cow. Give me milk" ? 😂😂😂👌 Something like "mein Gaye Hoon. Mujhe dood doe" ??
@liri8243 5 років тому
😂😂😂😂 lmao
@sandiguha 5 років тому
you probably said, "mai gaaye hoo mujhe dudh do"
@vijaysingh8792 5 років тому
😂😂😂😂😂
@Dishankism07 2 роки тому
Europeans: i can speak 2-3 language, i am a multilingual. Indian: hold my language.
@llVIU 2 роки тому
american: I can speak 0.7 languages!
@yourowndealer 2 роки тому
@@llVIU You should say 1.7 as they know English perfectly (1) and some other words (.7)
@kartikpoojari22 2 роки тому
Haha I used to speak 2 languages when I was 4 years old (Tulu and Hindi)
@yesnt2662 2 роки тому
@AryanPeram yea same here
@infinixgaming1791 2 роки тому
@@yourowndealer no he's right. he means they are weak in english also haha
@oponetal8203 6 місяців тому
I am a indian I know 1.telugu native language 2.hindi 3.english 4.urdu I skope with my Islam funds 5.sanskrit taught in school 6.spanish using duolingo So total no.of language are 6
@moirangpamel 2 роки тому
I am from North East India Manipur and I speak Meitei language 😂. Finally a foreigner knows that People from india don't speak Indian
@AbHiAbHi-jb2pk 3 роки тому
My mother tongue is Marathi I can speak English and Tamil.
@user-vy5pt7ff2o 3 роки тому
Enga superstar pola
@maitri74 3 роки тому
Most likely your Marati is very differnt from current version.
@vasantkawarkhepatil4565 3 роки тому
@@maitri74 but we can understand tanjavur direct not fully but fairly
@bazaarwalakhana5401 3 роки тому
Hindi nahi ati bhai bilkul bhi?
@rohitrg2036 3 роки тому
Mi Marathi ahe
@yourkawaiiwaifu 4 роки тому
I am a Naga. I speak Chokri, khezha, angami, Nagamese, Hindi and English
@utkarshyadav8133 3 роки тому
Just a question brother ... Does the nagamese language have any connection to the Assamese linguistic family or did it develop in each tribe separately
@aryyancarman705 3 роки тому
@@utkarshyadav8133 i think some borrowing of words,using of assamese script sometimes {i dunno whats its name }
@aniketroy3034 3 роки тому
@@utkarshyadav8133 nagamese is a creole-language based on assamese, so yes. but the native tongues of all the different tribes are unique, and mutually unintelligible.
@ErenYeager-jp4gc 3 роки тому
@@utkarshyadav8133 Nagamese is nothing but Assameae spoken by Nagas. Naga people have their own languages that belong to the same language family as Tibetan or Mandarin.
@rakshithkakunje621 3 роки тому
That's cool, I can speak Kannada, Malayalam, Hindi and English.
@subhratanudaripa 2 роки тому
Your explanation is so vivid and well researched I can’t help subscribe. Well done Paul. I watched most of your videos as I myself can speak read and write 4 languages and understand two more.
@Skillssue 2 роки тому
A very well researched presentation! Kudos to you ser!
@Langfocus 5 років тому
OH HAI GUYZ
@3rdlairskate 5 років тому
Hullo
@_braileanul 5 років тому
OMG YOU WRPTE IT BAD I'N SO OFFENDED
@viictor1309 5 років тому
Hai mizter Paul
@ishaanbandyopadhyay6603 5 років тому
I have my Hindi exam tomorrow haha
@Layanuska 5 років тому
OH HAI OH
@Alessandro747400 5 років тому
I lived in India for five years (2013-2018). Two years in Cochin (Kerala) and three years in Bangalore (Karnataka) with often traveling all over the country. My native language is Russian (with good understanding of a few other Slavic languages) and I speak English, Italian, French and basics of Hindi. So I didn't have many problems with communicating in English in the South of the country generally, even with cab drivers or in shops. The literacy level and English fluency particularly is very high in the South of India in comparison with the rest of the country. There were only two issues, they are as follows: 1) the accent as an influence of their native language phonetics (I've heard from Western speakers the name "Indian accent" but it's truly hilarious as they are very different); 2) and some very poor less-educated people spoke only their own language. The main conclusion is that Hindi is almost useless in the very South of India and it could help only in 20% of cases in comparison with English. And in Tamil Nadu it can be even dangerous to speak Hindi. By the way in the video you told that all the states were granted with opportunity to choose their language to be the main state language. However I know that initial intention was to spread Hindi all over the country but it provoked almost a civil war in Tamil Nadu as they are very proud to have Tamil. After that the central government was ought to "grant" that freedom. As to the North of the country people speak Hindi there and English is very difficult to find among general public. However young educated people speak English very well. Even though North Indians use a lot of English words in their Hindi, up to 20% from my observation and it's apparently very handy to understand them.
