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Approximate Global Speakers

35,644,000

People Groups Speaking as Primary Language

175

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PRIMARY Language
(175 people groups)
Click column headings for sorting ▲▼
Photo People Group Country Population Progress Scale
Alia India 67,000
Aruva India 28,000
Asari India 7,900
Baggilu India 1,500
Bagheti India 33,000
Bakati India 3,000
Banka India 33,000
Bariki India 7,600
Basushabar India 2,300
 Bathudi India 274,000
Bauti India 1,700
Bavuri India 1,600
Belama India 28,000
Bhadayi India 4,700
 Bhandari India 773,000
Bhathiara (Hindu traditions) India 7,400
 Bhulia India 174,000
 Bhumia India 189,000
 Binjhal India 164,000
Boipari India 18,000
Bolasi India 27,000
Bolodia India 2,400
 Bonka India 600
 Bosantiya India 6,300
Brahmin Chakula India 51,000
Brahmin Holia India 39,000
Brahmin Jyoti India 154,000
Brahmin Mastan India 96,000
Chakali India 200
Chandala India 8,400
Cherua India 2,700
 Chitara India 6,400
Chuditya India 7,000
Daityapati India 700
Dal India 31,000
Dammalia India 7,600
 Dandasi India 81,000
Dera India 4,000
Desua Bhumij India 600
Devangri India 61,000
 Dewar India 1,210,000
Dhakoda India 20,000
 Dolai India 400
Dolapati India 8,700
Doluva India 13,000
Dom Murdafarash India 211,000
 Domar (Hindu traditions) India 2,574,000
Dora India 10,000
 Dura India 3,700
Gammalla India 2,800
 Ganda India 1,509,000
Gandhmali India 16,000
 Gauda India 2,429,000
Gayinta India 2,600
Ghantarghada India 8,700
Ghogia India 1,000
Godagali India 4,200
Godiya India 14,000
Godra India 4,100
 Gokha India 262,000
 Golla India 164,000
Gond Dorla India 193,000
Gontara India 1,400
Goudu India 8,500
Guna India 2,400
 Guria India 878,000
Janna India 2,200
Janughanta India 2,000
Jogula India 1,700
Juang India 56,000
 Kachera (Hindu traditions) India 73,000
Kahalia India 8,100
Kalagara India 4,600
 Kalingi India 327,000
Kambo India 59,000
Kamsala India 35,000
 Kandha Gauda India 32,000
Kandra India 793,000
Kansali India 4,200
Karan India 632,000
 Karnam India 99,000
Karua India 8,700
Kela (Hindu traditions) India 29,000
Khadala India 138,000
 Khadura India 20,000
 Khandait India 2,067,000
Khatti Khatti India 2,200
Khodara India 3,600
Khoira India 2,700
Khoruda India 3,700
Kolah Lohara India 11,000
Kollara Odisha India 6,700
 Kolta India 807,000
Komarao India 13,000
Korti India 1,400
 Kotia India 64,000
Kui Dongria India 198,000
 Kui Khond India 1,585,000
Kui Kuvi India 254,000
Kui Sitha India 149,000
 Kuli India 19,000
 Kumhar Magahia India 214,000
Kurunga India 5,900
 Kuruni India 400
Kusta India 3,500
 Mahanta India 107,000
Mahara India 5,900
Mahuria India 8,100
Mali Thanapati India 24,000
Mandia India 3,100
Mangali India 2,400
Mankirdia India 2,900
Mirdhas (Hindu traditions) India 162,000
Mirgan India 2,600
Nagasapu India 2,200
Naksia India 7,300
Nalavamsam India 2,700
Naliya (Hindu traditions) India 15,000
Naliya (Muslim traditions) India 3,800
Noliya India 4,700
 Odiya India 81,000
Omanatya India 37,000
 Oriya India 41,000
 Oriya United States 1,200
Paik India 262,000
Paik Rana India 14,000
Pamidi India 3,400
 Pan India 1,622,000
Pantanti India 45,000
Pap India 13,000
Parenga India 14,000
 Parja Bonda India 47,000
Parja Jodia India 18,000
Parja Parenga India 71,000
Parja Pengo India 64,000
 Parja unspecified India 394,000
 Patial India 47,000
Patralu India 144,000
Patro India 5,100
Pentia India 12,000
Ravulo India 29,000
 Relli India 175,000
Rona India 4,700
