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International Mother Language Day 2026: Discover 8 Unheard Local Indian Languages
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International Mother Language Day 2026: Discover 8 Hidden Indian Languages
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21-02-2026, 08:30
International Mother Language Day 2026: Discover 8 Hidden Indian Languages
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Tulu: Spoken in coastal Karnataka and Kerala, with a rich oral tradition, now mostly written in Kannada script.
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Bodo: Recognized in the Eighth Schedule, primarily spoken in Assam, with its own Deodhai script.
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Kodava: Native to Kodagu district, Karnataka, spoken by the Kodava community, written in Kannada script.
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Gondi: Spoken by Gond tribal communities across central India, one of the largest tribal languages.
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Khasi: Spoken in Meghalaya, belongs to the Austroasiatic family, written in Roman script.
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Toda: Endangered Dravidian language in Nilgiri Hills, Tamil Nadu, with unique phonetics.
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Nihali: Mysterious language isolate in Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh, with no proven linguistic relation.
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Great Andamanese: Critically endangered language of the Andaman Islands, with very few fluent speakers.
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