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UPSC 2008: Among the Indian languages, which one is spoken maximum in the world after Hindi?
(a)Telugu
(b)Tamil
(c)Bengali
(d)Malayalam
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Globally, Bengali (Bangla) has more than 240 million native speakers and over 40 million second-language speakers, placing it just behind Hindi among Indian languages. Telugu, Tamil and Malayalam each have fewer than 100 million speakers worldwide, so Bengali is the most widely spoken after Hindi. ([en.wikipedia.org](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bengali_language?utm_source=openai))
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This question was asked in UPSC CSE Prelims 2008, GS Paper 1, as Question 76. It falls under Art & Culture > Literature & Languages.
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