The figures for persons speaking a language subsidiary to their mother tongue are quite revealing: Hindi (5.10 per cent), Oriya (5.75 per cent), Malayalam (7.11 per cent), Gujarati (7.31 per cent), Tamil (8.11 per cent), Bengali (8.65 per cent), Assamese (8.96 per cent), Marathi (10.47 per cent), Kashmiri (10.69 per cent), Telugu (14.03 per cent), Punjabi (14.16 per cent), Kannada (14.43 per cent) and Urdu (22.09 per cent).
Les chiffres concernant les individus qui parlent une langue en plus de leur langue maternelle sont très révélateurs : hindi (5,10 %), oriya (5,75 %), malayalam (7,11 %), gujarati (7,31 %), tamil (8,11 %), bengali (8,65 %), assamais (8,96 %), marathi (10,47 %), kashmiri (10,69 %), telugu (14,03 %), penjabi (14,16 %), kannada (14,43 %) et ourdou (22,09 %).