Rosa India 43,000
Sagarbanshi India 210,000
 Samanthan India 58,000
Samasi India 1,800
Sanei India 1,400
Saora Jadu India 21,000
Saora Jati India 40,000
Saora Kapusavar India 31,000
Saora Khotto India 21,000
 Saora Lanjia India 29,000
Saora Malia India 80,000
 Saora unspecified India 951,000
Sapru India 1,400
Sauntia India 98,000
Shabar India 634,000
 Siyal India 38,000
Soboro India 1,500
Sonar Kamila India 16,000
Sonjhara India 22,000
Sonr India 58,000
Sounti India 136,000
 South Asian, Odia-speaking Myanmar (Burma) 120,000
Sudha India 73,000
Sudha Butka India 5,600
Tamadia India 1,400
Tamudia India 11,000
Tanla India 83,000
Tharua India 11,000
Tohala India 2,900
Tulabhina India 13,000
Ujia India 24,000
Yadav Bagal India 6,700
  Totals:  175     161
SECONDARY Language
(409 people groups)
Click column headings for sorting ▲▼
Photo People Group Country Population Progress Scale
 Adi Andhra India 361,000
Adi Andhra Christian India 43,000
 Adi Dravida India 8,753,000
Adi Dravida Christian India 667,000
 Agariya (Hindu traditions) India 248,000
 Agariya (Muslim traditions) India 18,000
Agaru India 1,900
 Aguri India 617,000
 Amat India 324,000
Anglo Indian India 158,000
 Ansari India 12,713,000
Asur India 38,000
 Audhelia India 8,000
 Ayyarakam India 2,600
Badaik India 127,000
 Badhai (Hindu traditions) India 7,815,000
 Bagata India 175,000
 Bagdi (Hindu traditions) India 3,456,000
 Baha'i India 15,000
 Bahelia (Hindu traditions) India 217,000
 Bahna (Hindu traditions) India 985,000
 Baidya (Hindu traditions) India 338,000
 Baiga India 683,000
 Bairagi (Hindu traditions) India 4,203,000
 Baiti India 53,000
 Balai (Hindu traditions) India 2,688,000
 Balija (Hindu traditions) India 1,803,000
Balija Bolla India 86,000
Balija Dasari India 58,000
Balija Jakkula India 48,000
 Bania Agarwal India 5,822,000
 Bania Bais India 156,000
Bania Barnawar India 81,000
 Bania Gandha Banik India 348,000
 Bania Kasarwani India 505,000
 Bania Kasaundhan India 602,000
 Bania Rauniar India 159,000
 Bania unspecified India 17,064,000
 Banjara (Hindu traditions) India 7,234,000
 Banjara Rathod (Hindu traditions) India 502,000
 Bansphor (Hindu traditions) India 183,000
 Bari (Hindu traditions) India 752,000
 Basor India 1,101,000
Basor Kandra India 6,400
 Bauri India 2,364,000
 Bazigar (Hindu traditions) India 389,000
 Bedia (Hindu traditions) India 663,000
 Behara India 4,200
 Beldar (Hindu traditions) India 2,008,000
Beldar Laria (Hindu traditions) India 62,000
Beldar Sunkar India 26,000
Besya (Hindu traditions) India 4,000
 Bhaina India 88,000
 Bhampta India 53,000
 Bharbhunja (Hindu traditions) India 1,447,000
 Bharia Bhumia India 383,000
 Bhat (Hindu traditions) India 1,647,000
 Bhattra India 373,000
 Bhil unspecified India 14,662,000
 Bhogta India 304,000
 Bhoi (Hindu traditions) India 5,941,000
 Bhotia India 136,000
Bhottada India 552,000
 Bhoyar India 256,000
 Bhuiya Ghatwar India 364,000
 Bhuiya unspecified India 1,768,000
 Bhumij India 1,339,000
 Bhunjia India 32,000
Bidur India 428,000
 Bind India 1,180,000
 Binjhia India 213,000
Birhor India 25,000
 Birjia India 18,000
 Bishnoi (Hindu traditions) India 793,000
 Bondili India 2,600
 Bondo Poraja India 15,000
 Boya India 4,519,000
 Brahmin Acharaj India 65,000
Brahmin Bhagor India 117,000
Brahmin Dakshini India 138,000
 Brahmin Gaur India 3,675,000
 Brahmin Jijhotia India 613,000
 Brahmin Joshi India 452,000
 Brahmin Kanaujia India 5,143,000
 Brahmin Maha India 235,000
 Brahmin Ojha India 63,000
