List of Indian language wiki projects
Wikipedia itself is available in 22 Indian Languages. There are many other Indian Language Wikipedias in incubator. Not all languages have an active wiki community. The details of WMF's wiki projects in Indian languages are provided in this page.
Angika - ank
editAngika (also known as Anga, Angikar or Chhika-Chhiki) is an Eastern Indo-Aryan language spoken in some parts of the Indian states of Bihar and Jharkhand, as well as in parts of Nepal.
| Project | URL |
| Wikipedia | https://anp.wikipedia.org/ |
Assamese - as
edit| Project | URL |
| Wikipedia | http://as.wikipedia.org/ |
| Wiktionary | http://as.wiktionary.org/
(locked due to inactivity) |
| Wikibooks | http://as.wikibooks.org/
(locked due to inactivity) |
Mailing list: (Not Available or unknown)
Awadhi - awa
editAwadhi, also known as Audhi, is an Indo-Aryan language spoken in the Awadh region of Uttar Pradesh in northern India. The name Awadh is connected to Ayodhya, the ancient city, which is regarded as the homeland of the Hindu god Rama. It was, along with Braj, used widely as a literary vehicle before being displaced by Hindi in the 19th century.
| Project | URL |
| Wikipedia | https://awa.wikipedia.org/ |
Bengali – bn
editBengali or Bangla is an eastern Indo-Aryan language. It is native to the region of eastern South Asia known as Bengal, which comprises present day Bangladesh, the Indian state of West Bengal, and parts of the Indian states of Tripura and Assam. It is written with the Bengali script. With nearly 230 million total speakers, Bengali is the sixth most spoken language in the world.
| Project | URL |
| Wikipedia | http://bn.wikipedia.org/ |
| Wiktionary | http://bn.wiktionary.org/ |
| Wikibooks | http://bn.wikibooks.org/ |
| Wikisource | http://bn.wikisource.org/ |
Mailing list: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-in-wb
Bhojpuri – bh
editBhojpuri is spoken in the western part of state of Bihar, the north-western part of Jharkhand, and the Purvanchal region of Uttar Pradesh(UP), as well as adjoining parts of the Nepal. Bhojpuri uses Devanagri script. It is spoken by over 33 million people.
| Project | URL |
| Wikipedia | http://bh.wikipedia.org/ |
| Wiktionary | http://bh.wiktionary.org/
(locked due to inactivity) |
Mailing list: (Not Available or unknown)
Bishnupriya Manipuri –bpy
editBishnupriya or Bishnupriya Manipuri is an Indo-Aryan language spoken in parts of the Indian states of Assam, Tripura, Manipur and others, as well as in Bangladesh, Burma, and other countries. It is spoken by over 4,50,000 people.
| Project | URL |
| Wikipedia | http://bpy.wikipedia.org/ |
Mailing list: (Not Available or unknown)
Gujarati – gu
editGujarati is spoken in the Indian state of Gujarat, , as well as in the adjacent union territories of Daman and Diu and Dadra and Nagar Haveli. There are about 46.1 million speakers of Gujarati worldwide.
| Project | URL |
| Wikipedia | http://gu.wikipedia.org/ |
| Wiktionary | http://gu.wiktionary.org/ |
| Wikibooks | http://gu.wikibooks.org/
(locked due to inactivity) |
| Wikiquote | http://gu.wikiquote.org/ |
| Wikisource | http://gu.wikisource.org/ |
Mailing list: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikipedia-gu
Hindi – hi
editHindi is spoken in northern and central India, Pakistan, Fiji, Mauritius, and Suriname. Standard Hindi is one of the official language of the Indian Union and it is one of the most widely spoken language in world. According to the 2001 Indian census, 258 million people in India regarded their native language to be Hindi
| Project | URL |
| Wikipedia | http://hi.wikipedia.org/ |
| Wiktionary | http://hi.wiktionary.org/ |
| Wikibooks | http://hi.wikibooks.org/ |
| Wikiquote | http://hi.wikiquote.org/ |
| Wikisource | http://hi.wikisource.org/ |
Mailing list: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikihi-l
Kannada – kn
editKannada is a Dravidian language, spoken predominantly in the state of Karnataka. Kannada, whose native speakers are called Kannadigas number roughly 38 million, making it the 27th most spoken language in the world.
