India has 28 official languages, and most of these have their own script! Beyond these there are 300 other languages.
And these are languages not dialects: Marathi and gujarati are not mutually intelligible though both are neighbouring states. And both have written histories and literature dating back over 1000 years.
What is more amazing is that India has languages belonging to 5 Language FAMILIES :
1. Indo European
2. Dravidian
3. Tibeto-Burman
4. Mon-Khmer
5. Sentinel-Jarawa
3.
That’s what I remember hearing/learning.
Totally polyglot.
Amazing that the place is still pretty cohesive.