 Brahmin Radhi India 1,913,000
Brahmin Rikhisur India 62,000
 Brahmin Sakaldwipi India 589,000
 Brahmin Sanadhya India 3,262,000
 Brahmin unspecified India 34,992,000
 Brahmin Utkal India 221,000
 Budega Jangam India 348,000
Buna (Hindu traditions) India 480,000
Chachati India 1,800
 Chadar India 177,000
 Chain India 607,000
 Chamar (Hindu traditions) India 54,787,000
 Chamar Satnami India 2,120,000
 Chauhan India 35,000
 Chaupal India 107,000
 Chenchu India 82,000
 Chero India 190,000
 Chhipa (Hindu traditions) India 536,000
 Chik (Hindu traditions) India 124,000
 Chik Baraik India 141,000
 Chitrakar (Hindu traditions) India 74,000
 Christian India 1,504,000
 Dahait India 67,000
Daharia India 13,000
Damor India 112,000
 Dangi India 847,000
 Darzi (Hindu traditions) India 2,484,000
Darzi Chhipi (Hindu traditions) India 12,000
 Darzi Namdev (Hindu traditions) India 140,000
 Deori India 63,000
 Deshwali (Hindu traditions) India 217,000
Devadasi India 24,000
 Dhangar Bharwad India 3,331,000
 Dhanka India 502,000
 Dhanuk India 5,035,000
 Dhanwar India 77,000
 Dharua India 22,000
 Dhimar India 2,251,000
 Dhobi (Hindu traditions) India 12,673,000
 Dhodia India 814,000
 Didayi India 14,000
Dom (Dombara) India 87,000
 Dubla unspecified India 463,000
 Dudekula India 11,000
Dulia India 459,000
 Dusadh (Hindu traditions) India 6,701,000
 Dusadh Bahelia India 824,000
 Gadaba India 160,000
 Gadaria (Hindu traditions) India 4,825,000
 Gandia Odisha India 4,200
 Gandla India 86,000
 Garo (A-chik Mande) India 1,309,000
 Gavara India 21,000
 Ghasiya (Hindu traditions) India 530,000
 Ghosi (Hindu traditions) India 345,000
Ghusuria India 108,000
 Gond Dhuriya India 199,000
 Gond Ghotul Muria India 25,000
Gond Jhare India 121,000
Gond Kandra India 21,000
 Gond Maria India 1,810,000
 Gond Muria India 821,000
Gond Nagawasi India 181,000
Gond Raja Muria India 59,000
 Gond Rajgond India 1,445,000
Gond Singhrolia India 28,000
 Gond unspecified India 10,191,000
Gopal India 45,000
 Gorait India 12,000
 Gosain unspecified India 1,382,000
 Gosangi (Hindu traditions) India 37,000
 Gowari India 584,000
 Gujar (Hindu traditions) India 8,549,000
 Hadi India 1,170,000
 Hajam India 2,368,000
 Hakki Pikki India 29,000
 Halalkhor (Hindu traditions) India 8,700
 Halba India 872,000
 Halwai (Hindu traditions) India 1,678,000
 Hatkar India 421,000
 Hira India 67,000
 Ho India 1,283,000
 Holar India 195,000
Irika India 400
Jaggali India 13,000
 Jat (Sikh traditions) India 8,794,000
Jatapu India 170,000
 Jhalo Malo India 482,000
 Jogi (Hindu traditions) India 3,816,000
Kabadi India 86,000
 Kachhi (Hindu traditions) India 4,962,000
 Kachhia (Hindu traditions) India 133,000
Kadar India 139,000
 Kahar (Hindu traditions) India 9,759,000
 Kahar Kamkar (Hindu traditions) India 246,000
 Kaibartta Jalia India 540,000
 Kaibartta unspecified India 1,658,000
 Kaikadi India 402,000
 Kalal (Hindu traditions) India 2,614,000
 Kalu India 308,000
 Kalwar (Hindu traditions) India 2,697,000
Kalwar Iraqi (Hindu traditions) India 79,000
 Kalwar Jaiswal India 1,161,000
Kalwar Sunri India 707,000
 Kamar India 37,000
Kamathi India 256,000
 Kamboh (Hindu traditions) India 699,000
Kammara India 145,000
Kanda India 3,100
 Kandu India 2,813,000
 Kanjar (Hindu traditions) India 252,000
 Kaora India 350,000
 Kapali India 358,000
Kapewar India 57,000
 Kapu Reddi India 4,246,000
 Kapu unspecified India 14,045,000
Karenga India 49,000
 Karmali India 155,000
 Kasar (Hindu traditions) India 783,000
Kasar Otari India 27,000