| Project | URL |
| Wikipedia | http://kn.wikipedia.org/ |
| Wiktionary | http://kn.wiktionary.org/ |
| Wikibooks | http://kn.wikibooks.org/ (locked due to inactivity) |
| Wikisource | http://kn.wikisource.org/ |
| Wikiquote | http://kn.wikiquote.org/ |
Mailing list: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikikn-l
Kashmiri – ks
editKashmiri is a language spoken primarily in the Kashmir Valley, in the Indian State of Jammu and Kashmir. Approximate number of speakers is around 4.6 million. Kashmiri language is one of the 22 scheduled languages of India,
| Project | URL |
| Wikipedia | http://ks.wikipedia.org/ |
Mailing list: (Not Available or unknown)
Konkani – gom
editKonkani is an Indo-Aryan language belonging to the Indo-European family of languages and is spoken along the western coast of India. It is one of the 22 scheduled languages mentioned in the 8th schedule of the Indian Constitution and the official language of the Indian state of Goa. It is a minority language in Maharashtra, Karnataka, northern Kerala (Kasaragod district), Dadra and Nagar Haveli, and Daman and Diu.
| Project | URL |
| Wikipedia | http://gom.wikipedia.org/ |
Mailing list: (Not Available or unknown)
Maithili – mai
editMaithili is an Indo-Aryan language spoken in Nepal and northern India by 34.7 million people as of 2000. It is one of the 22 scheduled languages mentioned in the 8th schedule of the Indian Constitution.
| Project | URL |
| Wikipedia | https://mai.wikipedia.org/ |
Mailing list: (Not Available or unknown)
Meitei (Manipuri) - mni
editMeitei, officially known as Manipuri, is a Tibeto-Burman language of northeast India. It is the official language and the lingua franca of Manipur, as well as one of the 22 official languages of the Indian Republic, included in the 8th Schedule to the Indian Constitution.
| Project | URL |
| Wikipedia | https://mni.wikipedia.org/ |
Malayalam – ml
editMalayalam is one of the 22 scheduled languages of India with official language status in the state of Kerala and the union territories of Lakshadweep and Mahé. It is spoken by 37 million people.
| Project | URL |
| Wikipedia | http://ml.wikipedia.org/ |
| Wiktionary | http://ml.wiktionary.org/ |
| Wikibooks | http://ml.wikibooks.org/ |
| Wikisource | http://ml.wikisource.org/ |
| Wikiquote | http://ml.wikiquote.org/ |
Mailing list: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikiml-l
Marathi – mr
editMarathi is the official language of the state of Maharashtra. There are 90 million speakers worldwide. Marathi is the 4th most spoken language in India.
| Project | URL |
| Wikipedia | http://mr.wikipedia.org/ |
| Wiktionary | http://mr.wiktionary.org/ |
| Wikibooks | http://mr.wikibooks.org/ |
| Wikiquote | http://mr.wikiquote.org/ |
| Wikisource | https://mr.wikisource.org/ |
Mailing list: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mr-wiki/
Nepali – ne
editNepali is a language in the Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-European language family. It is official language of Nepal and is also spoken in Bhutan, parts of India and parts of Myanmar (Burma). In India, it is one of the official languages. Nepali has 17 million speakers worldwide.
| Project | URL |
| Wikipedia | http://ne.wikipedia.org/ |
| Wiktionary | http://ne.wiktionary.org/ |
| Wikibooks | http://ne.wikibooks.org/ |
Mailing list: (nepaliwiki at Googlegroups.com)
Newari – new
editNewari is a language spoken in various parts of Nepal. It used to be the official language of Kathmandu which was called Nepal in ancient before the country's unification. It is widely spoken in Kathmandu, Bhaktapur and Lalitpur, and other parts of the country. It is the second most spoken language in Kathmandu after Nepali. Newari is also called as Nepal Bhasa and Nepal Bhasa should not be confused with Nepali.
| Project | URL |
| Wikipedia | http://new.wikipedia.org/ |
Mailing list: (nepaliwiki at Googlegroups.com)
Odia – or
editOdia is spoken mainly in the Indian state of Odisha. Odia is spoken by 31 million people.