@narayanan26 5 років тому
See Speaking hindi in Tamilnadu is not dangerous as you mentioned in your comment, There lots of people migrated from the north especially from Uttar Pradesh, Madya Pradesh and Bihar for work and they live peacefully, In Tamilnadu you can speak in any language you choose but what we oppose is forcing one particular language just because they are in Majority.
@deadpoolwhoslaysassholes1586 5 років тому
@@narayanan26 I've heard that you people kill Hindi speaking people, Is it true??? I'm really afraid of you guys...that's why I never apply for a job in TamilNadu. Here in Rajasthan you can speak any language we don't mind. My teacher of Graduate school was from South. I never got a chance to know where she was exactly from cos she was really strict and always talked in English with me. Please guys don't do that, don't fight on language and hate us for speaking Hindi otherwise your folks gonna start having same experience in here too really soon.
@cataclysmal5315 5 років тому
I don't think Japanese or Chinese people care or speak english, so i don't understand why you're calling people illiterate.
@Vavagutt 5 років тому
@@cataclysmal5315He doesn't seem to be mentioning the word "illiterate" anywhere in his comment.
@Alessandro747400 5 років тому
@@narayanan26 of course it was exaggeration. And it's visible that I respect Tamil people as any other people in India to have their own language. However many of my Hindi speaking friends told me that when they addressed local people in Chennai in Hindi the latter knew Hindi but made view they didn't understand them. I will never accept the lack of hospitality or even discrimination from such people just because I don't speak local language. I saw such things in many countries. I personally spoke English with few phrases in Tamil and never had any problems in that beautiful state, Tamil Nadu.
@sharpassblade1301 Рік тому
I am from Assam, my mother language is Assamese and I speak Assamese Hindi English Bengali and nepali. every language is unique and beautiful in its own way. জয় আই অসম।
@shounakbanerjee8904 Рік тому
আমার মাতৃভাষা বাংলা এবং আমি যেখানে যাই সেখানেই আমি বাংলায় কথা বলি কারণ এটি আমার রাজ্যের সরকারি ভাষা। लेकिन मैं हिंदी भी बोलता हूं और इसमें काफी अच्छा हूं। I use Hindi when I have to talk to Hindi speakers in Kolkata or as a default when I see a Non-Bengali. And apart from that میں تھوڑی سی اردو جانتا ہوں۔ মই অসমীয়া বুজিব পাৰিছো but only because I know Bengali. And I have a French Test tomorrow, so J'espère que tous ceux qui verront cela passeront une excellente journée.
@Just4Kixs 5 років тому
Filipino here. I've visited India and people thought that I was local, especially in Jammu and Kashmir, so people spoke to me in Hindi. I spoke English in India and got along well with everyone. Good job India!
@adamhendrickson512 4 роки тому
Nice to hear.... Did you have a good time there? I was in India for 3 years. I speak Hindi fairly well now...
@ashimohta6279 4 роки тому
@nnn shut up OK Many Hindus live in north In Jammu Kashmir ,jammu has a very high Hindu population n Kashmir has a high Muslim population
@williamjames212 4 роки тому
@@adamhendrickson512 which country are you from?
@williamjames212 4 роки тому
English is the official language of India so of course everyone speaks English.
@saalooaa 4 роки тому
Filipinos look noting like Indians most likely they thought you from Nepal
@vijaynair2403 4 роки тому
I’m Indian. Moved to America when I was 8. I’m 38 now. I speak Malayalam and Tamil fluently. I can speak Hindi so-so. And of course, English is my forte. I love the Dravidian languages. They intrigue me so much. I love speaking Malayalam with my parents! It keeps me grounded!