 Kathodi India 374,000
Katia India 261,000
 Kattunayakan India 72,000
 Kawar India 1,194,000
 Kayastha (Hindu traditions) India 7,148,000
 Kayastha Karan India 637,000
 Khairwar India 501,000
 Khandait Bangladesh 3,000
 Khangar (Hindu traditions) India 410,000
 Kharia India 902,000
 Kharwar India 677,000
 Khati (Hindu traditions) India 1,955,000
 Khatik (Hindu traditions) India 2,693,000
 Kisan India 1,942,000
 Kisan Nepal 2,600
 Koiri (Hindu traditions) India 9,732,000
 Kol India 2,102,000
 Kolha India 849,000
 Koli Dhor India 492,000
 Koli Mahadev India 2,001,000
 Koli Malhar India 372,000
 Kolowar India 288,000
Konai India 153,000
 Konda Dhora India 278,000
 Konda Kapu India 25,000
 Konda Reddi India 146,000
 Koracha, caste India 85,000
 Kori India 3,087,000
 Korku India 1,209,000
 Korwa India 535,000
 Koshti India 1,329,000
 Koya Eti India 43,000
 Koya unspecified India 783,000
 Kudumi India 337,000
Kui Padavakulam India 20,000
 Kumhar (Hindu traditions) India 18,743,000
 Kummari India 700
 Kunbi (Hindu traditions) India 15,725,000
 Kurmi (Hindu traditions) India 22,664,000
 Kurmi Mahato India 302,000
 Labana (Hindu traditions) India 32,000
 Laheri (Hindu traditions) India 91,000
 Lakhera India 227,000
 Lodha (Hindu traditions, tribal) India 154,000
 Lohar (Hindu traditions) India 11,351,000
Lohara India 318,000
 Lunia (Hindu traditions) India 3,801,000
 Madiga (Hindu traditions) India 9,196,000
Maghaiya India 1,600
 Mahali India 98,000
 Mahar (Buddhist traditions) India 11,375,000
 Mahar (Christian traditions) India 497,000
 Mahishya India 11,869,000
 Mahli India 486,000
 Mahratta unspecified India 31,574,000
 Mahyavanshi India 1,992,000
 Majhi India 144,000
 Majhi Nepal 97,000
 Majhwar India 222,000
Majjula India 23,000
 Mal (Hindu traditions) India 2,107,000
 Mala (Hindu traditions) India 6,764,000
 Mali (Hindu traditions) India 12,552,000
 Mallik (Muslim traditions) India 671,000
 Malto India 226,000
Manbhav India 32,000
Mandala (Hindu traditions) India 2,300
 Mangala India 2,199,000
Markande India 92,000
 Matia India 243,000
 Mech India 65,000
 Meena India 5,547,000
Mir India 58,000
Mishri India 7,500
 Mochi (Hindu traditions) India 2,328,000
 Moghal India 2,080,000
Mukha Dhora India 53,000
Muli India 23,000
 Munda India 4,402,000
 Munda, Horo Nepal 2,600
 Mundari India 31,000
 Murao (Hindu traditions) India 2,860,000
Nagar India 174,000
 Nagarchi (Hindu traditions) India 178,000
Nagarulu India 7,300
Nagavasulu India 6,500
 Nai (Hindu traditions) India 14,140,000
Nai Mathuria India 193,000
 Naikda India 4,299,000
 Namassej (Hindu traditions) India 3,871,000
 Namassej Chandel India 1,716,000
 Nat (Hindu traditions) India 592,000
 Nat (Muslim traditions) India 164,000
 Neyyala India 19,000
 Nyishi India 300,000
 Oraon India 5,353,000
 Oraon, Dhangar Nepal 46,000
 Oraon, Kurux Bangladesh 110,000
 Paharia India 19,000
Paidi India 13,000
 Paliya India 145,000
 Pan Bangladesh 4,400
 Panika India 1,264,000
 Panka India 47,000
Pao India 70,000
 Pardhan India 379,000
 Pardhi India 434,000
Parhaiya India 37,000
 Pashtun, Pathan India 9,215,000
 Pasi (Hindu traditions) India 5,914,000
 Patni (Hindu traditions) India 270,000
 Patwa (Hindu traditions) India 308,000
 Perka India 229,000
Perna (Hindu traditions) India 4,600
 Pinjara India 3,938,000
 Pod India 3,570,000
 Pundari India 313,000
Puran Bhaja India 1,300
Puran unspecified India 1,300
 Puthirai Vannan India 31,000
 Rabha India 441,000
 Rajbansi (Hindu traditions) India 5,046,000
