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Salient features of the language survey (With 'India's ability to be multi-lingual has kept us together')

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Last Updated : Sep 12 2013 | 12:45 PM IST

* Of these, 780 have been documented in 50 volumes.

* It took G.N Devy about 13 years for the project.

* Around 3,000 volunteers contributed by working closely with the people of different communities.

* Coastal communities and nomadic communities have suffered major linguistic losses.

* Konyak is the least-spoken language in Assam, while it is widely spoken in Nagaland.

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* West Bengal has the highest number of scripts among all the states. Around 38 languages are spoken in the state.

* Twelve variants of Marathi and 38 other languages are spoken by people including adivasis, tribals, nomadic tribes and denotified communities in Maharashtra.

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First Published: Sep 12 2013 | 12:40 PM IST

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