@kimjong-un464 4 роки тому
*You all Immigrants will he kicked out by trump next election*
@mhd_56751 4 роки тому
Chettan malyali ano
@snailpop1028 4 роки тому
I also speak Malayalam
@vijaynair2403 4 роки тому
Kim Jong Un Trust me. Trump doesn’t wanna kick out hardworking legal immigrants. But I’m sure North Korea will never accept immigrants! 🤣 Dev 007 and snailpop Athe. Malayali annu. Ammayum acchanum enne cheriye vayasu muthile Malayalam paddupicchu.
@snailpop1028 4 роки тому
Dev 007 nan malyali ana
@Harshiahaha 2 роки тому
My mother tongue is Telugu. I could speak Telugu, Hindi, English, Tamil. I learnt Tamil through the movies, and also Tamil is similar to telugu in terms of vocabulary. I used to understand the language, but speaking comes with practice. We tend to use hindi and english most, when we want to communicate with people from the other state. I can understand and read kannada too.
@vijayakrishnanaik 9 місяців тому
My mother tongue is Tulu.I speak English, Kannada and Hindi.Can understand most Indian languages
@mrminerduck6781 4 роки тому
Sooooo I live in Germany *BUT* my Möther tongue is Tamil *BUT* My parents are Sri Lankan Tamils.....
@selva1991kumar 4 роки тому
Tamilan da...
@kyliejenner6059 4 роки тому
Hallo 👋
@TheArtsHunter 4 роки тому
Hallo mein Freund 😊
@mrminerduck6781 4 роки тому
@@TheArtsHunter Grüße aus Bonn!
@TheArtsHunter 4 роки тому
@@mrminerduck6781 Grüße aus dem Kreis Böblingen.
@riteshrawat9238 2 роки тому
As a indian I never expected Roger federer to teach about indian languages internet is wild.
@srambition 2 роки тому
😂😂😂😂😂
@tameimpala670 9 місяців тому
🤣🤣
@cuitaro 7 місяців тому
How am i noticing this for the first time! XD 🤣🤣🤣
@kannadafactstar 7 місяців тому
As a south indian, we south peoples (youths) will probably communicate in english with fellow south indians/ northeast Indians. And hindi/english or our native language with central/north/west Indians.
@mistermoustik4498 10 місяців тому
What an exceptional video... Big up, once again!
@chaichunkhiong 4 роки тому
I am from Malaysia where English and Tamil are widely spoken (alongside Malay and Mandarin Chinese). I went to India twice this year, Rajasthan in the north on January and Kerala in the south on November. Based on my limited observation, I found South Indians are much conversant in English as compared to their northern counterparts. I even bumped into many Southern Indians during my trip in Rajasthan where we had longer and deeper conversations. The funny thing when I was in Kerala, I have this habit to observe how closely related Malayalam and Tamil are given both are Dravidian languages. I tried to compare words by words and see whether Malayalam sounds similar to Tamil, especially I have been picking up basic Tamil from my Malaysian friends of ethnic Indian-Tamil. Regardless, I miss and I love India!
@SantomPh 4 роки тому
Hindi is very cemented in the North where it is more prominent in business and media. The South has a strong pro-local native language attitude and crucially was favored by the British during colonial times, with many Christian communities and plantation workers exported to other countries like Malaysia and Fiji from the south. Kerala in particular has one of the highest fluency levels of English. the Indian nationalist movement was rooted in the north as well, so the prevalance of Hindi is stronger there.
@akhl9842 4 роки тому
Thanks for the kind words brother. 🙏🏽 😊 I’m from Kerala. Yes not all South Indian languages are Similar and not all of us can understand each other. Only Tamil and Malayalam sounds very similar and we can understand each other. It’s because Malayalam came from Tamil language and got mixed with Sanskrit(north Indian language).
