The tribal languages of India are mainly grouped as Austro-Asian, Dravidian, Indo-Chinese, Chinese-Tibetan, Tibetan-Burman, etc. Some tribal languages such as Santhali, Munda, etc are older than Aryan languages. From very early times the others have not done justice to the tribal languages. Centuries onwards they have been denied tribal human rights in this context linguistic rights of the vast majority of of indigenous peoples by imposing themselves and their languages. This has been occurring all through the history of India even today the tribal languages are being weakened. There are over 1200 tribal languages from which over 100 languages have been sufficiently and efficiently being spoken by large tribal groups such as Bhils, Gonds, Santhals, Munda, Oraon, Khadia, Munda, Warlis, Bhilalas and many others. But the state governments have done irreparable damage to linguistic heritage of the Adivasi Languages' human rights. Many of the major tribal languages are very musical, poetic, literary, rich in literature and indigenous knowledge, human rights and value oriented, recreational, having various elements absent in the major languages of the country, practical for initiating formal education in schools at early age, etc. What a great cultural disaster to the tribal human rights in India today which is still in process. This is one of the factors among many tribes why formal education, information of the economic development, health, and media could reach them. In other words Adivasi human rights concerning languages are systematically denied!
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