| Project | URL |
| Wikipedia | http://or.wikipedia.org/ |
| Wiktionary | http://or.wiktionary.org/ |
| Wikisource | https://or.wikisource.org |
Mailing list: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikipedia-or
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Facebook: Odia Wiki
Twitter: http://twitter.com/OdiaWiki
Pali – pi
editPali is a Middle Indo-Aryan language (or prakrit) of India. It is the language of many of the earliest extant Buddhist scriptures, and as the liturgical language of Theravada Buddhism. Pali has no native language speakers.
| Project | URL |
| Wikipedia | http://pi.wikipedia.org/ |
| Wiktionary | http://pi.wiktionary.org/
(locked due to inactivity) |
Mailing list: (Not Available or unknown)
Punjabi – pa
editPunjabi with 88 million speakers is spoken by the inhabitants of the historical Punjab region (north western India and in Pakistan).
| Project | URL |
| Wikipedia | http://pa.wikipedia.org/ |
| Wiktionary | http://pa.wiktionary.org/ |
| Wikibooks | http://pa.wikibooks.org/ |
Mailing list: (Not Available or unknown)
For Western Punjabi (in Shahmukhi script), see http://pnb.wikipedia.org/
Santali – sat
edit| Project | URL |
| Wikipedia | http://sat.wikipedia.org/ |
Sanskrit – sa
editSanskrit is an Indo-Aryan language and the primary liturgical language of Hinduism.It is one of the official language of the state of Uttarakhand. It has 14,135 native speakers in India.
| Project | URL |
| Wikipedia | http://sa.wikipedia.org/ |
| Wiktionary | http://sa.wiktionary.org/ |
| Wikibooks | http://sa.wikibooks.org/ |
| Wikisource | http://sa.wikisource.org/ |
| Wikiquote | http://sa.wikiquote.org/ |
Mailing list: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikisa-l
Sindhi – sd
editSindhi is the language of the Sindh region of Pakistan . It is spoken by an estimated 34,410,910 people in Pakistan and 2,820,485 speakers in India.
| Project | URL |
| Wikipedia | http://sd.wikipedia.org/ |
| Wiktionary | http://sd.wiktionary.org/ |
| Wikinews | http://sd.wikinews.org/ |
Mailing list: (Not Available or unknown)
Tamil – ta
editTamil is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by Tamil people of the Indian subcontinent. It has official status in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu and in the Indian union territory of Puducherry. Tamil is also an official language of Sri Lanka and Singapore. It has 66 million speakers world wide.
| Project | URL |
| Wikipedia | http://ta.wikipedia.org/ |
| Wiktionary | http://ta.wiktionary.org/ |
| Wikibooks | http://ta.wikibooks.org/ |
| Wikisource | http://ta.wikisource.org/ |
| Wikiquote | http://ta.wikiquote.org/ |
| Wikinews | http://ta.wikinews.org/ |
Mailing list:
https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikita-l
also
http://groups.google.com/group/tamil_wiktionary (for Tamil wiktionary)
Telugu – te
editTelugu is the official language of Andhra Pradesh, one of the largest states of India and the centrally administered Yanam district of the union territory of Puducherry. Telugu is the third most-spoken language in India (74 million native speakers).
| Project | URL |
| Wikipedia | http://te.wikipedia.org/ |
| Wiktionary | http://te.wiktionary.org/ |
| Wikibooks | http://te.wikibooks.org/ |
| Wikisource | http://te.wikisource.org/ |
| Wikiquote | http://te.wikiquote.org/ |
Mailing list: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikite-l
also
http://groups.google.com/group/teluguwiki
Tulu– tcy
editTulu is a language spoken by around 2 million native speakers mainly in the south west part of the Indian state of Karnataka and in the Kasaragod district of Kerala. It belongs to the Dravidian family of languages.
| Project | URL |
| Wikipedia | http://tcy.wikipedia.org/ |
Mailing list: (Not Available or unknown)
Urdu – ur
editUrdu is the national language and one of the two official languages of Pakistan, and one of the 22 scheduled languages of India, as an official language of five Indian states. Number of speakers is roughly 65 million.
| Project | URL |
| Wikipedia | http://ur.wikipedia.org/ |
| Wiktionary | http://ur.wiktionary.org/ |
| Wikibooks | http://ur.wikibooks.org/ |
| Wikiquote | http://ur.wikiquote.org/ |