International Mother Language Day 2026: Discover 8 Hidden Indian Languages

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