 Rajput (Hindu traditions) India 27,712,000
 Rajput (Muslim traditions) India 1,966,000
 Rajput Baghel (Hindu traditions) India 183,000
 Rajput Bais (Hindu traditions) India 1,610,000
 Rajput Bhatti (Hindu traditions) India 1,064,000
 Rajput Chandel India 405,000
Rajput Chandrabansi India 125,000
 Rajput Chauhan (Hindu traditions) India 3,643,000
 Rajput Dikhit India 317,000
 Rajput Gaur India 801,000
 Rajput Gautam (Hindu traditions) India 461,000
Rajput Jadu India 346,000
Rajput Manihas (Hindu traditions) India 304,000
 Rajput Nagbansi India 54,000
 Rajput Parihar India 478,000
 Rajput Ponwar (Hindu traditions) India 1,535,000
 Rajput Pundir (Hindu traditions) India 217,000
 Rajput Rajbansi (Hindu traditions) India 552,000
 Rajput Rathor (Hindu traditions) India 1,697,000
 Rajput Solanki India 366,000
Rajput Sombansi (Hindu traditions) India 406,000
 Rajput Surajbansi India 306,000
 Rajput Tonwar (Hindu traditions) India 543,000
 Raju India 708,000
 Rajwar India 727,000
 Rangrez (Hindu traditions) India 423,000
 Rangrez (Muslim traditions) India 368,000
 Rautia India 138,000
 Ravidas Chamar (Hindu traditions) India 1,678,000
 Razu India 562,000
 Sahariya India 1,033,000
 Saini (Hindu traditions) India 843,000
 Sali India 1,227,000
Sankara India 94,000
 Sansi (Hindu traditions) India 264,000
 Santal (Sawntal) India 9,096,000
 Satani India 515,000
Saur India 201,000
 Sayyid India 9,296,000
 Segidi India 114,000
 Shaikh Qureshi India 9,727,000
 Shaikh Siddiqi India 9,019,000
 Shaikh unspecified India 72,220,000
 Sonar (Hindu traditions) India 8,322,000
Sukli India 78,000
 Sunri (Hindu traditions) India 648,000
 Sunri Sadhubanik India 328,000
 Sutradhar (Hindu traditions) India 505,000
 Tamboli (Hindu traditions) India 2,226,000
 Tanti (Hindu traditions) India 5,805,000
 Teli (Hindu traditions) India 22,446,000
 Thakkar India 698,000
 Tharu India 536,000
 Tharu Rana India 15,000
 Thathera (Hindu traditions) India 384,000
 Thori (Hindu traditions) India 1,130,000
 Tili India 1,287,000
 Tipera India 821,000
 Tiyar India 589,000
 Turi (Hindu traditions) India 417,000
 Vaddar (Hindu traditions) India 4,197,000
 Valmiki (Hindu traditions) India 5,842,000
Valmiki (Muslim traditions) India 325,000
 Valmiki Mehtar India 151,000
 Valmiki tribal India 85,000
Vanati India 5,500
 Vanniyan India 13,734,000
 Varli India 1,487,000
Vasudev India 18,000
 Veerabhadreeya (Viramushti) India 49,000
 Velama India 514,000
Velama Palnati India 20,000
 Viswakarma unspecified India 7,661,000
 Yadav (Hindu traditions) India 41,186,000
 Yadav Gaoli India 5,894,000
 Yadav Gola India 5,680,000
 Yadav Kaonra India 802,000
 Yadav Rawat India 1,720,000
 Yadav Sadgope India 3,105,000
 Yenadi India 797,000
 Yerukula India 638,000
  Totals:  409     386

Language Alternate Names
Mughalbandi (Oriya Proper)
Odia Proper
Odisha
Odri
Odrum
Oliya
Oriya
Sambalpuri
Standard Odia
Standard Oriya
Uriya
Utkali
Vadiya
Western Oriya (Sambalpuri)
Yudhia

Dialects
Dombo
Halbi
Koraput
Midnapore Odia
Midnapore Oriya
Mughalbandi
North Balasore Odia
North Balasore Oriya
Northwestern Odia
Northwestern Oriya
Ondonia
Orissa
Oriya
Sambalpuri
Southern Odia
Southern Oriya
Western Oriya

Dialect Alternate Names
Bahasa Oriya
Dehati
Desia Oriya
Desia: Koraput
Dom
Kanuari
Koraput
Koraputia Desia
Kumar: Orissa
Odia: Southern
Oriya: Dombo
Oriya: Koraput Oriya
Oriya: Ondonia
Oriya: Sambalpuri
Oriya: Southern Oriya
Oriya: Western Oriya
Oriya-Sprache
Sambalpuri
Southern Odia


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