{"id":16669,"date":"2019-02-14T04:28:00","date_gmt":"2019-02-14T04:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/translatebyhumans.com\/?p=16669"},"modified":"2023-05-10T13:02:36","modified_gmt":"2023-05-10T13:02:36","slug":"linguistic-diversity-in-india-why-companies-must-understand-this-critical-demographic-aspect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/translatebyhumans.com\/blog\/linguistic-diversity-in-india\/","title":{"rendered":"Linguistic Diversity in India \u2013 Why Companies Must Understand this Critical Demographic Aspect"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"16669\" class=\"elementor elementor-16669\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-bb97fd3 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"bb97fd3\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4c37dea\" data-id=\"4c37dea\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-31c6d7e elementor-widget elementor-widget-tbhtheme-category-listing\" data-id=\"31c6d7e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"tbhtheme-category-listing.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<ul class=\"tbh-category-listing\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/translatebyhumans.com\/blog\/category\/google-ad\/\">Google Ad<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/translatebyhumans.com\/blog\/category\/translation-and-localisation\/\">Translation and Localisation<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9926cae tbh-author-info elementor-widget elementor-widget-post-info\" data-id=\"9926cae\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"post-info.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<link rel=\"stylesheet\" href=\"https:\/\/translatebyhumans.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/elementor\/assets\/css\/widget-icon-list.min.css\"><link rel=\"stylesheet\" href=\"https:\/\/translatebyhumans.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/elementor-pro\/assets\/css\/widget-theme-elements.min.css\">\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-inline-items elementor-icon-list-items elementor-post-info\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item elementor-repeater-item-a165090 elementor-inline-item\" itemprop=\"author\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/translatebyhumans.com\/blog\/author\/mahi\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"elementor-avatar\" src=\"https:\/\/translatebyhumans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Mahi-1-150x150.png\" alt=\"Picture of Mahi Baid\" loading=\"lazy\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text elementor-post-info__item elementor-post-info__item--type-author\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMahi Baid\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item elementor-repeater-item-47b2da2 elementor-inline-item\" itemprop=\"datePublished\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/translatebyhumans.com\/2019\/02\/14\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text elementor-post-info__item elementor-post-info__item--type-date\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<time>February 14, 2019<\/time>\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-540d0e9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"540d0e9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.21.0 - 08-05-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p>Whenever anyone talks about the key characteristics of India, the country\u2019s diversity comes up for special mention. Yes, there might be very few countries out there, if at all, that are as diverse as India.\u00a0These differences are social, linguistic, regional, cultural, religious, economic, and more. In this article series, read about the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/translatebyhumans.com\/blog\/the-digital-age-of-india\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">importance of Indian languages<\/a>, and why translating from and into these languages is such an important business move.\u00a0<\/p><p>The rich demographic mixture of India can be gauged from the fact that it has 29 states and 7 union territories. Each state has its own commonly spoken language, and the spoken dialect of the language can change every hundred kilometres.<\/p><p>But this change is not limited to language alone; there are also cultural differences between people living in one part of the State with those living in another part of the same State. There are cases wherein these differences are pronounced, especially when it comes to eating habits, dressing sense, and more.\u00a0This impacts consumer behaviour and buying choices.\u00a0<\/p><p>The varied nature of India\u2019s demographics also results in a wide array of expectations of people. Businesses, who want to succeed in India, need to micromanage these expectations.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4042846 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4042846\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.21.0 - 08-05-2024 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Language Diversity in India<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b0a31b4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b0a31b4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>According to the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/censusindia.gov.in\/2011Census\/C-16_25062018_NEW.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Census of India (2011)<\/a>, there are 121 languages spoken across India. Out of these, 22 are scheduled languages, which can be given official status by respective states or be used to conduct administrative work or used in the state legislature; the remaining 99 languages have the status of non-scheduled languages. The two official languages of India (federal government) are Hindi and English, while the states have the authority to designate their own official language.<\/p><p>But don\u2019t allow these definitions to confuse you. The point we are trying to make here is the massive levels of linguistic diversity in India. 14 of these scheduled languages have more than 10 million speakers each. To put this figure into perspective, the population of some countries, e.g. Norway, is much less than 10 million.<\/p><p>There are some other linguistic statistics that will have you sitting up and taking notice. There are around 528 million Hindi speakers, while there are 3 million speakers of Odiya and 1.4 million speakers of Bodo. This is just a cross-section of statistics to give you an idea of the number of speakers of different languages.<\/p><p>Bodo has one of the least numbers of speakers from amongst the 22 scheduled languages, and yet there are 1.4 million people who speak Bodo!<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5266d75 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5266d75\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Commonly Spoken Languages<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0b0ca22 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0b0ca22\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The numbers of people who consider Hindi their mother tongue (a language a person is proficient in because he\/she has been speaking the language since early childhood) make up around 43% of the population.