Here students speak 17 different Indian languages

Hyderabad’s historic City College 

Located on the banks of Musi River, the historic Government City College in Nayapul, Hyderabad, is melting pot of multilingualism

Its history dates back to  1865 when then ruler Nizam Mahbub Ali Khan Asaf Jah VI of Hyderabad established it as the first City School, naming it Madarsa Dar-ul-Uloom

Banjara, also called Lambadi, is a Western Indo-Aryan language spoken by the Banjara people across the country. It does not have a native script

B a n j a r a

Primarily spoken in West Bengal, Bengali ranks among the top 10 of world languages

B e n g a l i

Is a group of languages spoken in Bihar, Jharkhand, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal

B i h a r i 

Bhojpuri mostly spoken in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh. The most common Bihari languages are Bhojpuri, Magahi, Maithil

B h o j p u r i

Native language of the Mithila region, Maithili is the only Bihari language with a script of its own, called Tirhuta, and a strong literary history

M a i t h i l i

Hindi is spoken majorly across India and is influenced by Sanskrit, Persian, Arabic and English

H i n d i

A classical Dravidian language, Kannada is spoken by the people of Karnataka

K a n n a d a

Besides Maharashtra, Marathi is also spoken in other States such as Goa, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Telangana

M a r a t h i 

Odia is the official language of Odisha

O d i a

Gondi is one of the Dravidian languages of India, and is spoken in Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, Andhra and Telangana

G o n d i

Marwardi is part of the Rajasthani language family

M a r w a r d i 

Madhura is spoken in Mathura of Western Uttar Pradesh

M a d h u r a

Malayalam is spoken in Kerala and UTs of Lakshadweep and Puducherry by the Malayali people. Designated ‘Classical Language of India’ in 2013

M a l a y a l a m

Koya is spoken by the Valmiki tribe in parts of Andhra Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana

K o y a

Also a Dravidian language, it is spoken in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana

t e l u g u

Urdu is one of the eighteen national languages of India and is spoken across the country

u r d u

Punjabi is one of the most widely spoken languages in the world.  It has borrowed words from Arabic, English, Persian and Urdu

P u n j a b i