Consider the following list of languages, from the Austroasiatic (AA), Dravidian (DR), Indo-Aryan (IA) and Tibeto-Burman (TB) language families, spoken in India.
Assamese, Bengali, Bodo, Dogri, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Kashmiri, Konkani, Khasi, Maithili, Malayalam, Manipuri, Marathi, Nepali, Odia, Punjabi, Sanskrit, Santali, Sindhi, Tamil, Telugu, Tulu and Urdu}
Choose the option that shows the correct number of languages from each of the four language families in the list.
Consider the following list of languages, from the Austroasiatic (AA), Dravidian (DR), Indo-Aryan (IA) and Tibeto-Burman (TB) language families, spoken in India.
Assamese, Bengali, Bodo, Dogri, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Kashmiri, Konkani, Khasi, Maithili, Malayalam, Manipuri, Marathi, Nepali, Odia, Punjabi, Sanskrit, Santali, Sindhi, Tamil, Telugu, Tulu and Urdu}
Choose the option that shows the correct number of languages from each of the four language families in the list.
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- AA: 2, DR: 5, IA: 14, TB: 3
- AA: 3, DR: 3, IA: 16, TB: 2
- AA: 2, DR: 5, IA: 15, TB: 2
- AA: 1, DR: 5, IA: 15, TB: 3
The Correct Option is C
Solution and Explanation
Austroasiatic (AA): Khasi, Santali → 2 languages
Dravidian (DR): Kannada, Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu, Tulu → 5 languages
Indo-Aryan (IA): Assamese, Bengali, Dogri, Gujarati, Hindi, Kashmiri, Konkani, Maithili, Marathi, Nepali, Odia, Punjabi, Sanskrit, Sindhi, Urdu → 15 languages
Tibeto-Burman (TB): Bodo, Manipuri → 2 languages
Step 2: Match with options.
Only option (C) correctly lists 2 AA, 5 DR, 15 IA, and 2 TB languages.
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