@madhusoodanprasad2248 4 роки тому
Yes, you are right bro. Malay people also Dravidian
@akhl9842 4 роки тому
@Everest TechTips No they are not 😂
@govindkumarraj9426 4 роки тому
@@akhl9842 Sanskrit is indus language bro don't insult sanatan .vadic culture
@Sandy-to7oo 3 роки тому
I am tamilian Can speak *Tamil, Telugu, Hindi, English* But one of my long day wish is to learn *Bengali* ❤️! Such a sweet language
@Ayesha-be4fv 3 роки тому
Joy tomilnodu(tamilnadu) Joy hind Lol,😂😂 We replace A with O😂😂✌️ Now you know bengali Congratulations Add bengali in your list Bye
@erille712 3 роки тому
@@Ayesha-be4fv waht
@sivvu_siv 3 роки тому
@@Ayesha-be4fv hahaaha..cutee
@Ayesha-be4fv 3 роки тому
@@sivvu_siv 😂
@Shady-he1ei 3 роки тому
Best of luck bondhu(it means friend in bengali)
@_j_8151 Рік тому
I'm from the state of Meghalaya, in North East India. I know three languages English, Hindi and my native language Garo. There are more than 12 dialects in our region itself but we use one common dialect to read write and speak
@littlelulu74 4 роки тому
Native language: Tamil Can also speak: telugu, kannada, marathi, Hindi and English.
@swaranjalivishe 3 роки тому
@Jumping Bear hey...same to you 😂😅... Just wanna try to learn some Telugu and Tamil
@shifasshajahan786 3 роки тому
I am malayali and well i can speak malayalam🤔
@littplus5229 3 роки тому
Coool💫
@nivethavenkatachalam6556 3 роки тому
I'm Tamil and I can speak Hindi marati Russian and English . South Indians can speak many languages. I like to communicate with people in their mother tongue
@nivethavenkatachalam6556 3 роки тому
Vivek kamble of course I do. I have so many marati friends. They r very nice, respectful and friendly.
@paulz_san 4 роки тому
I speak English, Hindi, Manipuri, Kuki, Assamese and Nagamese. I understand a bit of Nepali, Bengali and other Kuki-Chin languages upto a certain extent, all thanks to mutual intelligibility.
@ravivishwakarma2917 4 роки тому
OMG
@VijayThakurMD 4 роки тому
I like Nepali its fun
@achyutmurari1218 2 роки тому
Much informative!!Thank you so much
@abhaysknowledgeworld7506 2 роки тому
Yeah I know that language is a big deal here.. I am a kannadiga and I can speak kannada, english, hindi, telugu and very little tamil.. love from karnataka to all other indian languages..all of them are beautiful 😍 ❤ and we kannadigas are famously talented to speak many languages
@vishal2849 Рік тому
Superb Anna ಜೈ ಕನ್ನಡ ಜೈ ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ ❤💛
@prateeksha4040 5 років тому
I can't believe how accurate this video is.. Seriously I am an indian, and I am blown away by the accuracy and depth of this video I understand how much effort goes into it..
@Hum_Bharat_Ke 5 років тому
Totally agreed
@deviprasady8027 4 роки тому
I'm from India 🇮🇳 My Mother Toungue is Konkani I can speak Kannada ,Tulu,Tamil ,Hindi Fluently...I can understand Telugu and Malayalam but I can't talk much.. and yeah English as well..
@sunilrao 3 роки тому
I can speak Kannada, Tulu, Konkani, Malayalam, Tamil, Hindi, English and manage with Marathi & Telugu. People who are from Mangalore/Kasaragod region can speak 3 to 5 languages by the time they are in High school, rest of the languages are learnt depending on where your life takes you.
@deviprasady8027 3 роки тому
@@sunilrao Yea.. I'm from Manglore..
@deviprasady8027 3 роки тому
@HAPPY FAMILY FRIENDS the place I live is called Manglore . It's in the Southern region of Karnataka... My mother tongue is konkani..the native language here is Tulu.. it's used by most of the people here in 3-4 districts... State language is ofcourse Kannada.. so I learnt these 3 languages from childhood.. studied Hindi and English in school.. I love movies.. I learnt Tamil through movies and Cartoon channels.. I can understand Malayalam ( though I can't talk much) because my city is close to Kerala border.. so I have many Malayali friends.. I can understand Telugu now because I've started watching Telugu movies .. Telugu is easy for me coz Kannada and Telugu are pretty similar.. but I don't know to write and read in any language other than Kannada , Hindi, English...
@deviprasady8027 3 роки тому
@HAPPY FAMILY FRIENDS I dnt know where you are from.. I'm from India .. and most of the Indians know atleast more than 3 languages.. so it isn't a big deal here for a person to know multiple languages.. because there are 200+ officially recognised languages and 1500+ dialects are spoken across the nation..
@Dominic-he3cs 3 роки тому
I speak dutch and english...
