Which one of the following is the largest linguistic group of India ?

Which one of the following is the largest linguistic group of India ?

Sino-Tibetan
Austric
Indo-Aryan
Dravidian
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UPSC CDS-1 – 2021
The largest linguistic group in India is the Indo-Aryan group. Languages belonging to this family, such as Hindi, Bengali, Marathi, Urdu, Gujarati, Punjabi, etc., are spoken by the majority of the Indian population.
India has several linguistic families, but the Indo-Aryan family accounts for the largest share of speakers, followed by the Dravidian group.
The major linguistic families in India are Indo-Aryan, Dravidian, Austric, and Sino-Tibetan. According to Census data, over 75% of the population speaks Indo-Aryan languages, while around 20% speak Dravidian languages.
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