There are several
languages in India belonging to different
language families, the major ones being the
Indo-Aryan languages spoken by 75% of Indians, the
Dravidian languages spoken by 20% of Indians and other languages by rest of Indians. Other languages spoken in India belong to the
Austroasiatic,
Sino-Tibetan, a few other minor language families and
isolates. More than three millennia of language contact has led to significant mutual influence among the four predominant language families in mainland India and South Asia.