@Mr.J503 9 місяців тому
I am from India, I speak my mother tongue Telugu, the official languages Hindi and English. I use Telugu at home and speak Hindi outside home because I am currently living in Chhattisgarh.
@mrpetit2 Рік тому
From time to time I watch some of these video's from the Langfocus channel. And each time I'm so pleasantly surprised how well Paul explains everything about the language. These video's are really high quality 👍
@Langfocus Рік тому
Thank you, Guido K. 👍🏻
@300oakwayparkway9 4 роки тому
I am a Sri Lankan living in US. I work with three Indian women here in the US company. Now here is the interesting part: I can speak Tamil & English fluently and a little bit Sinhala since I grew up in Colombo. The First Indian friend is from Bengaluru. Her father is a Gujarathi, her mother is a Bengali, & her husband speaks Telugu. So She can speak Hindi, English, Kannada, Telugu, Gujarathi and Bengali fluently. The second woman is from Bombay. She said she is Marathi. She is fluent in Hindi, English and Marathi languages. The third woman was born in the US for Panjabi parents. She can speak Panjabi, Hindi and English fluently. Now I am the only one who cannot speak Hindi. But all these women are my co-workers and wonderful to work with. They always speak in English among them even when I don't participate in their conversation. That makes me so comfortable to work with them. They do go to see Hindi movies together .
@mohik3953 3 роки тому
Interesting
@yuyang3247 3 роки тому
Interesting
@sumitbose5650 3 роки тому
Unity in diversity. You have shared a short story about this land.. Love from India
@user-nq2js8ng4t 3 роки тому
இந்தி WORTH இல்லை
@vasantkawarkhepatil4565 3 роки тому
@@user-nq2js8ng4tI am Marathi I can read Tamil a little bit Is It Irti worth iwnawa
@chrs2436 5 років тому
I was just overwhelmed with new information. I am pretty familiar with the Americas and Europe with respect to their linguistic diversity, but Asia is a completely different story, especially India. I learned a lot from this video and it has definitely opened my eyes. Thanks a lot for the information !
@deadpoolwhoslaysassholes1586 5 років тому
Thanx for kind words. You are a good person.
@pdm600 13 днів тому
Brilliant overview that even I, born and raised in India, found informative. There will be niggling questions raised by speakers of many languages and dialects, but, by and large, this is an excellent, concise summary.
@Codetutor-DemystifyCoding 5 років тому
As Indian, I started by saying - "Oh!! I got this. Let me see what he has got to say about what we speak". But pretty soon I was humbled. This is very well researched video. Thanks for making this. Now answering the questions you have asked at the end. I am from Karnataka, one of the southern state in India. My mother tongue is Kannada and I have equal proficiency in English and Hindi. I can read Marathi (because it is same script as Hindi - Devnagri) but might not understand everything I have read. I can also read Telugu (script is similar to Kannada), well almost, but can't speak however I can understand it pretty well. I can understand Tamil, Urdu and Punjabi due to good exposure.
@4104ankush 5 років тому
U said what i wanted to say as an Indian.. He did a really awesom job.. I had the same thought before starting the video.. 😅
@pahulpreet-singh 5 років тому
@Good Boy nobody asked you to reply to their comment
@musaibnihal2588 5 років тому
You spoke on my behalf too❤️
@cataclysmal5315 5 років тому
हमे अपने भाषा में बात करनी चाहिए ।
@pahulpreet-singh 5 років тому
@@cataclysmal5315 I never thought about that. You, sir, just blew my mind
@karthikkachibhatla 3 роки тому
Mother tongue : Telugu (తెలుగు) I can speak Hindi, Tamil, English languages I can understand marathi 🙂
@akshay_wakodikar 3 роки тому
dont know why but people from south india are interested in marathi after their mother tongue and hindi. is it true?
@akshay_wakodikar 3 роки тому
@@bluemoon9113 okay
@akshay_wakodikar 3 роки тому
@@bluemoon9113 okay..again
@i_dont_even_know_at_this_p4920 3 роки тому
I can read telgu cause it's really similar to kannada
@pyschomantis6623 3 роки тому
Mother tongue: Punjabi/Hindi I can speak Hindi, Telugu, English languages and some Kannada I can understand Gujarati
@ivoryas1696 2 місяці тому
I'm not surprised that this is the most personally fascinating video of yours I've seen... We _are_ talking about *_*India*_* and it's neighbors, after all, but it's barely even worth _listing_ all the times I was *_thoroughly_*_ astonished_ listening. I've always been one to branch out from my main passion in study (I'm a BSME, with the prospects of a roboticist), but _man_ do I feel like sinking a few hours a week into this type of thing... Learning French in highschool had me off of learning a second language for a while, but I knew I'd be back. Didn't expect it to be as soon as it's looking now...