<\/p><p>Bengali comes a distant second when it comes to speaker strength, with around 9 million speakers. This is closely followed by Marathi, Telugu, and Tamil with 8.3, 8.1 and 6.9 million speakers each.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-43e4fbe elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"43e4fbe\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.21.0 - 08-05-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"598\" height=\"710\" src=\"https:\/\/translatebyhumans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Linguistic-Diversity.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-413\" alt=\"Scheduled Indian Languages\" srcset=\"https:\/\/translatebyhumans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Linguistic-Diversity.png 598w, https:\/\/translatebyhumans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Linguistic-Diversity-253x300.png 253w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 598px) 100vw, 598px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-faba021 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"faba021\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>There is another language that is commonly spoken in India \u2013 English.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/travel\/maps-and-graphics\/mapped-english-speaking-countries\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Around 12%<\/a>\u00a0of the Indian population speaks English. This figure is important because it is also the official language of business for the Central Government, along with\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/translatebyhumans.com\/en\/services\/translation\/hindi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">Hindi<\/a>. \u00a0While this figure might or might not seem significant, there is absolutely no doubt that India has one of the biggest English-speaking populations in the world, and the figure will increase in the future.<\/p><p>With the increase in demand for English communication skills in India, successive governments both at the Central and State level are emphasising the need to teach English, right from the beginning, which is from kindergarten. Bear in mind that the private schools are already doing this, but the pressure is now on Government schools to start doing the same.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8f8ecdb elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8f8ecdb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The Language of Business in India<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1518fc8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1518fc8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The linguistic diversity in India also impacts the language of business in India. While there is no doubt that languages like Hindi and English are widely regarded as the language of business in India, there are businesses that choose to localise their messaging based on the region and the commonly spoken language in that region.<\/p><p>Let\u2019s say your business wants to set up operations in India, and you need to comply with certain rules and regulations put in place by the Central Government, as well as, adhere to specific State-centric policies. For the former, you will need to interact with central government officials who will be conversant in English and Hindi and who will expect that you communicate with them in English.<\/p><p>Even in your interactions with State governments, you can conduct your business in English. Still, if your company and its people can converse with the State government officials in their local language, it will help break the ice. This is a big plus.<\/p><p>This is possible if you hire locals to work for you, who are proficient in the language commonly spoken in the State. But what do you do when you want to sell your products or services to your target audience? The number of languages spoken across India means you have your task cut out for you. You will need to define your target demographic and list their traits, primarily the language they can understand.<\/p><p>If you know a large percentage of your target audience can understand English, it makes sense to promote your products or services in English. However, if you think they understand a regional language like Bengali, Marathi or Tamil, you need to localise all your promotional content in that particular language. Otherwise, you might not be able to turn them into your customers.<\/p><p>Typically, it makes sense to say that India is a market that can only be conquered with localisation. \u00a0While solid market research will give you an idea about which languages people are using to consume products and services information, it still makes sense to adopt a horses for courses approach.<\/p><p>So, if you are targeting the Tamil Nadu market, you must localise your messaging in Tamil; if you want to make a mark in Marathi speaking regions, you must target your audience in Marathi and so on.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7f0ed12 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7f0ed12\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Understanding Diversity from a Business Perspective<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d5f8785 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d5f8785\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>A business needs to command trust and loyalty from its target consumers. If you are a business, and want to succeed in India, this trust and loyalty come at a premium.<\/p><p>One way of doing this is by localising product and service messaging and key business communication in the regional language of choice. This not only helps convey the message in a more impactful manner but also ensures that a particular business process or activity is managed more efficiently.<\/p><p>But localisation in India isn\u2019t just limited to understanding the language, but also gaining a cultural understanding that comes with it. In India, language is an integral part of the culture of a region and the interests and preferences that come along with it. By focusing on language localisation, businesses can also understand the culture better, thus ensuring that their messaging also keeps cultural sensitivities in mind. This drives trust and loyalty.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b37d223 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b37d223\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Conclusion<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3afa1f6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3afa1f6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elocaz m_b_50\">\n<p>There is probably no other country in the world that is as linguistically diverse as India. An astounding&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindubusinessline.com\/news\/variety\/india-is-home-to-more-than-19500-mother-tongues\/article24305725.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">19,500 languages or dialects<\/a>&nbsp;are spoken as mother tongues. As can be imagined, this has a huge influence on businesses and how they reach out to audiences. 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