@arunenquiry 9 місяців тому
I am from Kerala and my mother tongue is Malayalam. I can speak English, Malayalam, and Hindi mostly well. I can also understand most of Tamil, and basic Sanskrit. I would like to be able to speak all of South Indian languages one day, and especially become more fluent in Tamil used in the Hindu scriptures from that area like Nalayira Divya Prabandham.
@user-bq8os9gc2n 5 років тому
I'm from India. My native language is Manipuri/Meeteilon/Meiteilon(referred as Meitei in the video). Besides it, I know Hindi, English, Nagamese Creole, Telugu, Sanskrit, Nepali(INDIAN LANGUAGES) and learning Spanish, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, French, Tagalog, Bahasa Indonesia (FOREIGN LANGUAGES). I can understand most of the Indo-Aryan languages. Situations: I speak Hindi mostly with my friends whose 1st or 2nd language is Hindi; English with anyone who can speak or are learning (Indian and foreigners); Telugu with my Telangana and Andhra Pradesh friends; Nagamese with my neighbour; Sanskrit with my Sanskrit gurus (but I no more speak since HS graduation); Nepali with my Nepali friends. I often try to speak those foreign languages mentioned above whenever I communicate with any native speaker. Thank you!
@ErenYeager-jp4gc 5 років тому
Did you study in Andhra Pradesh?
@user-bq8os9gc2n 5 років тому
@@ErenYeager-jp4gc **Telangana.
@ErenYeager-jp4gc 5 років тому
It seems lots of upper middle class families from Imphal send their children to Andhra Pradesh and Telengana for higher studies.
@krishnabhonagiri4317 5 років тому
@@user-bq8os9gc2n where in Telangana bro?
@krishnabhonagiri4317 5 років тому
@@ErenYeager-jp4gc yes mostly to cities of combined AP
@karishmapejathaya1433 2 роки тому
My mother tongue is Tulu and I speak Hindi, Kannada and English fluently. I understand Malayalam.
@adithishetty755 2 роки тому
Same tuluva here 💜
@miraculouslights793 2 роки тому
Must be from mangalore or udupi
@ohh__drag5712 2 роки тому
Bokka
@sureshs9087 2 роки тому
Are you a Christian?
@khushalsinghshekhawat5722 2 роки тому
Wow bro. Please teach me. I'm an hindi speaker. But I know punjabi, haryanvi, english
@bharani-007 2 роки тому
In Dravidian language, people can understand few sentences each other without learning other Dravidian language example: Malayalam - tamil, Telugu - kannada, Tamil - kannada
@jonahembrom4043 2 роки тому
I am Santhali speaker and I am proud of my language, I am from Assam.
@brownandproudchannel575 5 років тому
I’m a Tamizhan from Malaysia and I speak Tamizh, English, Malay, Mandarin, Cantonese and Hindi :)
@srrichandu6696 5 років тому
Tamizan is not from india.tamils are from India
@peterpeter2940 5 років тому
Puleve
@vkloganpillai2296 5 років тому
Of course Tamil is the oldest Ancient language.
@tshanparis2055 5 років тому
Brown and Proud Channel me to tamilan
@ManiKandan-uu5ym 5 років тому
💟my mama's from malaysia and my father was from srilanka.... they met in TN... now imma tamilan 😅
@abhivardhansajjan 2 роки тому
I am from Karnataka ( India) , my mother tongue is kannada, 😍😍😍
@chinthan_4 2 роки тому
ಜಯ ಕನ್ನಡ ಜಯ ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ💛❤️
@andrejonsen2831 2 роки тому
Namm Kannada dalli south kannada Matthe north Kannada swalpa bere ithe
@yashcp8806 2 роки тому
ಜೈ ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ ಮಾತೆ
@shivarajdoranahalli4760 2 роки тому
Yess..💛❤️
@chethankumar8570 2 роки тому
💞💞